AUGUST 2012Because I am a Leo, in all previous years on this...

AUGUST 2012

Because I am a Leo, in all previous years on this “retrospective introspective,” the picture I choose to represent August usually came from some elaborate birthday party I threw for myself. This year I kept it low-key (is that depression? or is that growing up?) with a few friends, vegetarian bbq and some sangria at home. With my impending 100 day tour, it was difficult to tear me away form my family, my room, my puppies—but i DID go to the National Poetry Slam with the beautiful humans in this picture, we made it to semi-finals, and had a dashing time. So this month I turned 24, and also celebrated a one year anniversary in a tremendously healthy and loving relationship (HALLELUJAH!) I was often freaking out about how close I was to leaving home, and life was a balance of remembering how brave and adventurous I used to be (i.e. living in New Zealand for 6 months), organizing every facet of my trip down to the dental floss I chose, and soaking up my last minutes in New York before leaving.

(Next year though, big fucking birthday. Cus fuck-a-depression and FUCK growing up.)

(in this photo: Mega, Catalina Ferro, Corinna Bain, Jamaal May. If you don’t already know their poetry, you have homework.)