My Christmas, New Years Resolutions, and this Year's reflections

So today is the last day of 2012. And believe it or not, this year has been quite amazing! :D I thought last year was awesome and this year definitely is equal to it :) (I'll go into that further below). 

So, before 2012 ends(which kind of stinks since 2012 looks so cool), I thought I'd do a post on my Christmas this year :) 

                              My first Christmas celebration took place at my Dad's sister's house. Since we were having a surprise birthday for my Paw Paw(he was born on the same day as my sister; this was also his first birthday party ever), we decided to have Christmas with my Dad's side of the family earlier then we normally do. We went to a nice restaurant for the surprise party  and I got to see several members of my Dad's family, including two of his cousins who I haven't seen in years(they are both really cool!). The above picture includes everything I got in my stocking(actually a little felt bag). In the bag there was - A pen, a flash light, another small lighter, Rubix cube, a cupcake shaped container(I forgot what's in there), and two chocolate Santa's.

                         As gifts, I got a hoodie, a pink scarf, a C3PO bobblehead, a Barnes and Noble gift card, another gift card, money, and lottery tickets(don't worry, I don't play the lottery).

  These pictures are NOT the original ones. I took pictures on Christmas but for some reason they were gone. So I had to re-take them :P.

                               I had Christmas with my family on Christmas day(of course); thankfully this year, I only had to work during the Christmas Eve service(Acolyte) instead of both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day like last year. I had a pretty good Christmas this year! :) In my stocking I got - The Hobbit, Childhood's End(a science fiction book that was recommended to me), Anakin Skywalker TCW action figure(new outfit), socks, an orange, head phones, a couple odds and ends, chocolate bars, one of which is Japanese (I had another one of those yellow bars- remember these are remakes)

                                  As gifts I received - Jedi Apprentice: Deceptions, Jedi Apprentice: The Followers, The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning, Junior Jedi Knights: Kenobi's Blade, Young Jedi Knights: Shards of Alderaan, Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance, Young Jedi Knights: Crisis on Crystal Reef, The Essential Reader's Guide, Star Wars Insider Magazine(with an article on Obi-Wan!), the first season of Merlin, Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 2 A Star Wars t-shirt, another navy blue shirt, and a blue plastic lightsaber for my Obi-Wan(TPM) cosplay for the Rebel Legion :). There was one more book which hasn't come in yet, but once it does, I'll have the entire Young Jedi Knights series :). My sister got The Avengers film and the lego games for LOTR and Harry Potter years 5-7; I played the LOTR one and it was pretty fun! :)

                                 As always, Christmas at my Nana and Grandpa's house was really fun! :D(my Mom's side of the family; this year we had an Asian food theme). One of my cousin's(the only one older than I am) wasn't here this year since he went on a cruise with his family, but we did do a Christmas play this year. And I have to say, it was pretty good! :) Oh, and it involved the director going on a cruise and a funny version of the Twelve Days of Christmas :D. I also made white chocolate fudge and brought it down- it turned out pretty good :).
In my stocking I got- Les Mierables(the novel, with a Star Wars bookmark in it), the Les Miserables soundtrack  some sort of hair gel, socks, chocolate, music-themed pen, hair things, chapstick, a ball of something for baths, and a fortune cookie(wrapper pictured).

                               For gifts, I received - Jedi Apprentice: The Only Witness, Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within(my aunt said it hasn't come in yet but I'll get it when it does), and book themed pajamas. I now(technically) own the entire Jedi Apprentice series! Goal complete!! :D

 

          Now that Christmas is over, It's time to think towards 2013 and what I hope to accomplish :)
So, here are my New Years Resolutions
1: Get a role in a film/TV/theater production (one I hope for is the lead in the film of my book series*both of them*, Elphaba in Wicked, Abigail Williams in The Crucible, and Eponine or Cosette in Les Mierables)
2: Have my re-write of book one edited by the editor and sent to the publisher(and maybe get published); also start editing the rest of the series(DAUNTING....)
3: Study for my ACT
4: Get several more belts in Taekwondo(I'll be testing in January! :D I should have tested back in July or August but I missed them both since I was gone). I also want to do some tournaments and improve on some of my kicks.
5: Work on bettering myself and getting rid of my OCD habits.
6: Finish Angel, Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Merlin; also start Firefly, Robin Hood, Lost, Star Trek, Battlestar Gallactica, and several animes.
7: Read many, many books :) Especially several classics and the newest Gatekeepers book! :D
8: Go see Attack of the Clones 3D, Revenge of the Sith 3D, The Hobbit part 2, Thor 2, Iron 3, and other movies :). I also want to rent The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider Man, and Man of Steel(once it comes out on DVD).
9: Meet some of my online friends(some of them again) :)

Now, 2012.
This was definitely a wonderful year- I got to have the time of my life at Celebration VI, meet several of my online friends, I became closer to many of my online friends through messages/emails/comments, I finished my re-write and now I just have to finish the second read-through, I got to meet Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, Tom Cane, and Drew Karpyshyn(I got to have conversations with DBB and ML- they were both so sweet and nice :D; I also met Ashley Eckstein), I finished Buffy the Vampire Slayer(amazing show), I started Once Upon A Time, I've gotten better at acting/writing/singing, and I started Taekwondo :D
My only regret is that I haven't done any big acting thing :( Hopefully I can do that this year! :D

So, onto 2013!!!! :D :D I hope you all have a good year!! :D
Love you all :D And May the Force be with you...Always :)
Jedi Shena Tokala signing out