2020-12-31

2020

2020 was a shitbag of a year but I'm grateful and lucky that there were good things too. I'm very well rested, I've started and finished a lot of things on my lists, and, well, let me get to it:

April:
Thursday the 2nd
The image of the zoom meeting is permanently seared into my brain. My heart goes out to gen z...but they are the chosen ones who will save us all.
 Fox Fam got on to wish Destini a happy birthday!

These avatar personalizing things popped up and kept me entertained for a bit.

Sunday the 5th
Made some of the best snack discoveries this year (っ˘ڡ˘ς)
Gotta stock up on the essentials ya know

Friday the 17th
Destini made and sent out bead bracelets. So cute!

May:
Saturday the 2nd
Jose's birthday fox fam zoom! Some had left by the time I remember to take picture.

Wednesday the 6th
I got stills from Marcus' project
Everything looks so good. I just wish I didn't look like that lol

Friday the 15th
Beach with Becca
We were very impressed with this person cause that water was still freezing and it wasn't THAT warm that day.

Good sky that day


June:
Monday the 8th
One of the BLM gatherings I drove protestors to. I would wait in the car until things were done but I had to pee so bad. Glad I took a bathroom break cause it let me catch the sky and some speeches.

Friday the 19th
I participated in my first protest with Becca.
It was a good one.
Fireworks for Juneteenth

Monday the 29th
The sky from Becca's back door

July:
Wednesday the 1st
I just liked how the cherries looked in the basket

I gave into the trend. I always said I would do better as a guy... It looks a lot like how my dad looked when he was young.

Friday the 3rd
Went to Angelica's bbq. I know it wasn't a good idea even if I kept my mask on but...I gave into my weakness...
Janet's flan

Drunk Anna always lookin either sad or mad. That day it was sad.

We started Jeepers Creepers and it was just so bad we stopped it and went home lol.

Saturday the 11th
Took mom to get our nails done.

Sunday the 19th
Fox fam socially distant gathering. It was so sad we couldn't touch each other after doing a show where that was all we did... I'm going to tackle everyone into a pile the first chance I get (。•́︿•̀。)

Tuesday the 21st
Mom and I got fancy with our sparkling Welch's. We've eaten every meal together since the pandemic started so we've talked and laughed the most we ever have since I was a baby. I'm really thankful for this because it never would have happened otherwise.

Tuesday the 28th
What happens when Becca and I try to get spicy chicken sandwiches.
Really hoping the closing is temporary.

We drove for like an hour looking for open places and then finally took our finds to the park.
The mac n cheese as good but the sandwich was meh

We were pleasantly surprised by a band.

Who is the evil person who made this?? Smh 

August:
Tuesday the 4th
I liked what was going on with the sunlight in my room.
The only time I've looked up and thought something about my room was nice.

Monday the 10th
Had to use my expiring foundation one last time

Wednesday the 12
Started taking lots of unsober selfies this year
THE BEST cracker snacks from Indonesia

Friday the 21st
Anutha one

Saturday the 22nd
Charnae, Angelica, and I went to get tacos downtown.
When you tell us to smile

Ahaha

View from the parking lot we were sitting in

Hadn't been in the city in soooo long. It was weird and nice.

Wednesday the 26th
Cute clouds that day

Thursday the 27th
Super fluffy clouds

September:
Wednesday the 2nd
Raven and I missed each other the last times we were in each other's town so this time I made sure to make it to lunch.
Cute polaroids that Raven was nice enough to let us keep one of. I almost never like the way I come out in these and I look really good in all three??! Loving the weight I've gained.

I wasn't that hungry and just ordered the fries (that I previously got for free (҂⌣̀_⌣́) sigh) and the non alcoholic rose which upon first sip I recognized was the very same welches I had with  my mom months ago!!!!! It was like $9. Ƒ ư ɕ ƙ (╬゚◥益◤゚) ╬゚
 
But I still had a really good time with Raven and T Baby.

Then I went and get my nails done.

Friday the 4th
Not the prettiest clouds but the sky was just so blue and the clouds so white and cotton like.

Thursday the 10th
Weird sky

When you're super Korean and need soup

Wednesday the 23rd
Lunch with Becca

Then I picked up Angelica to help me re-repaint my new room. Every room except for the bathrooms in the new place we were moving to were yellow.
It looks darker and uglier in my picture but regardless, I didn't want it. Not only was my landlord nice enough to give us a month and a half free, he was willing to paint my room the color I wanted.

He gets his discount at Sherwin Williams, so I out of their slim choices, I picked cosmetic peach.

The picture is way worse but it was an ugly salmon and so I asked him to buy a can of the other color and I would do it with a friend.
 
And yay! He helped us by doing most of the work with the rollers and then Angelica and I did the detail work with brushes. It came out lighter in the picture, but now it's a slightly more saturated version of the original color I picked. It's not exactly what I wanted but I'm content. Hurrah!

Thursday the 24th
I started volunteering at a pantry and the sky was usually really nice by the time my shift ended. Love the light in the far clouds.

Friday the 25th
Brunch after moving some stuff over. That month and a half made our move so much less stressful. This benedict, however, gave me stress cause it was bad.

Tuesday the 29th
I can't remember where I took this and I don't know how I managed to take it so straight.

Wednesday the 30th
Fluffy clouds with really pretty light reflection above the old place.
Hanging even lower at the new place.

Tried Paik's noodles for our moving meal. The first time I strongly preferred the jjam bbong over jja jang. It's the only things that's good there.

Sun King screened online and I liked this frame.

October:
Thursday the 1st
Trying out the coffin shape.

Reversed on the other hand.

