My Photographic Journey Through 2012
Last year I posted a blog entry at the end of January to depict my photographic journey of 2011 , and while no one read it including myself, there was something gratifying about commemorating all of the non-moments in my life at once. So I’ve decided to do it again for New Year’s Eve.
I can only hope you have found a better way to spend New Year’s than reading amateur WordPress blogs. But on the off chance that your life is as uneventful as mine, enjoy! Or at least pretend to.
January 2012
At some point in January I decided that cleaning my purse was easier than dealing with arthritis in my shoulder the rest of my life. I photographed my efforts and now have concrete evidence that at any given time I can be found carrying items ranging in unimportance from detached bra under wires to opened and unusable tampons.
Oh. And that’s my foot in the corner. Not typically found in my purse.
February 2012
While this photograph mostly represents my narcissism, I am including it because it also represents the beginning of a long and disappointing journey known as “Lena’s 2012 employment history.” In 2012 I held 4 different jobs ranging from coffee shop waitress/concubine, receptionist in an administrative office at a college, front desk receptionist at a hotel, and admissions representative at a tech school. Who says college is a waste of time?
March 2012
During the last week of February and first week of March, I volunteered in the Dominican Republic. I can’t make this funny. It was one of the most profound, fulfilling experiences of my life and I feel extremely lucky to have had it. Plus I got hit on a lot there…score?
April 2012
After convincing everyone in my office to buy raffle tickets from a student organization trying to save a sick llama, the universe had my back and helped me win this wine basket.
This is without question the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me. Or at least that is what I told the student who brought it to our office.
June 2012
“This looks like a whore house.”
My mother, as I dried my clothes in her kitchen.
June 2012
This was my Bob Dylan vinyl collection back in June. I have since added five more. For Dylan geeks the total includes: Times They Are A-Changin, Another Side of Bob Dylan, Bringing it All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Greatest Hits Vol 1&2, Nashville Skyline, New Morning, Before the Flood, Blood on the Tracks, Desire, At Budokan, Street Legal, Empire Burlesque, Real Live, Modern Times, Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Live in 1966), and a VERY rare bootleg recording from the mid 60′s.
Bad ass.
July 2012
In July I was Freshly Pressed and it brought me greater pride than any other accomplishment of my life, including birth and learning how to read.
September 2012
I’m not sure if you heard, but there was this thing called Hurricane Sandy. Because I’m unbalanced and deeply afraid of heavy wind, despite the relative mildness of the conditions in my area, I thought it necessary to relocate my mattress into the living room where there are no windows, but quite prevalent feelings of being locked in a dungeon. Don’t even tell me this was overkill!
October 2012
I am a high/existential bee. I also throw great parties and enjoy practicing calligraphy in my free time.
October 2012
She was drunk again, smiling and laughing in his orange face. He was contemplating a murder-suicide.
Pumpkin love between me and my boo.
Pun INTENDED. Hehehe.
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Someone take away my blog.
October 2012
My boyfriend and I are in some ways the same person, hold the genitals, or however I can more discretely put that. Nevertheless we are into things like all natural soap-making and even more into talking about how it makes us better than everyone. This is an example of how.
November 2012
So we sort of like each other.
“Do you love me even when I’m crazy?”
“I love you especially when you’re crazy.”
I can dig that.
December 2012
Both of our tongues are sticking out. Need I say more?
December 2012
Being better than everyone we meet is exhausting, as evidenced in this handmade “basket” of handmade products given to our families for Christmas. Soap, lip balm, air fresheners, jam, and inconceivable arrogance.
December 2012
I…I don’t know what is wrong with me.
December 2012
You know you’re 1/4 Italian when after a lifetime of cooking a traditional Christmas Eve family recipe you still have no idea how to spell what you are making. You know your mother is 1/2 Italian when she tells you she will disown you if you share the recipe.
December 2012
“I can’t see the TV, there are too many presents in the way!”
…First world problems?
December 2012
There is currently a gigantic ice sickle in my freezer. I think I will keep it and use it as a weapon when a heroin addict inevitably returns to my apartment in search of the former tenant.
So long, 2012! Howdy, East Orange.
Love,
The girl with no (public) resolutions, but many (private) disappointments
Posted on December 31, 2012, in Misguided attempts at holiday blogging and tagged 2012, 2012 in photographs, 2013, accomplishments, Bob Dylan, countdown, Happy new Year, holidays, humor, New year's day, New Year's Eve, Resolutions, satire. Bookmark the permalink. 14 Comments.
Love it!
Thank you!
“So long, 2012! Howdy, East Orange.”
This made me immediately want to listen to Bobby and so I did.
Thank you for acknowledging my subtle Bobby reference
I love the icicle in the freezer! Happy 2013!
Maybe I could start a blog series documenting the ice sickle throughout 2013. You and I will be the only readers but that could be fun.
Happy 2013 to you too!
That would be amazing. I am so in. haha!
I’m counting on you to support me! haha
Hey it seems like we came up with very similar ideas for our New Years posts. Except it seems you might have posted yours first. Plus you did it last year. Crap, I think I stole. It’s my first time officer, I swear.
I think you should upgrade yours and create a calendar edition. What better representation of June than a picture of a bunch of drying bras? And what cuter way to bring in the festive season than a picture of you and your boyf poking your adorable tongues out?
Meanwhile, I didn’t know thatyou are one quarter Italian. I’m one half so I will never tell you any secret recipes. But you will enjoy them all the same. And you have to have seconds.
They were very similar posts but certainly not the same. I love the format of yours! I am going to comment on that separately so for now I will keep this all about myself.
I giggled when you called our tongues adorable. Don’t judge.
I always forget that people from countries other than America can also have mixed ethnicities. But I’m glad to know you will stuff me senseless with Italian sausage. Or something less dirty.
Thank you for such an intimate post and really putting yourself out there. And all the bra references. i’m so glad to have found your blog through freshly pressed and have left every visit here feeling better than i did when i arrived, so thank you for that too. May 2013 do the same for you!
I’ll have you know this comment made my day. So thank you
I wish you a great 2013 as well! Stay in touch
Enjoyed this post a lot. And I must know from whence came the icicle. You cannot get rid of it. Ever.
LOVED the Post !! Awesome idea!