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I always think that nothing really happened to me in this decade (because for some reason I think that my entire childhood happened in the 90s) but really, EVERYTHING happened in this decade.
Spoiler:
2000 - halfway through freshman year of high school. Disliked hanging around with girls still, was rejected by the guy I had a crush on since middle school, and surprisingly got over it in about 20 minutes. Guess it wasn't the real thing.
2001 - sophomore year... made it into advanced orchestra, had to divvy up my friend crowd three ways, because all my friends hated each other. Made it into Regional orchestra, placed high and my orch teacher told my parents I had to have private lessons. Also, went to Italy with the Youth Symphony, designed their tour logo, got lost in Florence.
2002 - junior year... first year with what I thought would be my scary Russian teacher; made it into the upper orchestra in Regionals. Won a poster contest for Mardi Gras in my town. Auditioned for the National High School Orchestra, got in. Went to Columbus, OH.
2003 - Did CSSSA at CalArts in Valencia. Got pissed at the animation industry for shitting all over 2D animation/discovered that I didn't want to go into animation. Listened to a lot of awesome music, met a lot of crazy cool people. Did All-State Orchestra. Was accepted into the local symphony as a violist. Started thinking about majoring in music......
2004-2005 - Went to the local community college. Teachers battled over which major I was going to choose: art vs. music. Took more art classes because the classes were better. Ended up going with music. Auditioned for three schools: UT, KSU and UOP, had a lesson with McInnes at USC but didn't like it. Was instantly accepted to Austin and fell in love with the teacher/city.
Also, went to England/Ireland/Wales with Youth Symphony. Mother came along and made it annoying.
2005-2008 - GONE TO TEXAS. Basically my entire life and personality did a 180... it started with my grandpa dying 3 weeks before I moved to Austin, and then I proceeded to hang out with musicians for 4 years and take viola lessons from a big gay Australian pirate. Met my gay husband, got a degree, went on a month tour of Europe, met a few GFFers in-person (hay Dull & Xpander) etc. etc. etc.
2009 - Auditioned for grad school at Peabody/Johns-Hopkins, Minnesota State, Rice and UC/CCM. Accepted at three, went with the one that gave me a 75% scholarship (CCM). Currently doing a Master's in viola performance, trying to like Cincinnati as a city (but kind of failing). Trying to feel like I can play the viola.
Condensed: At the beginning of the decade, I assumed I would be an artist/animator, was obsessed with anime/Japan/learning Japanese and hung out with a bunch of gamers and fantasy/romance-novel junkies. At the end, I'm a musician that does graphic art on the side, doesn't have time to watch TV let alone play video games or watch anime, and is obsessed with Norway/Norwegians/learning Norwegian and German.
Normally they're filled with pulque but, yeah, we'll go with tequila if it makes you feel comfortable.
I've always wanted to try pulque... never remembered to look for it when I was down south, and now I'm in the land of nothing Mexican, so it'll have to wait until I head that direction again.
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