My nails suddenly looked so good to me. Of course I wasn't sober haha

Ordered pizza from Village Inn for the first time and couldn't believe I hadn't done it until the month I was to be moving away. I was really burned from their buffalo chicken sandwich like five years ago. What a tragedy cause their carrot cake is soooooooo gooooooood!!

Disassembled spicy mayo

Tried an experiment and it was a complete success.

Monday the 5th
Cat hanging outside

Becca and I went to the Art Institute for the Monet exhibit.
I like her picture better

I love these kinds of drawings? Sketches?

My personal favorite from the Chicago collection

My favorite water lillies. Didn't realize he painted SO many.

Love the three panel in the gift shop.

Malangatana Ngwenya

Detail

Ah to be able to see these in their heyday

Shivering while eating burgers

Wednesday the 7th
The moving meal where mom's orange juice glass had oil in it

Saturday the 10th
Joined Eva, her sister, and her sister's friends to a pumpkin patch. Was not happy with the lax maskers. The obviously drugged exotic animals were depressing too.
Pig racing

The pumpkin eating dinosaur

Hayride to the fields

My first corn maze

Made it out

The patch

I just sat on this one and waited for the wagon to come back

One of the two free things there after a pretty hefty entrance fee.

At least the slide wasn't so bad.

Tuesday the 13th
Cute sky and ugly everything else

Wednesday the 14th
Not a fan of these kinds of clouds but it is interesting. But scary...

Thursday the 15th
I will never tire of clouds


Monday the 19th
Did a reading of Jose's screenplay with his friends!

Friday the 23rd
Broke it trying to grab my lame five pound shoe rack. I was so mad, this was the longest my natural nails have ever been. Also hurt a lot.

Tuesday the 27th
Went to Sarah's for a late birthday celebration with dinner and the Blackpink documentary.
Prosciutto wrapped salmon

Love holding cat paws

Felt popular

Leave out a gallon of Arizona to spot a wild Sarah

New contact pic

November:
Monday the 2nd
Sarah got me this crystal ball as a housewarming gift. It came in two so I left the other one with her. It looked cute in my window but I don't get sun...

I put this shirt on after a shower and my back felt very drafty. I then noticed all the holes. Had to commemorate this 15 year old shirt before letting it go.

Goodbye JV volleyball team shirt that made me cry when I realized they printed 'JINDY' instead of the 'JINNAY' I wrote in a moving bus using the backseat as a hard surface. 

The best prepackaged milk tea I've found thus far. It's suuuper sweet though.

A mother's love (;へ:)

Thursday the 5th
The color came out way more pumpkin-y than I expected.

Dressed for one of the two auditions I got all of quarantine (- n -)

Friday the 6th
So pretty!

The fit

We tried Kurimu

It was so so good.

Saturday the 7th
The weather was perfect for a picnic
Got to try some new snacks

An incredible new discovery. Thank you Tak!! The Kinder hippos are like a ferrero rocher without the nut but creamier!

Tuesday the 10th
For the first time in my life, I clipped my hair up perfectly. Had to document
And document

And document...

It went on for awhile
Had to get the filter on my friend too

Even going back and forth from my room and bathroom ahaha of course I was under the influence

Then I thought "what if someone was watching me?"

I did that thing where I only move one eye!

I hate that vent. The ceilings are low and my bed is right in front of it and the central air but no ventilation brings all the neighbors' cooking fumes into my room! It drives me crazy and it's hideous to look at too.

Saturday the 14th
Sarah's gift half working. This is the only place I can hang it and the sun only reaches half of the ball. Still cute though.

Mama Lucy lent me her drill and I attempted hanging things for the first time. If I ever try again, I will make sure I use a step ladder instead of a rolling chair and not drill/hammer things above eye level....

Friday the 20th
I brought Audra home to foster! 
This is the only picture I'll have of her in this post because I have hundreds of pictures and want to write a post just about her. She is the the sweetest and cutest and I love her sooo much!!! ⊂(♡⌂♡)⊃

Thursday the 26th
Our Thanksgiving dinner haha

Friday the 27th
The pink clouds were just so pretty.

The moon so bright

Monday the 30th
The only food we've had in the neighborhood that is good.

Giant blurry chocolate cake

December:
Wednesday the 2nd
My mom not only put on her minion jeans, she dressed as a minion and I couldn't stop laughing when I noticed.

Saturday the 5th
I was going over to Becca's for dinner so I used it as an opportunity to put makeup on.
Masking mascne as moles and added the Jisoo dots.

A better view

She cooked us yummy steak!

Always with the fit

Sunday the 6th
A Paris Baguette opened so I had to taste.

Their classics breads are no good but their trendier breads and deserts are so nommy! I recommend doubled fisting their butter cream bread with the ham cheese. I finally have a reliable place to get chocolate dipped cream puffs now! o(≧∇≦o) I've already spent too much money there.

Friday the 11th
I don't know why she started watching sitting like this but...werk hahaha

Sunday the 13th
Trying and failing to capture the glitter

Chuckling at bots learning and adding profile pictures but still failing to be convincing.

Thursday the 17th
Second attempt at trying to cook with a meal subscription. I thought it would be easier now with a bigger kitchen but there's still no space. At least the fire alarm isn't going off every three minutes. And I actually did a decent job.

Monday the 21st
Killing time while getting tires replaced. No mirrors so I took a picture to show her how she looks. It was a good buy.

Thursday the 24th
My first time making us pancakes with the Long Table Pancakes sample pack.

Today
Don't wanna end with an ugly picture of pancakes so here's a picture from today:
And that's it!!! I've done it!! I've caught up!!! On the last day of the year! I've accomplished something! Ahh!!! On to hopefully better year in 2021!
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