This has been the hardest, and in many ways, worst years of my life. However, if I’ve ever had a right-of-passage year or a coming-of-age year, in many many ways, this was it. So, the previous post was my sentimental year in review. This is the practical one highlighting some cool things that happened this year, and what media I consumed along the way.
2013 What I did. Where I went.What I listened To. What I saw.
* = my favorites
Memorable Moments:
-Went to the Storyline Conference
– Went to Onsite Workshop in TN*
-Went to my first Japanese Steak House
– Rode on a motorcycle for the first time*
– started running regularly
-Met the “Zesty Guy” (Anderson Davis. Hometown wonder)
-climbed my first 14er*
-Had my first full alcoholic drink at the ripe age of 24
-Moved to Rocklin
-learned how to drive a stick*
-got my first credit card (again, at the ripe age of 24)
-got my first tattoo. by myself. sober. thought about it for years, and finally decided on spur of the moment to do it.*
-Went on my first non-family road trip. (by myself)*
-Got my first bed ever that wasn’t a twin-size.*
-drew my first non-stick-figure non-ending-up-in-the-trash picture*
-built shelving into my closet. Built a bench (almost done).
-cut off my hair for the first time in 10 years*
– had my writing published in a non-student publication for the first time*
-tried sashimi for the first time
-Went to Israel. Saw/learned so many incredible things.**
-Ran 6 miles in one run (by accident)*
Places I went:
Road: Santa Rosa – January
Road: San Diego – February
Air/Road/Boat: Israel* – Israel
Air: Tennessee – May
Road Trip: NV/UT/WY/CO/KS/MO (Stayed in Salt Lake City, Denver, Wichita, Kansas City)* – June
Air: Denver – Nov*
Air: San Diego – Dec*
Books I read this year:
Slaughter House 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
All is Grace by Brennan Manning*
Grace by Max Lucado
Love Does by Bob Goff
Storyline by Donald Miller
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F Scott Fitzgerald
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Drop Dead Healthy by AJ Jacobs*
Where is God When it Hurts by Yancy
Drops like Stars by Rob Bell*
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Through Painted Deserts by Donald Miller*
The Elements of Story
Without Feathers by Woody Allen
Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris*
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Gracenomics
The Great Gatsby
Ties that Bind – a Storycorps collection*
Books I started but didn’t quite finish this year (but want/need to)
The Lemon Tree
When you are engulfed in flames by Sedaris
Holidays on Ice by Sedaris
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
Inferno by Dan Brown
The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
Disappointment with God by Tim Keller
Albums I bought this year:
Babel – Mumford and Sons*
The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake
The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis*
The Love Club EP – Lorde
The Earth Falls Asleep – Abandon Kansas*
You + Me + the Radio EP – Abandon Kansas
We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things – Jason Mraz
The world from the side of the moon – Phillip Phillips
The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars*
The Glorious Unfolding – Steven Curtis Chapman
The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem
The Moorings – Andrew Duhon
Bad Blood – Bastille
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars*
Foreverly – Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong
Movies I remember Seeing (not a complete list)
Les Miserables
The Gangster Squad*
We’re the Millers*
The Great Gatsby
Captain Phillips
12 Years a Slave*
The Hobbit part 2
Catching Fire (hunger games 2)*
The Heat
Anchorman
Anchorman 2
Ender’s Game
The Croods
Olympus Has Fallen
Broken City
Identity Thief
Admission
Perks of Being a Wall Flower
The Place Beyond the Pines
Silver Linings Playbook
The Secret life of Walter Mitty*
50/50
The Guilt Trip
Comedians I listened to/laughed to most*
John Mulaney*
Kevin Hart
Brian Regan
TV Shows I watched Regularly:
Once Upon a Time (not current season though)
SNL*
Revenge
The Office*
(FRIENDS — all year every year)***
What are some of your favorites for these categories?
Joanna O’Hanlon is an adventurer and story-teller. She tries to be honest about the ugly and hard parts of life, and the beautiful parts too. This blog is one of the places she shares her thoughts and stories. Other places are
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