A Summary of 2010

I guess all of these sum up who I currently am.

So I'm going on a scavenger hunt through photos and facebook to touch on all the highlights of 2010 since the year is coming to a close. Prepare for longness (twss).

January:
-New Year's Day: at Kirkwood -- the generator exploded
-Discovered that the House theme song is "Teardrops" by Massive Attack
-Went for a 2.45 mile run
-Witnessed Sheridan and Justin flirt via facebook
-My madre brought me a 3-flavor huge thing of frozen yogurt
-Got a parking spot at school
-January 16th: Tommy's 9th birthday
-Got in touch with Pastor Jo
-Performed in the winter concert accompanying Jonathan in "Younger Than Springtime"
-Found a book about jazz that caught my eye, opened it to find that the first thing it said was, "For Diane."
-My friends wrote nice things on my wall:

Joe:
Diane V is, in essence, a bamf. She not only writes cool songs, but also likes making fun of people- which is something I love to do. She may come off strong, but she has a sweet side to her (her dog is the cutest thing ever). She's just generally fun to be around, and hang with. Rock on, Diane!

Alice:
Diane is my best friend, and I wouldn't trade her for the world. She's amazing at the piano, has a wonderful smile, is hilarious especially when she's grumpy, and is quite happy-go-lucky. She's a beautiful singer too, and she composes music. She's obsessed with AP Music theory and is quite good at it. She's very honest about her opinions, and I can trust her with anything :)

-Saw "Up" for the first time
-Read "The Inner Game of Music"
-Made a Formspring
-Covered "In the Sun" by Joseph Arthur
-Tommy's ear got split in a cat fight
-January 29th: Jonathan and I "get married"
-Saw the dance show/hung out with Ankur: pizza antica, froyo, and cookies
-Played at the youth fundraiser; had an amazing impromptu duet with Hannah
-Finally bought a capo
-Wrote the lyrics for Rachel's song

February:
-Recorded "All Belongs" for Rachel
-Winter Break
-Re-recorded "Dance Forever"
-Went on a photography adventure
-Baked gingerbread
-Went to Napa
-Stayed at Mormor's house with Alex and Ella while parents went to crabfeed; "band sesh"
-Read Isabel Allende's essay and loved this quote:

"Entiendo que la condición de la vida es el sufrimiento, hemos venido a este mundo a perderlo todo, incluso la propia conciencia, la propia vida. Así crecemos, así madura el alma y así aprendemos también sobre la alegría."

-Liked Jacob. He gave me hope of a relationship by saying, "maybe with time you can."
-Went to/planned the Baile Latino/Spanish Culture Night
-FB stat: I was tuning my guitar when the 4th string snapped. I then walked around my room saying to myself, "where's my g-string?" I then realized the implications.
-February 28th: scary driving practicing going to Sunday Friends. Almaden Expressway, 280, 87, angry man backing up.
-Volunteered for the first time at Sunday Friends

March:
-Went to Anna's NCL thing
-Watched Boogeyman 2 with Alice.
-Found this while studying for bio
-Stranger: Can you tell me the difference between watt and volt? You: volt is a place to store money. watt is what you say when you dont understand. u can take my word for it. im a physics teacher Stranger: Ah, OK thanks. You: NO PROB Your conversational partner has disconnected.
-March 14th: Today, while stopped at a light, there was a homeless person with a sign standing on the center island next to me. I then realized the song that was blasting through my open windows was "Ain't Too Proud to Beg."
-went to Kirkwood (20th) for Youth Ski Trip
-Discovered The XX
-Recorded "somewhere in time" for Ankur
-Performed "Falling Slowly" @ Coffeehouse
-March 28th: Leave to go to the East Coat for college tours -- visit Vassar!
-March 31st: 1.5 hour delay coming home

April
-April 1st: Discover Pomplamoose
-April 1st: Discover black widow in my shower
-April 2nd: saw 2 long-haired troubadours roaming the streets of Saratoga
-April 6th: punctured my palm with a pencil (still there)
-Got married to Jonathan in "My Big Fat International Wedding" for a spirit event
-April 11th: "I had claustrophobic dreams last night. First of all, I was at college (which, I don't know), and for some reason there was a haunted "ride" set up by the students that involved crawling in a black box alone and sitting there for 10 minutes while they played a video inside it about a woman in a coffin...Then I wandered through a boys' dorm, which was a labyrinth. Symbolic?"
-April 17th: found my prom dress
-went to Senior Showcase
-started digging up home videos
-April 30th: Jonathan asks me to prom.....LOL.
-was in the spring rally for "Mercy"

May
-went to Monterey/aquarium with Tía and Madre
-went to coffeehouse slash "explored San José...."
-Became friends with Leo
-attempted "to write a Bach version of Morrison's "Moondance." Is it evolutionarily backward to turn jazz into baroque?"
-May 10th: TAKE APMT TEST
-May 12th: "Just saw a grandma driving a PT cruiser whose license plate said, "yee son." Win."
-Went to Prom
-FB status: "is tempted to use Boomwhackers® for the bass instrument in her chorale. I wonder how Ms. Smith* would react..."
-May 22nd: hung out with John and Katie; went to Ms. Smith's* concert
-May 27th: got Swell Season concert tickets

June
-June 3rd: out of school!
-June 5th: Madre gets an iPad
-June 6th: finally finished Hawaii ocean picture
-June 7th: first day of being at Anything Goes rehearsals :)
-Ladybug hunting with Ella
-Mormor's 90th birthday
-went to Great America with Ankur
-hung out with Lena
-Got a letter/gift from the 5th grader I tutored, Marina, with a $50 gift card
-Two weeks of Sacred Heart camp
-Appear on TV: here
-Go to the boat with Alex and Ella
-Sleep outside
-Sleep outside with Alex and Ella
-Froyo with Hannah slash meet that weird dude who has his own designer mini num-chucks
-meet Grandma's kittens

July
-Late-night spider hunting with Jonathan
-Took up the harmonica
-went to Mexico
-In response to "what would be a good gift for Diane?" Jonathan writes:

a grand piano filled with: msaf, kittens, LROP, visors, poetry, men, msaf, men, msaf, men, msaf, men, free sheet music, a remote to fast forward time to next year for our adventure ;), $10 dollars off jazz theory lessons with msaf coupons, an acceptance letter into college, more sheet music, scores for every musical ever made, cat nip, cellos, violins, another sax, timpani, xylophone, more men, her diploma from high school, an afternoon with msaf to watch once coupons, me and msaf (her cat) with red ribbons on our head, a life, french, a gun to shoot all the people who passed their driving test without bothering to read the manual, a stepford life, andddddddd a graffiti mural of msaf in her room with musical notes whirling about her! I think that covers it!

-went to cabin with Alex and Ella
-went to the boat with Angela
-Ankur wrote:

DVILLADSEN,

alternatively, DIANEV,

My first impression of you was made in 8th grade in Ms. Garcia's Intermediate Spanish Honors class. Oh dear. I was pretty judgmental at the time. And nerdy. Thus, my first impression of you was that you're some random nub that didn't deserve to be in my class. LOL jk. But to be honest, I didn't think you were one of the sharpest pencils in the pencil box, at first. I don't really know how we became such good friends, but I know it all started in Spanish 3 Honors my sophomore year (yes, it's a big deal). You're one of the most interesting people I know. I think it's really cool how you already have a defined set of interests and passions that you know you want to pursue for the rest of your life. I also really admire how you invest so much of your spare time in enhancing your innumerable artistic talents, from singing, painting, composing poetry, and writing for the sake of writing, to playing the piano, sax, and guitar (and one day, the cello, I'm sure). I'm willing to bet I left a few things out, as well. You're definitely a fun-loving person who generally tries to enjoy life without stressing too much. Thoughts concerning your future may be necessitating a temporary lifestyle adjustment with the looming onus of college applications and the consequent need to prove yourself academically worthy, but I think you're handling everything very well, and I'm proud of you. On the whole, you're just a really fun person to hang out with. We have so many ridiculous inside jokes that I sometimes lose track and you have to go through the entire scenario, complete with intricate detail. I know for a fact that I'm going to miss that, being more than 3,000 miles away for the entirety of a year and potentially longer, should you choose to stay on the west. Either way, I know we're going to stay in touch and be just as close. Just don't forget to text me once in a while, okay betchh? (lol the abrupt decline in formality). I'm back from the motherland on August 5th and leave fly off to Philly on September 1st, so we're definitely hanging out at some point in that window (I'm not giving you a choice here). See you soon :)

August:
-CommonApp comes out!
-Started a Wins and Fails album on Facebook
-Get hit on by a stoned pedo at GuitarCenter
-Boat with Alex and Ella
-Monterey with Schroeders
-Youth Group boat trip
-experimentations with flashlights and cameras
-Go to concert with Hannah....
-Take kitteh to vet
-Go see The Marvelous Wonderettes
-Purchase of sharpie liquid pencils
-Drive to SF late at night to check on MorMor -- Hannah comes
-August 20th: write "Gravity"
-August 23rd: matriculation
-"Is Lick-a-color a popsicle?"

