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2012 Year in Review
Dec. 31st, 2012 11:49 pmI regret not doing a 2011 Year in Review so my penance is to do an extra comprehensive one for 2012.
January: I spent most of January in The Netherlands with Emma which was generally a depressing affair. The month was greatly redeemed by a short trip to England to see the lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
selina_and Xin - I spent a wonderful few days with them. Then I came back to Australia and went to work only to find out that there had been a $1m blaze at the school. Lost a few days of teaching and subsequently spent the rest of Term 1 playing catch up with the curriculum. Gro received my kangaroo, an event which also made the Norwegian newspapers.
February: I broke up with Emma. Spent a lot of time being sad about missed connections and bad timing, then wrote a poem about it. I was inspired by Ann's blog to Be Bold and embarked on a number of self improvement initiatives. Despite this, I still got totally sucked into Star Wars: The Old Republic as my post-WoW rebound MMO. I spent the last week of February on school camp with the Year 7s.
March: This was the month in which I worked a lot, played Skyrim, and chatted with Ingrid. She tried to entice me back to WoW but failed. I read an amazing YA book which stayed with me for weeks afterward: Code Name Verity. I also discovered Tennyson's In Memoriam which I read and loved. Ingrid started rewriting TBSOL for the third time.
April: During the Easter break, I tried to fix my computer's overheating problem and ended up doing a complete upgrade. Then I spent the rest of my holidays playing TOR, Skyrim and watching various episodes of things with Ingrid. This was my first holiday since June 2011 that I had free time for myself since the previous two had turned into impromptu trips to Europe.
May: Experienced late autumn blues but successfully overcame them by throwing myself into work. Eurovision happened. Grandpa died. A Finnish girl (Terhi) messaged me on OKCupid.
June: I reconnected with Jennifer, a fellow linguistics student from uni that I used to have a proxy-crush on. I also started playing Diablo III with Terhi. Predictably, I became infatuated with Missy Higgins after going to her concert. This prompted me to seriously start learning guitar (as opposed to playing the 3 chords I knew from high school on my old op-shop bought 3/4 sized one).
July: I finished Diablo III and moved on to Tropico 4 and L.A. Noire. I caught up with various friends during the school holidays. I was very worried for Kitteh when she became ill with an infected joint and took her to the vet several times. I finalised USA travel plans for September. And when Term 3 started, KF arrived on the scene, which made work a lot more interesting.
August: I spent much of this month developing a crush on a married, straight woman. Good job, me.
September: September was a big month. I went on my long overdue America Trip to seedangerosa, thrace_ red_said, gizzmogeek, and pebblin. I spent varying amounts of time in Boston, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Virginia and L.A. By the end of the trip, I felt human again (as opposed to feeling and acting like WorkBot).
October: Came back to Melbourne, and work, and threw myself whole-heartedly in preparing my Year 12s for their exams. Watched Rianna turn 18 and was a proud big sister. Work got a lot less busy after the Year 12s finished up so I spent some time playing Empire: Total War. I also applied for a job at a different school but in the end I withdrew my application and decided to stay. Two more years until long service leave. Agreed to go on the China Exchange trip next year.
November: I turned 26. My Year 7 tutorial group threw me a mini party, baked me a cake and got me presents, which made my day immensely better. I went to my sister's Valedictory dinner and watched her graduate. Had more proud sister moments. Schmoozed with a couple of teachers at her school in an attempt to try and get myself employed at Korowa one day.
December: At work, I prepared for next year, did a lot of babysitting, and continued to cultivate my friendship with KF. I attended the work Christmas lunch and lawn bowls, as well as Chris's 40th birthday. I got my Year 12s' results and was quite disappointed at their scores. The summer holidays finally started. I emailed McKinley on OKCupid and went on a lovely date with her.
And now, the survey: ( 2012 Year In Review )
January: I spent most of January in The Netherlands with Emma which was generally a depressing affair. The month was greatly redeemed by a short trip to England to see the lovely
selina_and Xin - I spent a wonderful few days with them. Then I came back to Australia and went to work only to find out that there had been a $1m blaze at the school. Lost a few days of teaching and subsequently spent the rest of Term 1 playing catch up with the curriculum. Gro received my kangaroo, an event which also made the Norwegian newspapers. February: I broke up with Emma. Spent a lot of time being sad about missed connections and bad timing, then wrote a poem about it. I was inspired by Ann's blog to Be Bold and embarked on a number of self improvement initiatives. Despite this, I still got totally sucked into Star Wars: The Old Republic as my post-WoW rebound MMO. I spent the last week of February on school camp with the Year 7s.
March: This was the month in which I worked a lot, played Skyrim, and chatted with Ingrid. She tried to entice me back to WoW but failed. I read an amazing YA book which stayed with me for weeks afterward: Code Name Verity. I also discovered Tennyson's In Memoriam which I read and loved. Ingrid started rewriting TBSOL for the third time.
April: During the Easter break, I tried to fix my computer's overheating problem and ended up doing a complete upgrade. Then I spent the rest of my holidays playing TOR, Skyrim and watching various episodes of things with Ingrid. This was my first holiday since June 2011 that I had free time for myself since the previous two had turned into impromptu trips to Europe.
May: Experienced late autumn blues but successfully overcame them by throwing myself into work. Eurovision happened. Grandpa died. A Finnish girl (Terhi) messaged me on OKCupid.
June: I reconnected with Jennifer, a fellow linguistics student from uni that I used to have a proxy-crush on. I also started playing Diablo III with Terhi. Predictably, I became infatuated with Missy Higgins after going to her concert. This prompted me to seriously start learning guitar (as opposed to playing the 3 chords I knew from high school on my old op-shop bought 3/4 sized one).
July: I finished Diablo III and moved on to Tropico 4 and L.A. Noire. I caught up with various friends during the school holidays. I was very worried for Kitteh when she became ill with an infected joint and took her to the vet several times. I finalised USA travel plans for September. And when Term 3 started, KF arrived on the scene, which made work a lot more interesting.
August: I spent much of this month developing a crush on a married, straight woman. Good job, me.
September: September was a big month. I went on my long overdue America Trip to see
dangerosa, thrace_ red_said, gizzmogeek, and pebblin. I spent varying amounts of time in Boston, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Virginia and L.A. By the end of the trip, I felt human again (as opposed to feeling and acting like WorkBot).October: Came back to Melbourne, and work, and threw myself whole-heartedly in preparing my Year 12s for their exams. Watched Rianna turn 18 and was a proud big sister. Work got a lot less busy after the Year 12s finished up so I spent some time playing Empire: Total War. I also applied for a job at a different school but in the end I withdrew my application and decided to stay. Two more years until long service leave. Agreed to go on the China Exchange trip next year.
November: I turned 26. My Year 7 tutorial group threw me a mini party, baked me a cake and got me presents, which made my day immensely better. I went to my sister's Valedictory dinner and watched her graduate. Had more proud sister moments. Schmoozed with a couple of teachers at her school in an attempt to try and get myself employed at Korowa one day.
December: At work, I prepared for next year, did a lot of babysitting, and continued to cultivate my friendship with KF. I attended the work Christmas lunch and lawn bowls, as well as Chris's 40th birthday. I got my Year 12s' results and was quite disappointed at their scores. The summer holidays finally started. I emailed McKinley on OKCupid and went on a lovely date with her.
And now, the survey: ( 2012 Year In Review )
