belated obligatory 2012 reflection

In keeping with blog/journal/diary tradition, I am posting about my previous year, since a new one has commenced. Well, 2012 was a big year due to all of the changes that happened. Ever since moving to Minneapolis, life has been moving at a good pace. I'm glad I decided to move here!

I'm not a fan of long-winded paragraphs, so here are the occurrences of note from 2012, in bullets:

• got a design job/left claims job behind
• dropped out of ad school
• won an Andy award with this guy
• moved to a new apartment (and ended up sacrificing a dishwasher for a balcony)
• welcomed two new nieces into our family  (:
• picked up playing piano again
• initiated a search for my birth family (playing the waiting game now)
• went to my first roller derby match! (so much fun!)
• went on my first music video shoot
• traveled to Fargo to be in a friend's wedding
• ate White Castle for the first (and last) time
• made my first book since taking a bookmaking class in college
• got my first paid gig to illustrate
• first discovered and watched all of Six Feet Under

I am a little ashamed to say that my brain is so fuzzy about some things that I had to look at my Facebook timeline to remember 2012. Overall, it was a very productive year. Here's hoping that 2013 will be just as awesome. It's certainly off to a good start. I'm hoping that this year brings more art + design-related opportunities.