Greetings, earthlings! I speak in such an extraterrestrial tongue because a different planet is the only explanation I have for where I have been this past year. While my heart, and my mind have been right here, writing, scribbling, thinking, I, myself have been in a galaxy far, far away. I have written this particular article in many fashions, tongues, many times, and I have just looked at my reflection in my laptop,and felt unrecognizable. That is more or less how I have felt this past year, unrecognizable, I have been growing and becoming someone I felt could slam away at these keys in a vessel that I could stand behind. Since we've last parted I have lost parts of myself both physically and metaphorically. I have jotted down the many intimacies of my mind that I have let both consume, enamor, and expand the woman I have become, and I have much to share with you all. While I am sure the viewership of this particular blog either knows me on a personal enough basis, or is of