September:
-Struggle in Calc
-Get a tutor
-SDS announcement at kickoff
-Have guitar party with Hannah
-Labor Day Weekend: Go to cabin
-Felipe Calderón research
-Battle about teaching Sunday School >:(
-Record "All I Ask of You"
-Take senior pictures
-September 14th: Volvo battery dead
-Read The Stranger by Albert Camus
-photoshoot with Alice
-Hanging out with Kie and Alice -- playing taboo with Celia...walking around DTMH...eating breakfast in DTMH...
-Hang out with Ankur at Santana Row; say goodbye :(
-Commence weekly Tuesday outings with Jonathan
-September 23rd: go see Brayden perform at The Avalon
-Go to the boat to shut it down; play guitar on the swim platform, take pics, waterski, cuddle with my pup in the middle of the cold night
-Go buy Jonathan's birthday present with Katie

October
-October 1st: Perform "Gravity" @ Coffeehouse
-Discover Amy Stober's blog
-Add Harry on FB
-Make Pan de Muertos
-"got distracted while cleaning her room and is now making bangles out of empty painters' tape rolls. Talk about Eco-friendly jewelry!"
-Code Red Drill
-First rain :)
-Attend Truth seminar
-Failed Quad church event; people smoking pot in the bushes
-Visit Water Plant with John and Alice
-Family picnic
-Katie and Nick's wedding :)
-Sheridan's party
-paint the purple/orange music thing
-Be a flapper for Halloween
-Library and farmers' market with Hannah
-Write/record "Semicolons"

November
-Artlapse I
-publish art
-Write/record "Pale Blue Dot"
-November 8th: officially finish college apps
-november 9th: birthday breakfast with Alice
-Dinner with katie and family
-November 11th: first TMW rehearsal!
-Make maple leaf roses
-go on a walk with Tía
-go to Disneyland
-Daniel:

so today i went to go get an answer sheet for apmt hw...

Ms Smith*: Oh, just make sure you destroy the copy afterwards
Me: No worries, I'll be sure to incinerate it.
Ms Smith*: or just crumple it up and EAT IT

-Alice's party
-More TMW rehearsals
-Homecoming
-Crocheting blanket
-Thanksgiving at our house
-November 26th: press submit on apps
-get XMAS TREE
-see mountain unicyclist
-discover Victrola in our house
-go out to dinner with Schroeders

December (FINALLY)
-December 3rd: "my night: thrift-(s)hopping with Hannah, 4 falafels for $1 at the Falafel Drive-In, final ornaments on the tree, and a strange, Russian drama on Netflix Instant View."
-Play at Xmas fair at church
-Facebook changes
-Write/record "Maple Leaves"
-lentil soup with macaroni noodles and sausage
-MY 18th BIRTHDAY -- castle rock, synth practice, cathy's concert
-Concert at church; synth
-Yosemite
-Perform at church with band
-Christmas Eve: Guaraldi's "What Child is This?"
-band practices
-be lazy
-shop for presents
-Christmas at Alex and Ella's
-ONTO 2011!

Songs of the Year:
"Sleeping" by The Swell Season
"Fantasy Man" by The Swell Season
"Babys" by Bon Iver
"The Lightning Strike" by Snow Patrol
"Passion Play" by William Fitzsimmons
"White Blank Page" by Mumford & Sons
"Skinny Love" by Bon Iver
"On the Moon" by AA Bondy
"The Blower's Daughter" by Damien Rice
"The Seer's Tower" by Sufjan Stevens
"Hoppípolla" by Sigur Rós
"Drown Out" by The Swell Season
"Guaranteed" by Eddie Vedder
"Eyes" by Rogue Wave

Most exhausting post i've ever written. Guaranteed typos.