OH HEY

 

...it's 10 minutes before 2013. 

 

This year just ran past me so fast, and now I'm just holding onto the last strand. 

A lot happened. 

I am now a permanent resident of the USA. 

I am 20 years old. 

I live with two sisters with no blood tie. 

I have been together with someone for over a year. 

I have not seen my sister for over a year. 

etc. etc. that I will skip because it will be New Years by the time I'm done with the list. 

 

A lot will happen next year (hopefully?)

I will be 21 (this will surely happen) 

I will see my sister for the first time in two years (if I have the money) 

I will have been together with someone for over two years (holy smokes) 

I will become more beautiful (if that's possible) 

I will learn a ton of stuff (whether I like it or not) 

etc. etc. 

 

I haven't decided on my New Years Resolution, since I always procrastinate on that

until maybe a week or two into the New Year. 

I sincerely hope that everyone have a best year yet in 2013. 

Especially me. 

And my family. 

And maybe my friends too. 

 

Happy New Year. 

 

Twenty-Thirteen. 

 

Woot. 

It's always the words that undress you.

 

A couple that I thought might actually get married

broke up a few days ago. 

It may be none of my business,

but it still made me kinda sad.  

 

 

I don't post political statuses on facebook because I hate getting involved in a political argument

that has no intention of yielding or understanding. 

But this is my blog, and this is why I would have voted Obama if I could. 

 

I'm a Catholic, but religion does not equal politics. 

Social issues like abortion and gay marriage are not, in my opinion, something that should be regulated by the government, because people are people.  No matter what. 

Getting an abortion or marrying the same sex doesn't make a person any less human, and people matter. 

 

I can't ignore immigration issues, because I am at the heart of it. 

I've experienced friends and family member being marked as "illegal,"

despite the circumstances that had shaped them into an unofficial American citizen. 

When you have been forced to be separated from your family members,

because there wasn't a solution or even an attempt to reform the immigration laws,  it matters. 

 

I don't have a medical insurance, because my family can't afford to pay one for me at the moment. 

When you have refrained from playing sports, not in the fear of getting hurt,

but the fear of the medical bill and how that might impact your familiy, healthcare matters. 

 

Obama is not perfect, and as some people say, he may just be the lesser evil of the two. 

I also think that his first 4-year term was nowhere near the high hopes and expectations that people had marked into their ballots in 2008. 

However, I still have hope. 

And hope matters. 

 

Obama 2012.

 

 It's a love-hate relation ship we're in.

We just can't seem to let go of each other. 

Even though I complain from time to time about having to spend so much time with you,

the truth is, I like being with you. 

Sure, I would love to keep some space between us sometimes,

but the moment I walk into your arms, I become a different person. 

Focused, confident, creative, intelligent, and the list adds on. 

 

Thanks, Studio.

You complete me.