Vanna Robyn

2008: a review

2008: A Year I Might Try to Forget

Top 15 albums released in 08

[top 5 in order]
1. the cool kids - bake sale
2. jack’s mannequin - the glass passenger
3. mgmt - oracular spectacular
4. girl talk - feed the animals
5. cloud cult - feel good ghosts

the rest [in no order]
lil wayne - the carter III
alkaline trio - agony and irony
brighten - early love
the bronx - III
black kids - partie traumatic
does it offend you, yeah? - you have no idea…
empires - howl
hadouken! - music for an accelerated culture
portugal. the man - censored colors
bayside - shudder

Movies I Saw in the Theatre

Mamma Mia
Step Brothers
Pineapple Express
Sex and the City
Kung Fu Panda

Guilty Pleasure of 2008: The stupid Twilight series. Just finished New Moon and now I need Kendra to finish Eclipse so I can read it.

Vacations taken
San Diego
Disney World/Sarasota

Best Concert: Foo Fighters at The Allstate…in a blizzard…with Dave Grohl like 50 feet away from me. Pat Smear was there too!!!

Best Geek-Out Moment: Meeting Nick from the Spill Canvas in San Diego

Top TV Shows
LOST
Entourage
Gossip Girl
It’s Always Sunny…
Dexter
Grey’s Anatomy
So You Think You Can Dance
Ugly Betty
Nip/Tuck
The Office
House
ER
[yes, I watch far too much television]

Favorite Summer Events:
Movies in the Park night with Panda and Claire
Cubs game with Nikkie
Cubs game with Chris
Cubs game with my sissy!

Friends that I became closer with: Nikkie, Brad, Hartman

Best New Friend: JC


2008 was a year like none other. Wait…I lied. The last few years have been very up and down as far as emotions go. I finally had the courage to let go of the biggest waste of my life. I am happy to be over him. I am happy that I have moved on to someone so incredibly spectacular, that sometimes I don’t think I deserve him.

I went on two AMAZING vacations this year. I went to San Diego in April to celebrare the previously mentioned waste of my life for his birthday. Thanks to American Airlines sucking asshole, I wasted most of my first day at O’hare waiting to get on a flight. Three hours in line, running down two terminals, and three more hours later, I was on a flight via United bound for San Diego.The zoo and the beach were the most memorable places I’ve ever been to. Given the opportunity, I would move to California.

I also went to Florida as well in October. I spent a few days in Disney World with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousin Jake. Disney was everything I remembered and more. You truely do feel like a kid again when you’re there. After that, we met the rest of my family in Sarasota. A few days on the beach never hurt anyone, right? :) I came back with a banging tan.

My friendship with three people really strengthened this year. With Nikkie…we had a very up and down year. Not speaking for a few months made work a little stressful. In the end though, we talked and worked things out. I can say that we are better friends because of it. Now she lives in Milwaukee, and I feel like one of my great girlfriends is gone :( With Brad…He was always there for me to talk about my relationship issues, and what I was going through with Mike. I trust him with a lot of my secrets. It will be a really sad day next year when the stupid Marines take him from me. But I know it’s what he wants to do with his life. As far as Hartman goes. He got a job at the OG with me and it def. made work a lot more fun for me. We had a few incidents where I didn’t think one of us would come out alive. As Alkaline Trio said…At least we’re still friends. At least we’re still alive. :)

As I said before, I met someone so incredible in the last few months. His name is Jason, and he is just…amazing. Never have I met someone with such a great energy. He is caring and kind. He makes me laugh, he makes me smile, and he makes me realize that my life isn’t as shitty as I once thought. I am very excited to be starting off 2009 with someone as great as he is.

I also got to see one of my best friends get married! Kristi and Kevin were married on the 15th of November. It was a nice cold day for us, but it was lots of fun. It was my first time standing up in a wedding, and although I was dateless, I had a awesome time. I wish I could wear my bridesmaid dress every day of my life…but unfortunately, it’s still in the trunk of my car. hahaha.

I’m sure I am forgetting a ton of stuff that happened in 2008. I turned 24…woo…. haha.

I am saving the best for last though. The best thing by far that went on in 2008 was purchasing the greatest dog in the whole wide world. My little nugget-butt Kasha. Although she has been a little shithead for most of the time, I am ever so thankful to have her. She is my little monster, and I love her so so so soooo much.