Still 2009

I just woke up from the crazy New Years Eve madness. In bed I was thinking about 2009 and I realized how huge it was for me.

All year I've been working my bum off, barely making rent at the end of the month. Even though I didn't do anything that day, I turned 21. I never realized before, but being 21 and buying alcohol has changed a lot of things for me. I got an internship that involves my major that is not teaching. Seriously, I used to only think that teaching was the only thing that I could do with a history major.

A huge thing was going to Japan twice this year. It was my first time traveling alone and outside of the country. So crazy.

I spent Christmas alone. You know, I just realized. I've only been home for a couple of days this year. Before I went to Japan the second time, I stopped in Hawaii for not even 3 days. So this whole year, I've only been home for 3 days. Wow. I've just realized that.

And I dunno, I just feel older. I guess that's why I've been posting a lot about the topic. I don't know about being more mature though. Just because I now have more responsibilities, doesn't mean I'm responsible. It's like I'll specifically remember 2009 as the year that a lot of things changed for me. Yes. I know it sounds lame. The only other year is 2006, when I graduated high school and came to SF.

I kinda don't want 2009 to end. In retrospect, it has been pretty good to me. I also don't want it to end because I have started 2010 in the most worst possible way. The aforementioned NYE madness was really fun but ended in the. . . . . . . it's just as hard to type it as it is to look at it here on this table. . . . . . death of my . . . . . . . .camera. It's broke. Someone put a half closed bottle of alcohol in my bag with my camera. When I took the bottle out 2 minutes later, it had emptied all inside my bag. It's broke, man. It won't recognize when there's a card in it, when it is switched off it'll still be on, it'll take pictures randomly, the flash pops up just as randomly as well. I can't do anything. It's totally fucked. I'm going to try and send it out to Olympus repair today so that I can maybe get it back by the time I get back to Hawaii. I've invested so much into this camera, I mean I just bought a new lens last week. Minako is coming to visit me for a couple of days and I'll have no camera to take any pictures. I'm so bummed. So ya, 2010, come on man.

I already miss 2009.