Ahhhhh, 2014, the year of many happenings. The year I surprisingly got really into the Paramore/Fall Out Boy/ Panic! punk-rock scene. The year we saw the youngest nobel prize laureate. The year "How I Met Your Mother" concluded with its ninth season. The year I graduated from high school. The year I started college. The year the world saw its warmest climate, ever. It was the year.
It's 2:18AM right now, I have to admit that, I was pretty bummed that I wasn't in Time Square to see the ball drop, or in Vegas, or Dubai with a huge crowd of drunk, fun people living it up. I came home from church, after our New Year's Eve service, and was in a bit of an irritated mood. No sparklers to light, no screaming "HAPPY NEW YEAR". Humph. But then I opened up my laptop to write this, I've actually been meaning to write this for several days now, and I sorted through my pictures, and I relived all the amazing things that I was able to live through this year. Just because I wasn't at Time Square when the ball dropped, or at Vegas to see all the fireworks, it doesn't mean that I haven't lived. I've lived so much this year. I made so many memories. I learned so many things. I met so many people. I ate a lot of ice cream. And so, without further ado, future Amy, fellow internet human, alien from outer-space, you, here is my amazing, kick-ass year in pictures. Oh, and.. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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| Ugh, Sara Bareilles. She's so fucking cool. |
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| The momentous first drive to SB. |
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| The first time I set foot on campus, in March on Spring Insight day. The day that helped me make my decision, and here I am now. It's so crazy, how things could easily have gone differently. |
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| When little girls wear dresses, little girls fall. |
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| Rock 'n roll, babe. |
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| Switchfoot! |
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| The definition of 'graceful'. Look it up. |
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| Will I ever get on another school bus? |
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| Hot damn, my hair looked so great. |
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| My Oscars selfie. |
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| What happened? What did he say? No, I wasn't listening, I was taking pictures. |
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| Hair on fucking point again. |
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| Snapchat memories. |
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| Raising the roof like I do. |
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| My sea stars. |
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| She's always there, like a barnacle. She's my barnacle. |
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| Woohoo! |
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| My bitches |
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| The greatest support group |
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| Ryan Tedder and his angelic voice |
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| The pre-jump |
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| This kid and his winning facial expression |
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| Every summer needs a Ruby's strawberry milkshake. |
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| July fourth with my psychotic family. |
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| I don't think I'll ever get over the beauty that lives in Santa Barbara, CA. |
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| I go to school here!!!!! It's all so crazy. Cuh-razy. |
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| He was so thrilled. |
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| Never take a game of sharks and minnow lightly. |
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| CATALINAAA |
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| I was done, after waking up at 5AM. |
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| So many memories, this deserves a heart. <3 |
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| The amount of our relationship that was captured in this picture blows my mind. |
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| THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAA |
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| Catalina, why u gotta be so gorg????!?! |
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| Stahp. |
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| STAHP IT. |
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| First day of middle school: can you feel the awkwardness arising from this picture? Don't squawk, you've been there too. Or you will be. |
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| God bless the beach. And Southern California. |
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| Oh, New York. How you captured a portion of my heart this summer. One day, I'm gonna come back and live in you. |
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| By far, my favorite aspect of the city: the street music. |
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| Fell in love with the theatre after this production. |
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| And finally.. COLLEGE! This was that one DJ that one time when he took that one selfie and played that one song. Yeah, it was cool. |
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| JACK FUCKING JOHNSON. You bet your ass I saw him on my way back from the library. And you bet your ass I skipped my second English lecture to watch him sing "Banana Pancakes" and talk about how he met is wife at this campus. |
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| How I have to stock up every time I come back from home. |
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| I was so excited we were having banana pancakes at DLG. |
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| First soccer game! Woohoo! Flying tortillas, funny chants to disarm CalPoly. "F--- CalPoly!" was one of them. |
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| My rad roommates |
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| That orange thing in the basket is my hot cheetos. I am not ashamed. |
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| My favorite picture on the internet. |
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| Halloween when it rained cats and dogs and we bailed on Young the Giant. |
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| I VOTED. 'Murica. |
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| I was so excited to have captured this. |
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| That one time we all waited in the hall to wait for the two people that were doing it in the shower so we could give them a round of applause. |
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| One last time! |
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| WATER FALLING FROM THE SKY! |
UCSB, you're too good to me.
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| Mandatory bathroom selfie. |
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| Christmas parties are the best type of parties |
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| This was really cool to find out. |
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| So many library giggles. Why is everything so funny when you're supposed to be quiet? |
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| Family pictures that was almost impossible to shot. |
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| But, we did it. |
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| Our douchey album cover shoot |
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| Oh yeah, this happened. |
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| You know it. |
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| Contemplating my amazingness. |
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| "I've been there and I've done that. All of it." |
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| Merry Christmas!! |
