october

• indian food & boba w i.p. + meeting her cat
• guest performing tucson dance showcase

november

• ballet tucson magic in the moonlight
• ramen w i.p. + pocket dimension + cool hotel lounge
• all souls w i.p. + her giving me her extra groceries + hanging out til 1am
• bike ride + caught in the rain at brandi fenton park + climbing trees
• almost 6 hrs of dance rehearsals + night of hecate party
• wardrobe refresh
• ua fall for dance show
• fall artisans market

december

• dancing in 6 pieces at the lmdc show
• dancing in the 520 show & surviving the fog machine disaster
• dancing in the zuzi solstice show
• performing aerial in the circus sanctuary solstice show & surviving the silks disaster
• overall performing in 10 pieces across 6 shows w 4 different groups over 3 weeks(!!)

january

• pizzadilla + window shopping mercado district + quaint neighborhood wander
• aerial chains class
• 45+ min luchi cuddle session
• c.a.'s sling class
• fleeting fringe showcase
• taking classes at breakout's new studio
• switching to 5/4 work schedule & getting every other friday off

february

• phoenix + 2nd mayhem ball + art museum + amazing peanut curry + sleeping on an airbnb closet floor + anticlimactic walks downtown
• sensual chair dance workshop

march

• lunar new year shindig at a house full of art
• performing my chair/spoken word dance again at the zuzi no frills show
• exit12 show
• camille a brown show
• circus in bloom show
• no kings protest
• tucson sculpture festival & nice convos w artists

april

• guest performing leaps for lives & getting a compliment from a child
• watching the artemis ii reentry livestream & crying
• dance springs eternal show
• butoh workshop
• stealth mediating some coworker drama & it actually reaching an agreeable resolution
• tucson poetry festival + writing poems for the 1st time in a year + logan phillips' metaphor workshop + watching him perform <3
• zuzi frida kahlo show at tucson botanical gardens & rediscovering how nice the gardens are

may

• dancing in the lmdc show
• ua mfa dance show
• dancing in 7 pieces at the 520 show(!)
• catching up w a.m. over (physical & metaphorical) tea
• bonding w v.h. over femme dance & (metaphorical) tea
• watching the mayhem requiem bootleg upload & crying. obsessed <3

june

• zuzi full circle show <3
• trying dance & pole at new studios
• driving through apocalyptic monsoon rain to do saucy aerial chain doubles
• rip perla the cat :(
• making fleetwood mac & cheese for a watch party at m.g.'s super artsy house
• hearing about drama & conflict fracturing communities i love & am part of :(
• reading a cult leader's blog w some interest
• reading my old poems w unexpected pleasure
• re-experiencing trauma & putting myself through epistemic torture </3