2008 Year...

2008 is comin to a close and time to look back and review the good and the bad. This year started off pretty good, but then unfortunatly ended on a bad note, but - I'm still tryin my hardest to stay positive and I am confident that 2009 is going to be great! So here we go:
January:
The biggest highlight here is Beirut. This was a play I was in love with the first time I read it. I fell in love with the story, the rawness, how real it was, and the innocent love these two people had for each other. I brought it to Dave as a passion project and he agreed to direct, loving the play as well. We brought Alex in as my co-lead both of us trusting he could carry the role and I've worked with him before and he and I have history together and are good friends, so the chemistry we needed was there. We put it up as a 2nd stage at Rude Guerrilla not expecting it to do very well, but wanting to do it none the less. We brought Rick in for the creepy guard - again someone I adore and trust. Alexander stepped in to AD and stage manage and we had our perfect crew. The show turned out to be amazing, got fantastic reviews and we sold out our last weekend. It ended up being one of the best shows at RG that season. When the show closed, Dave and I both teary eyed and proud - hugged each other. It was a bitter sweet ending, because I loved the show so much, it turned out just how I wanted, challenged me and Alex as actors and was a huge success!
February:
My birthday month! I honestly cant remember what I did on my actual birthday....anyone? But T and I were in planning for Club J.E.T.
March:
Club J.E.T. - This was our piceses celebration for me, Erika and Terri at Bistro 400. T and I got together and planned a "Red" party. We had passed hors'de'voures, everyone wore red, the Bistro decorated the entire place with lights and red decor, we had faboo DJ Sergio, a giant picture of us 3 girls and over 150 people came and went throughout the evening. It seriously ended up being the party of the year. Us 3 girls wore tiara's all night and felt like 3 princesses - Yup the Piceses Princesses. Everyone had a blast! A handful of us ended the evening at 3am at a 24 hour Taco joint in downtown Santa Ana. Happy Birthday to us! Also in March was Jess's bridal shower - a lovely tea lunch at this adorable tea house in Fullerton. The girls all dolled up, we had mini sandwiches and wine - it was a ball.
April:
The biggie in here was Jess's wedding to Mr. Lamprinos! T and I formed team TJ and realized we are seriously kick ass bridesmaids. The wedding was beautiful as was the bride - I wrote an entire blog on the evening back in April - so check it out. April also brought Coachella. This was my 1st time in attendance and I showed up for Sat and Sun spending the weekend with Terri, Jenni and Roy. Absolutley amazing - again - blogged about that back then so take a read.
May:
I participated in the AIDS walk at Anaheim Stadium and my walking buddies were Court and my sis-in-law. I raised almost $600 and was so proud to take part in this event. May 17th Dad, T and I attended the Doheny Blues Festival - as per usual - fan-fucking-tastic! We became new fans of Johnny Lang and listened to killer blues all day in the hot sun, drinking and eating the day away! The last part of May I went with the Bistro Boys to Havasu for 5 days. The trip had its ups and downs but for the most part was a blast - separate blog on that as well!
June:
Dad I and went to the Playboy Jazz Festival - Tower of Power of course being our main draw. The entire thing was phenominal - separate blog there. This was also the month Shane and D threw a masquerade party in honor of thier 30th birthdays. Melita painted my face up with a fantastic mask and Rose and I had a blast being our sassy selves as usual! The end of the month is when Jess set me up on my very 1st blind date and I met the boy whom shockingly enough I'm still dating to this day :)
July:
Had a great little 4th of July gathering. Rose came over and cooked us up a ridiculously amazing meal and we all stuffed our faces, drank and had a fabulous time - kiddie pool and all. The major highlight of this month was my trip to Decatur/Chicago with Dad, Lori and Jon. I am eternally grateful Dad and Lori gave me this opportunity to take a week long trip I'll never forget - that one has day by day blogs you can check out.
August:
Brought us the Tai/Parker wedding - a fabulous day - Team Red kickin ass. Beautiful wedding, reception and after party! At the end of the month the boy took me to a wine resort in Temecula where we had a fantastic time - separate blog on that. Then at the end of the month T, Jenni and Amber joined me in a weekend away to Vegas - sadly I was sick the whole time but still had fun! Another blog there.
September:
Took a few days down in San Clemente with mom at our time share - always love going there. The boy took me to Flogging Molly and they rocked it!
October:
Haunt, Gogol Bordello, Tower of Power - all have thier own blogs - fantastic times! I also got to experience the Universal Haunt - which was a great night. Of course this month also brought on my Halloween Party at moms - huge success as usual!
November/December:
Sadly this is when the year started going downhill - Papa had a stroke before Halloween (He's ok now), Opera Pacific went under causing me to move back home with mom, and the depression and stress really set in. I'm not going to go into any detail here as you've all probably read the long list of upsetting blogs at that time. Christmas Day was fantastic tho - I do plan on writing a separate blog on that and I've been taking it day by day.
In addition to the month by month breakdown - I have to mention some other highlights: Summer Concerts in the park with T and Ber, ANTM nights, drinks out with friends, new music, new shows, watching history be made when Obama became president, taking a film class, our Prop 8 PSA, fantastic photo shoots, watching my kitties get bigger and crazier! So the year was mostly good - thats for sure. The economy and my life taking a nasty turn but I'm truly hoping that this will open up new doors and opportunites for me in the year 2009.
I wish you all a year of happiness - we need it!
Happy New Year everyone!