That previous journal was freakishly old, and a buttload of stuff has happened since then. I don't really want to go into detail on anything, so I won't.

Stuff:
My best friend got married in June. I was in the wedding party.
Went to Baltimore Comic-con with Zinkyu. It was fun, but expensive.
Bought a car last fall, and re-taught myself how to drive within three weeks.

Roadtrip:
After 7 months of saving up and planning, I drove across the US in five days with my father, driving in shifts. I am never getting in a car with him again. I see now why my parents got a divorce.
We drove from Wilmington, DE, to Escondido, CA, in three days, and saw the Grand Canyon on the way.
I then continued on my own, seeing my grandparents in Escondido, my nephew and his mother in Las Vegas, my favorite aunt in Provo, UT, and my best friend in Rexburg, ID.

Family stuff: (siblings numbered 1-6, youngest to oldest)
Sibling 4 got married early last march, and they bought a house last summer. I had to help them move.
Sibling 5 had her second daughter in august, gave her an unusual name too.
Sibling 3 is more Mormon than ever, and now condemns me as a "sodomite". this made me giggle.
Sibling 1 took so long picking out paint colors, her bedroom has gone unfinished for 9 months.
Sibling 6 and his girlfriend had a baby boy in september, and he's growing at an astonishing rate. He'll be walking any day now.
Sibling 2 got her learner's permit, and wisely insisted that sibling 4 and I give her driving lessons, not our mother.
Sibling 6 died on january 3rd of multiple organ failure, in part due to his own stubbornness and idiocy. I don't miss him. He was an asshole. I do feel sorry for his girlfriend and son, who I love to death. It hasn't been easy for her.

I am now spending a couple months with my very messy married friends in Idaho. So yay.

Idaho sucks ass. This town is 98.3% Mormon, and that's all I really need to say about it.