I surpassed most of my goals for 2018, which I’m really happy about. Oh, but 2018. You were a damn hard year for no reason other than being world weary. Depression was almost a constant. Anxiety skyrocketed. But with these things, I tried harder. I have a wonderful therapist now and am working through the constant struggle. Overall, I’m okay. I’ve grown immensely this year and working on what is best for me and my soul. It was only after categorizing what happened this year that I realized exactly how busy I had been. I pushed myself to do more and I’m so glad I’m surrounded by amazing people.
+ Theatre Shows: HAMILTON at the Kennedy Center on my birthday courtesy my love, Hamlet, Dracula at community theatre, and Beetlejuice: The Musical.
+ Saw first Drag Show and first pole dancing competition
+ Gorgeous lights at National Cathedral, went to the Apothecary Museum in Alexandria, and Longwood Gardens in PA.
+ I was invited to my first podcast with Mouthy Broadcast, Red Vein Army, Blue Bee Cider for Wicked Women of Richmond for Women in Horror Month in RVA
+ Flew a bat kite near the DC monument
+ Library Conference in New Orleans:
Relaxed by the hotel pool, ate the BEST food including shrimp and grits, met one of my favorite illustrators LeUyen Pham, met the AMAZING Laini Taylor, went to Red Truck Gallery, toured St. Louis No. 1 and saw Marie Laveau’s grave, had a wonderful cocktail called the Witch’s Brew in the secret Victorian room at Muriel’s with its ghost, and of course beignets and chickory coffee at Cafe Du Monde. Seriously, I get it. I fell in love on the first day. I will be back.
+ Beach day with friends <3.
+ Attended the Fairfax Makerfaire, SPX
and vended AwesomeCon, BlerDCon
+ Organized wonderful library programs like: History of the Kimono, The Hunt for the Great American Read: A Library Scavenger Hunt with PBS + WETA, LOTR program with swordfighing demonstrations for World Hobbit Day, created a full one-night only haunt at the library, and Bad Art Night II
+ Saw amazing exhibits like the art of Mike Mignola and March at the SOI, interactive Sakura Yume exhibit at ARTECHOUSE with Manda, the Burning Man exhibit at the Renwick Gallery, and Bill Safi’s work at HausWitch
+ FAE OMG: FINALLY attended the Faerie Festival at Spoutwood Farm, friends came up from RVA and we made flower crowns the night of for MD Faeriefest, met amazing illustrators like Cory Godbey, Iris Compiet, and Sam Guay at FaerieCon and of course MD Rennfaire.
+ Attended the wedding of some favorite people at a winery in Jersey and Virginia.
+ Janelle Monae, I saw the goddess and she’s everything and more.
HOLY
OCTOBERBATMAN
+Salem in October:
Old Burying Point Cemetery, the Witch House, Hocus Pocus filming locations, Death Witch lecture by Order of the Good Death’s Sarah Calavarnes? and met the most amazing death positive people, Gulu Gulu Cafe sketch night, Jolie Tea Co. for the best Macarons in this planet and wonderful tea, journeyed up to Portland, ME to see some changed trees and the International Cryptozoology Museum, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Halloween Parade with new friends (Hocus Pocus themed)
+ Sleepy Hollow, NY in October with Friends. Explored cemeteries and saw the Great Blaze Jack-o-Lanterns and the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn
