last day of 2014!

some highlights of this year:

~ lived, taught, learned in Seattle

~ ate gelato in Florence

~ taught kindergartners to sew, write about social
change & scientific information about sea stars

~ rowed a boat in Lake Washington

~ snorkeled with tropical fish in Hanauma Bay

~ got lost in Venice

~ completed and passed edTPA
~ lounged in Parisian parks

~ explored Casa Batllo in Barcelona

~ watched an Athenian sunset on Areopagus Hill

~ hiked up a glacier on Mount Rainier
~ hiked from Fira to Oia along the Aegean sea

~ wandered around Rome & ended up at Trajan's Column

~ ate a beavertail in Canada

~ won $13 while gambling in Las Vegas

~ river-hiked The Narrows in Utah and revisited
the Grand Canyon

~ dug for clams and oysters in the Olympic Peninsula

!i am excited for 2015!

the winds are a howlin'

this is the cutest thing

i have ever seen:

mini gingerbread houses

Ἄρειος Πάγος

 my head is blocking most of it,

but there is the Parthenon too :P

winter barbeques

the perks of having chef friends

~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~

picnic in a cave!

with "avocado fingers"

mops is now inseparable from his flannel blanket.

~florence city wall~

attempting to do a self-photoshoot by the Aegean sea

while walking from Fira to Oia.

to the sea!

"Looting is wrong" say citizens living

on stolen land, built by stolen labour,

powered by stolen resources from poor countries."

sometimes, we watch demon baby videos,

discuss race + racism,

wrap oblong presents until midnight,
cook amazing food, admire hauntingly misty tall
dark mountains on the toll road,

and make DIY ugly christmas sweaters.

bumped into a fellow husky

stranger at the mall today :)

go dawgs~

"DO NOT TELL THE OPPRESSED HOW TO
REACT TO THEIR OPPRESSION."

we always have a good time.

happy birthday marynaaaaa.
thank you for being
a wonderful roommate, friend, and person :)

my uncle visited from China so we took him

roadtripping through the southwest!

O hey utah, we're baaaaack!
(i was almost born in germany,
but in pursuit of the american dream,
my dad decided on salt lake city instead)

zion national park!

river hiked The Narrows, which was carved by 250

million years of river currents :O

 o0o0 the colors were magical.

 good thing we rented gear

i drove in a national park for the first time!

the mountains were like cartoons

"mops could totally go viral."

"nooo, i don't want pet-ophiles coming after him."

::oyster shots::

"none of us go here, by the way."
we played apples to apples with foreign exchange
postdocs at a pub on campus.

for the first time ever,

I WON :D