Category: General Talk

2018 Highs and Lows

So while 2018 was better than most years, I can’t decide yet if it was the best year. I’ll have to wait until the end of this year to see how it ranks among other years, but

Highs

  • I applied to seven universities, and got accepted to ALL of them (one being UCLA, of which I chose in the end!)
  • Got my first job (test assistant)
  • Got to go to Disneyland with an old friend
  • Got a second job (cashier at a bakery)
  • Got an Associates Degree, ending community college with a 3.5 GPA
  • Went to the Hollywood Bowl and saw Arctic Monkeys perform live
    • the only downside to this is that I attended with a total stranger from my school…
  • Won tickets to Demon Dayz in Pico Rivera and saw Gorillaz/Damon Albarn live
  • Went to a bar for the first time in my life?

Lows

  • Didn’t get my driver’s license like I’d been planning to.
  • Ended my first quarter at UCLA pretty weakly.
    • Got a B+ in my theater course…that class wasn’t even difficult, and I have no idea how far away I was from an A. I was just disappointed that I didn’t get the A when I felt like I gave it my best shot.
    • I got a C+ in my sociology course. I struggled with it, but I knew it was doable. But I still could have put in more effort than I gave.
    • I also had to drop a course because it was just overwhelming me and I felt like I was going to fail anyway. But I felt awful because here I am, supposed to be at the best school, among the best…and I can’t handle a class. Oh, god.
    • It just made me feel worse when some people I’d met that quarter (including someone I knew from high school) were flexing their straight A’s…all I could think of was “HOW?!”
  • Didn’t really make any new friends. And I can feel my older friendships are almost nonexistent at this point.

POINT 1: If your curious what schools I applied to, they’re these:

  • CSU LA
  • CSU Long Beach
  • CSU Northridge
  • UC Santa Cruz
  • UC Irvine
  • UCLA
  • …and I’m blanking on the 7th one? Not sure why.

How was your year? What are some of your goals for this year?

And Just Like That, Another Year

We made it to 2019! How neat is that?

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Now that we can bury 2018, let’s consider things we want to do better for the next year. I know I’ve definitely got some things on my mind that I want to work on. I may end up writing an entirely new post just talking about my highs and lows of the year, because there are a couple of those.

I don’t really have an awesome image of the new year or anything since I’m one of those people who stayed in during the countdown, but I do have this from a going away get-together from last night (that I maybe, sort of crashed – whoops?).

a table full of alcoholic drinks.
We’ve got some of Tito’s Handmade Vodka (super gross, omg) wth some pineapple juice chasers!

Awful resolution, I know. My favorite drink from that night was the whiskey, which sadly isn’t pictured. I wanted rum, but there was none. Probably better, since there were a couple of us who had more than we could handle. Remember to drink responsibly and watch your buddies’ backs! Good thing this was a house party and not at a bar.

It’s only January 3rd, and I’ve already done something cool for the year! Already a better view looking ahead than previous years. Maybe this year will be filled with slightly more social events? We’ll have to see.

Until the next entry!