January – Unemployed, sleepless nights, money stress, interviews, hopeful for a good year ahead
February – Unemployed, lots of interviews, photo outings, prep apt for new roommate, begin massive study in marketing my own business
March – Working temp, cat health issues (Aurora), no roommate yet, marketing meetings, outings for fun (to keep me sane), not enough sleep, RIP Penny
April – Photography business marketing, social networking for Arielle Haze Photography, not hired at NBC, got a perm Exec Assist position at Cast & Crew, caught up on sleep, photo outings, Gigi moved in
May – John left me, I got fired due to depression, learned a bit about my processing disorder, CA upheld Prop 8 (what crap!), lost tons of weight
June – Went out a lot, met Violet, wrote a lot, late nights thinking, karaoke, started watching Psych, didn’t sleep much (nightmares)
July – Severe mental breakdown, started depression meds, traveled to Maryland (Nicole/Josh’s wedding), NJ (to relax and recoop with Viv), and Pennsylvania (Mike/Brooke’s wedding), birthday dinner at Koji’s, Bar Trivia fun with friends, karaoke, Spamalot with Ryan, Six Flags with friends, weddings, photography outings
August – Hung out at the Palace a lot, karaoke nights at Koji’s, Elysia’s birthday fun, saw Project Pitchfork (a rare treat), background work in a Just Nikki episode, played a hooker in a Back on Topps episode, shot a gun at a gun range (did really good), lots of bowling, LA was on fire, saw The ROOM with friends and spoons, performed and photographed weddings
Sept – Cracker / Camper Camp-Out, started dating Kyle (9/15), saw Apoptygma Berzerk, bowling with Koji’s peeps, started working part-time with Lola Felli, hung out with Gigi a lot, hung out at the Palace, Patrick Swayze died, karaoke
Oct – First vacation alone (to Sedona), Kyle & Aaron came to Sedona for a few days (amazing time), saw a meteorite, karaoke, trivia, bowling, started hanging out with John a little more (esp to coordinate kitty care), Disneyland, Kyle & I made our relationship official (10/25), photo outings, dad lost his case and went away, had some depression attacks, started gaining weight back, Halloween at Lyse’s!
Nov – Lola Felli launch, camping in Anza Borrego with Violet, Jason, Kyle, Marcos and friends, Greg & John’s birthday bar crawl & karaoke, Vivienne & Gabe got married over Thanksgiving (Lyse & I flew to NJ for the wedding)
Dec – Started the month sick with the flu, Dagan got his first lion’s cut, worked hard on Lola Felli’s next bridal show, went to FL with Violet, had an awesome new year’s eve with friends at Koji’s!