Farewell, 2016

To sum up 2016: people died, gorilla died, more people died. Also, Pokemon Go, becoming a homeowner, and yours truly actively looking for a +1 online happened (still looking...). I read exactly one book this year: Sand, by Hugh Howey. Not as good as Wool but still very good, probably because the setting is in a future sand-covered dystopia of present day Colorado. I watched some movies this year, some of them were good and some of them were so awful that I feel bad about the time and money that I spent watching them. Arrival is one of the good movies that I watched.

Poop emoji (and other emoji, but who cares?) accessories at Fashion Island Mall in Newport Beach, California

Farewell, old home

Hello, new home

Capsized a dragon boat with 21 people and myself on board while stranded on a stormy lake during the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival. Apparently it was the cool thing to do because mere seconds after my boat capsized, two other boats also capsized. I hope nobody grew new appendages after being submerged in the green Sloan's Lake water.

Pokemon Go players on Huntington Beach Pier.

Completed a third Tough Mudder, this time skipping two water obstacles near the end after discovering that my right leg was gushing blood after the Arctic Enema.

Woooo, Lindsey Stirling! This may have been the last show at Red Rocks for 2016 because it was October and it was cold.