I'm still tore up about losing Walkazo. I wasn't exactly close but we did talk and I miss her being around. I hope it's not in poor taste to bring up a celebrity next but the loss of David Bowie is really a big thing to me, and his music really brings out some powerful feelings, even moreso now than before. I survived my first semester of college, but only just barely. It was pretty rough but I'm actually optimistic about the spring semester. I had two surgeries this year, both of them very very painful. I turned 18. I formed some pretty tight friendships with people on this board that have only really gotten stronger over this year. I've gotten a better friendship with my sister, at first only really being able to bond over music or tv that we both liked. I had my first romantic relationship, which was a mediocre experience but one I'm glad I had. My state flooded, cut my federal scholarship funds (that I earned through academic performance in high school), and had to deal with both police brutality, and brutality towards police. I sat through a year of a shitty campaign season, only for the first election I was old enough to participate in to be absolutely bum. I knew going into it that whoever I elected would be disappointing and disheartening, and my observation was right. There's other stuff I could bring up but those are most of the ones off the top of my head that kind of defined this year for me. All in all a mixed bag, but just like I'm optimistic about next semester of school, I'm optimistic about 2017. I'm not going to jynx it and say things can only go uphill, but I'm looking forward to see how it goes.
