i'm going to blatantly steal an idea from linz at bad samaritan and consider what i did each month in 2003. but i can't remember what happened when, so i'm going to have to rely on my wonderful denim kogepan planner:

• in january nothing much must have happened because my planner was coming in the mail, and nothing's written there.
• in february i saw an ansel adams exhibit at the l.a. county museum of art, and had a hellish blind date that makes a pretty good story today.
• in march i went to a few toastmasters meetings. i must remember to join sometime, because i suck at speeches.
• in april, i neglected to submit my tax return and may have gone to the l.a. times book fair, held every year at my alma mater (ucla).
• in may, i finally got my horribly-off glasses prescription fixed, and took a trip to denver. a very good friend left l.a. for her native illinois.
• in june someone hit my car and i had to change jobs. well, i was getting tendonitis from it and hated the job anyways. i also started working for this guy, whom i quit in a huff three months later. he still owes me money, the rat. i hear that he is still sad that we're not friends anymore. well, he can't be that sad, because he has $1,500 which belongs to me.
• in july i went to san diego comic con and got invited to an exclusive goth party o_O and i could've seen elijah wood and andy serkis if only i hadn't headed home before midnight. a different friend came out to visit from the aforementioned state of illinois. we hung out in ventura. i also bought a new cel phone.
• in august i went on another blind date. this one went well, except that we didn't like each other. c'est la vie.
• in september i quit my job and went to disneyland, but not like that, exactly.
• in october i started working for a social services agency.
• in november i started working for a store at the mall, because i needed more money. i also cashed out my 401-k for the money. that was a somber moment. meanwhile, a friend that i'd reconnected with at the comic con invited me to a banquet where i met ray bradbury! i shook his hand!! and also i turned 28.
• in december i got my hair cut and permed-- a drastic change in hairstyle that was worth every cent, i think. i went to a december 16th midnight showing of return of the king, and i believed, if only for three hours. i also totally, dramatically fell for a co-worker. and here i am tonight.