2011 in Review

Frankly, I’m glad that 2011 is over. I’m ready for 2012.


In January, I finally went back home to Hawaii. I hadn’t gone since I moved and my Dad timed it so it was the same time he was visiting as well. I got to visit my Grandmas, eat all the food I’ve been missing on the mainland, and hang out with my friends.

 

Probably the coolest thing of 2011 came in March when the It Gets Better Book came out.  I made my video late in 2010 and was surprised that they wanted to include me in their book. This book opened a lot of doors, but more importantly gave me the strength to be more active in the LGBT community. I met a lot of really amazing people through the It Gets Better project.

The beginning of summer meant the LA Times Book Festival (far left panel). It was my first and definitely something I plan on attending every year from now on.  I also attended my very first Unique LA and met TONS of cool people there!

I don’t want my photos to overlap with Kimi’s too much, but I was so happy that Caroline and Emily came to visit. We all had some much needed “family” time together. We even spent 14 hours at Disneyland, much to Caroline’s dismay.

Apparently I never get tired of Disneyland ’cause I went again when my mom, stepdad, and youngest sister came to visit.

You’re going to think I’m a nerd and I don’t care. I went to Comic Con this year. Although my car broke down on the way there (see left panel), I still had lots of fun.  Sat in on the Showtime panel (which included Dexter) and on Sunday I sat in on the Castle panel. By completely chance, I scored a pass to the exclusive signing they had that day so I got to meet the cast and they graciously signed this poster for me. Kimi also scored me an official Comic Con Castle notebook.

August is all about Buster. We adopted her from the spcaLA in Long Beach, CA. Chompers and Buster didn’t really get along at first, but slowly they found their rhythm.  We also saw Adele that month at the Greek. She was amazing.

Autumn was a hard couple of months. Chompers got sick twice, the most recent incident where she had to have surgery. I barely slept, I worried a lot, but she pulled through like the trooper that she is. Experienced fall in LA. Although I’m sure I experienced it last year too, I remembered it this year for some reason. Oh, and Disneyland for Christmas rocks.

2011 is almost over and I’m happy to see it go. Nobin took us to the Grove to experience Christmas-time there. They decorate it all fancy and you can sit on rich Santa’s lap. Before stuffing our faces at the Korean BBQ restaurant we love, Nobin took us to the LACMA for an impromptu photo session.

I started 2011 visiting home and I ended 2011 visiting my other home, Seattle. Had some much needed rest and home cooked meals. Gained like 10 lbs and got to hang out with my family. By the way, we always like to threaten my sister Alyssa that we’re going to buy her something from Dress Barn which is why we took a picture in front of there.

I don’t know what’s in store for 2012, but whatever it is, I’ll be ready for it.

Life, Pictures by kristel
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