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who REALLY cares about end-of-the-year lists?  not me.
with that, here is my list of 2010 recollections as a raging pothead can best remember (which means……most of the memories are pretty foggy)
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January:  I don’t really remember how I spent last new years, if I did at all.  I’m guessing I prolly got super stoney and went to sleep early after having worked all day.  I took and aced a Cultural Geography class in the winter session…the first class of my serious ‘i’m going back to school and finally really getting it done’ initiative. The job I was at was draining the fun out of me and I was pretty depressed.
February: uhhh.  I know I was working and doing school.  Single on Valentine’s Day, which really doesn’t matter to me.  I finally woke up one morning and said to myself “I know there is a job out there that doesn’t make me miserable AND pays me more than 9 bucks an hour.  My happiness is more important to me than a seriously shitty paycheck,” and quit that fucking job.  Best feeling ever.
March: funemployment was fun.  Went to an open interview for a company I knew little about.  it ended up being a group interview, which at first was weird, but ended up being one of my best interviews yet.  Got a call back that night and did 2 followup interviews in the next week.  Then the waiting began.
April: panic attack city began.  I spent my spring break alone with my parents visiting universities out of state that I got into and really didn’t want to go to.  5 days and 4 cities.  spent the whole week freaking out and miserable.  had another followup interview.  began losing weight due to extreme anxiety/inability to eat or sleep AND by regular walks around the Rose Bowl.  Homie B had her baby….really the 1st of my close friends to produce spawn.
May: more school.  Finally offered the job and began training mid month.  Store opened 5/24.  more anxiety, more weight loss, but more awesomeness due to a renewed sense of purpose.  funemployment was a bit depressing.
June: finish spring session….aced French 101, natch.  Half birthday.  1st hypnotherapy session.  Mind blown.  All the best medical dispensaries had to shut down on June 7th and I was sad.  Baseball games. 
July: work work work.  uneventful July 4th….i think i was sick….i remember not seeing fireworks. 2nd hypno sesh.  More baseball. The return of health insurance!!!
August: work. Hollywood Bowl for….Chromeo + Chemical Bros?…that could have been early September.  even MORE baseball.  Blog turns 2 years old.
September: school….fall session.  Glen Ivy.  Began regular biweekly yoga practice.  Pink Martini at the Hollywood Bowl…fireworks.  Fireworks at Dodger stadium.  HempCon?  I think it was around this time.  Flu…early in the season.
October: favesies month! work/school/etc.  Finally hit up the DTLA Art Walk and was introduced to the Logitech Loft.  met lots of new folks and several parties.  had a nice Halloween despite having to explain my Pot Brownie costume more than I wanted to.
November: Thievery Corporation/Massive Attack concert.  school/work/started becoming unmotivated.  Finally caught Public School after faaarrrr too long.  Filled out college transfer apps.  Thxgiving. Received acceptance to CSU Dominguez Hills LOL.
December: finals.  birthday weekend extravaganza. Glen Ivy. Kings game.  Holidays.  Making this boring list.

who REALLY cares about end-of-the-year lists?  not me.

with that, here is my list of 2010 recollections as a raging pothead can best remember (which means……most of the memories are pretty foggy)

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  1. January:  I don’t really remember how I spent last new years, if I did at all.  I’m guessing I prolly got super stoney and went to sleep early after having worked all day.  I took and aced a Cultural Geography class in the winter session…the first class of my serious ‘i’m going back to school and finally really getting it done’ initiative. The job I was at was draining the fun out of me and I was pretty depressed.
  2. February: uhhh.  I know I was working and doing school.  Single on Valentine’s Day, which really doesn’t matter to me.  I finally woke up one morning and said to myself “I know there is a job out there that doesn’t make me miserable AND pays me more than 9 bucks an hour.  My happiness is more important to me than a seriously shitty paycheck,” and quit that fucking job.  Best feeling ever.
  3. March: funemployment was fun.  Went to an open interview for a company I knew little about.  it ended up being a group interview, which at first was weird, but ended up being one of my best interviews yet.  Got a call back that night and did 2 followup interviews in the next week.  Then the waiting began.
  4. April: panic attack city began.  I spent my spring break alone with my parents visiting universities out of state that I got into and really didn’t want to go to.  5 days and 4 cities.  spent the whole week freaking out and miserable.  had another followup interview.  began losing weight due to extreme anxiety/inability to eat or sleep AND by regular walks around the Rose Bowl.  Homie B had her baby….really the 1st of my close friends to produce spawn.
  5. May: more school.  Finally offered the job and began training mid month.  Store opened 5/24.  more anxiety, more weight loss, but more awesomeness due to a renewed sense of purpose.  funemployment was a bit depressing.
  6. June: finish spring session….aced French 101, natch.  Half birthday.  1st hypnotherapy session.  Mind blown.  All the best medical dispensaries had to shut down on June 7th and I was sad.  Baseball games.
  7. July: work work work.  uneventful July 4th….i think i was sick….i remember not seeing fireworks. 2nd hypno sesh.  More baseball. The return of health insurance!!!
  8. August: work. Hollywood Bowl for….Chromeo + Chemical Bros?…that could have been early September.  even MORE baseball.  Blog turns 2 years old.
  9. September: school….fall session.  Glen Ivy.  Began regular biweekly yoga practice.  Pink Martini at the Hollywood Bowl…fireworks.  Fireworks at Dodger stadium.  HempCon?  I think it was around this time.  Flu…early in the season.
  10. October: favesies month! work/school/etc.  Finally hit up the DTLA Art Walk and was introduced to the Logitech Loft.  met lots of new folks and several parties.  had a nice Halloween despite having to explain my Pot Brownie costume more than I wanted to.
  11. November: Thievery Corporation/Massive Attack concert.  school/work/started becoming unmotivated.  Finally caught Public School after faaarrrr too long.  Filled out college transfer apps.  Thxgiving. Received acceptance to CSU Dominguez Hills LOL.
  12. December: finals.  birthday weekend extravaganza. Glen Ivy. Kings game.  Holidays.  Making this boring list.