see ya later, 2012!

Well, 2012 is over and we've survived all the foretold endings of the world. Before we move on to 2013, let's look at some highlights from 2012:

January:
worked at IBCR, found out I was going to Italy
started the spring semester at McGill

February:
visit to Quebec City, American super bowl party
Letizia left Montréal :(
lots of friend time with Rita, Hana, and Yasaman
beach birthday party during a snow storm

March: 
ITALY! (and finished at IBCR)

April:
heart pangs for NYC
finals and celebrations
worries about the future

May:
visit to NYC
student protests intensify
began applying for jobs

June:

another NYC visit
ISP writing at Café Plume
went to ER (for free!!!)
soaking up the Montréal summer
first camping trip

July:
America's 236th birthday party... in Canada
pranked on Just for Laughs
more daily ISP writing at Café Plume
ANOTHER visit it NYC (I can't stay away!)
shooting in Auraura
beach vacation
offered Women and Public Policy Fellowship

...apparently I took no pictures this month?

August:
finished and submitted ISP
Gorczy's wedding
NYC was a monthly thing for a little while, I guess...
moved to DC
went to LA

September:
started at Polaris Project
hung out with Alex a lot
started weekly fellow happy hours

October:
visited brother at college
Hurricane Sandy
Montréal visit for graduation
I got really into the election/Obama campaign

November:
dave visited

more hangin with Alex
more election excitement
more fellowship events
checkin out the DC attractions

December:
Jingle Ball concert

finished Polaris fellowship
Sandy Hook shooting
ANOTHER visit to NYC
moved back to Albany
hot cocoa party
getting ready for my Rockefeller fellowship

Another successful year. 2013's agenda: Women and Public Policy fellowship, get a real job (yanno, one that pays), get my LMSW, and, of course, have fun.

Hello, snow!

I've been missing you

One of the best ways to spend Christmas

...watching Home Alone with your dogs.

Merry Christmas everyone!

gratitude

Alex and the Ainspans

Dave

community

success/future

possibility

feminism/the internet/ryan gosling

Election 2012

YOUGUYS. It's election day. Some thoughts: I am so happy to live in a country where I can vote. I am sad by all the things that make it hard for disenfranchised Americans to vote. If Romney wins women may as well stuff their vags with cotton and sew 'em shut. obamaobamaobama. The electoral collage is weird. Partasinism is too entrenched and it's creating really scary rhetoric. This was my first vote via absentee ballot - and I'm sure it wasn't counted. Why do we STILL have a two party system? I want Obama to win. Long (like, 3+ hours long) lines to vote in VA. Obama!

its beginning to look a lot like...

i know i know i KNOWWW its too early. (I just bought my Halloween costume today!) The stores have already started which is hella not cool, but can we just indulge for one tiny second? Then I swear I will go back to loving fall to the fullest.

pictures from: www.thesweetestoccasion.com/