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
• feeling like a real pole dancer for the 1st time freestyling to closer by nin

july

• rip 520 dance co :(
• having a difficult trauma-related convo that went well
• floor cleaning satisfaction
• dusk walk in the park w mom
• finally getting a new laptop & phone
• finally inverting (& knee hooking) on pole
• ice out protest
• watching everything in my yt watch later on my main acct
• accidentally getting the highest i've ever gotten on mushrooms
• dancing in seeking center choreo short film project & getting to wear a disco ball bunny mask <3

august

• iceland for the 3rd time <3 still my favorite place in the world
• 10 yr anniversary of friendship w c.a.
• 520 comeback class
• crying at the new noah kahan album
• c.a. sharing a rly sweet & whimsical dream she had abt me
• canada for the 1st time (vancouver + vancouver island) <3 lots of love
• spending over half the days this month on int'l travel

september

• seeking center film screening & motivational convos w artistic ppl
• taking a drawing fundamentals class
• mcr long live the black parade & losing my fucking mind <3
• mom's bday dinner
• starting h.m.'s art film project
• discovering the pleasure of simultaneously drawing & listening to music
• another wardrobe refresh
• rehearsing to dance in undertow (the piece that made me want to join 520)
• rediscovering the pleasure of reading my own & others' poems out loud
• obsessively rewatching long live the black parade recordings
• taking a break from lmdc after 7 seasons
• getting high on the mid-autumn festival under the brightest moon i've ever seen
• enchanted portals aerial & fire show
• scented leaf tea & gossip session w v.h.

october

• hamstring injury finally kinda healing on its own after 5 mos
• ending - isak danielson contemporary choreo
• ideal v actual life existential pain (just want to follow creative pursuits fulltime)
• legit hating my job now
• back to silks after 3 mos hiatus
• peaking in ballet w a clean double pirouette + soft n easy landing + chaines + my longest ever arabesque balance
• making progress as a drawing newbie & getting nice compliments in class