this year's love.

in a few days, 2008 will be over and all hopes will be on year 2009. I have great expectations for this upcoming year, since the one that is just ending was so...so what? So unlike any other year before. In a good way. I think.

2008 was a year of realizations, of little victories, of small defeats, of new discoveries. A year of new friendships, but also of sad goodbyes. The year where little Olive started getting her shit together, standing up for herself and telling -not very loudly but still- the rest of the world to fuck off. Other people are not always right, and 2008 had its very special way of proving it.

In 2008, i cried a lot. Sometimes for silly reasons, other times because i was confused, or lonely. Sometimes though, i cried because i was happy.
I laughed too, and not just a little bit. I laughed at myself, laughed at others, laughed because i did not know what else to do, or to hide something else.

I lost control at times, but never lost my values.
I lost patience too many times, but never lost hope.
I lost courage a few times, but never lost my inner strenght.

So what's to expect for 09?
2009 will be the year of big decisions.
style ''ça passe ou ça casse''
style art school vs law school
style money vs horses

But i think 2008 prepared me well for those choices, as i grew up a lot in the past year.
it's all up to me now.

i wish you all a merry xmas and a happy new year :)