Ambitions, ramblings, Ā NYE plans, & almost the end of the year update.
Life has its ways of kicking me in the ass. Iāve spend 90-95% of 2014 sober. In the end, life is giving me the middle finger to tell me āFuck you, youāre ending the year unsober!ā. I have my baby brotherās 21st birthday, then my cousinās wedding, and New Yearās Eve, all over the course of the last three weeks of December. At least, Iāll spend it with some of my favorite people. Iāve never been the one to get really excited about New Orleans, unless there was some huge show Iāve been wanting to attend, but these twitter talks and texts with Niza about New Orleans for NYE are getting me pretty excited! The last time I spent NYE in NOLA, it was in 2011 celebrating the coming of 2012. Oh my fucking mind, I can barely remember half that night, and if it werenāt for the outrageously hilarious photos that hinted at what happened, I would have been super worried. I can only remember bits and pieces to this day. Just as long as someone doesnāt end up face down, ass up in someoneās front yard, weāll all be good, with some hangovers from hell. And from then on, stops in Biloxi, Mobile, possibly Pensacola, and then onto Atlanta for the weekend before Niza flies out back to LAX. Yup, one last adventure to end our year and to start off the new one with some special memories.
It was definitely the year of the festivals. And it was probably the best year to do it. Like Steve Angello said, this festival hype is out of control; what happened to the DJs who can entertain a club for hours on end, or where it started, in the warehouse? This year consisted of Ultra/Miami Music Week, EDC, and TomorrowWorld. Three major festivals. Next year, itās just going to be Movement Festival and TomorrowWorld. Iām honestly excited for Movement, more because itās not āmainstreamā. Maybe itās the hipster in me who gets dissuaded by the mainstream. Or maybe itās my love for true techno and house music. I think Iām tired of being surrounded by tutus and broās, and people who donāt understand the art of music, the ārageā.
I guess itās in my nature to not ājust settleā, whether it is in my academic pursuit, my dreams, my travels, or my adventures. I have SO much more I want to do. My only real problem is that I dream of more than I can accomplish, but itās not terrible to do so, right? Iāve juggled so many career paths I want to take, and my current take is to go into nursing school and end up as a nurse practitioner with an emphasis on adult wellness and cardiology/exercise physiology. Travel wise, I just want to travel the whole damn world: live in Europe, backpack through countries, play in Japan, shop in Italy, marry a Brit. A girl can dream, right?Ā
All of these music festivals, they are my break from reality, my chance to be surrounded by people, united through music. TomorrowWorld has been announced for 2015, and you can bet on my cute little ass Iāll be there again for the third year in a row. That reminds me, I need to fix my year one bracelet; it finally gave way and is dangling by a thread to the bracelet. I canāt wait to be surrounded by my music festival family again! Iāve missed them all!Ā
First semester of grad school: 2 Aās so far, and last final in a few days. I need to go to bishop and apply so I can take microbiology there. Thatās right. Spring semester, Iāll be taking 2 grad classes at south and micro at bishop. Crazy? So be it. But I need to apply for nursing at South ASAP. And get on with that part of the career, finish my masters, and then work on nurse practitioner/masters. Itās a lot, but cardiology/adult wellness, Iāll coming for you.
So next year. Trip to LA, SoCal in the spring. Detroit for Movement festival Memorial Day weekend. Nashville when bro comes back from Afghanistan. Tomorrowworld with the festival family Iāve met these past few festivals. Deadmau5 tour. And who knows what else. Fitness/weightlifting goals needs to be met. Date more often. Worry less. Explore more of the world. Network more. Expand my practice. Be a better gamer (giggles). I have lots to accomplish. Iām ready, 2015.