This has certainly been a year of firsts. My first wedding anniversary. The first time I volunteered for a political candidate. The first time I went to a political rally. The first time I voted for a President who WON. The first time I went to a protest. My first calendar year I've lived away from Florida since I was an infant. The first time I made real friends in fandom and elsewhere on LJ...

Thanks to jakobmorningstr and a_tergo_lupi and melime (who is also the only IRL friend from FL that I ever hear from on LJ) and raineblack007 and whiterabbit1613 and thecuriomuseum , who also made a happy-birthday post on her LJ with a very yummy-looking cupcake on it! Thanks everyone! Edit, 7:12 p.m.: Also thanks to luchalibrarian who...