Decade Roundup

It's almost 2020.

The roarin' 20's. 

My last computer broke before I could transfer any photos to my computer now. That was in 2013, I believe. But then I realized: FACEBOOK HAS SOME OF MY PHOTOS! I didn't create a Facebook until 2010, but holy cow do I have a lot of pictures on Facebook. I scrolled for a good 5 minutes trying to find my first photo from 2010. And here it is (I'm the one on the left):

I had those sunglasses because Nick Jonas wore them. I mean, his were Ray Bans and mine were $10 knockoffs, but it still was meaningful!

But then my Facebook jumps to 2011. So 2010 Megan barely exists...but I was on MySpace before Facebook so I bet there are tons of pictures on there of me.







Here's my first picture on Facebook in 2011. It's with a random band member that I loved but really had no hit songs. I got glasses in 2011 so these are my first ever pair. Also, I think that's my natural hair color, but I honestly don't know...

This picture is me and Nick Jonas in 2011, when he went solo for a bit with a different band. I waited with my friend Casey outside a TV station for him to come out. He was very sweet.

I met Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Alex Meraz (a wolf in Twilight), both in 2011. This picture shows what a Twilight fan I was (and how I didn't want to pay $25 for a picture, so we snuck one in). Look at that purple feather in my hair!

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Now, 2012 was full of meeting celebrities and meeting new friends, but I only found 1 photo of my actual self via 2012 Facebook. This is a photo of the actor from the Hunger Games, Josh Hutcherson (he played Peeta) and how we both were drinking the same water. Not the same bottle, just the same brand. I was a little ridiculous. Check out my Robert Pattinson poster behind me.

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Now, 2013 was full of pictures and "firsts" for me, but the biggest thing that year was: I BLEACHED MY HAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME! The first time of many years of bleaching. A boy broke my heart that day, I cried, then decided I needed to change something. AKA my hair. We bleached in order to dye it purple on top and aqua blue on the bottom. It started the nickname that people started calling me for years after that: mermaid. 

Then the middle of 2013, I dyed it all blue!

And then at the end of 2013, I got BANGS

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2014 was wild because I was 21 and I started my punk rock phase. I wore combat boots everywhere and put patches on the back of my old jackets. I started experimenting with art (for example, I tried to tint photographs with cranberry juice. P.s. IT WORKS!) I went to university for the first time as an art major.

Here's a photograph I took a while ago that was part of an "I love myself" art show at my college. I was over the moon that it was hung up. It was a little lonely, going to see your artwork by yourself. But I was still honored. 

Then I dyed my hair black. I personally liked it, my mother did not. I remember buying the dye at the Walgreen's that was a 15 minute walk from my apartment. I started dyeing my hair in the bathroom while my roommates were gone and all I could think was "this better not stain the sink". 

My favorite part of 2014 was when I was in a play at university. I did a very good job (says me) and I had the time of my life. My mom even traveled to see me in it!

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2015 was a year I'll never forget, which a a good thing and a bad thing, really. I was still in my punk phase and listened to a lot of Blink 182 and The Offspring. I dyed my hair a lot (as usual) and had lots of support from friends when I was going through a tough time.




Here's my first dye of the year of 2015. I always did a little braid in my hair, sometimes with a string of yarn.

This is me and Halsey in 2015, when she got her start, on her first tour. I loved her at that time, even though she didn't even have a album out! It was a really great show, too. 

2015 was also a year of finding myself. I went to watch sunrises on grassy hills by myself, I pressed flowers, I jumped fences, I made mini movies. It was a year that is hard to forget.

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2016 was the year I had to get away. I went to visit my grandma a lot. I created a lot of digital art of positive and cute sayings and started a shirt shop. It failed massively (I'm still a little heartbroken...)


This is me emailing a pen-pal outside a coffee shop on a cloudy day in March.

One of my design examples that didn't sell a single shirt. I honestly really like it.

The greatest part of 2016 was when I went to California. West Hollywood. Los Angeles. Ever since I was a young girl, I always wanted to see the Hollywood sign. And I did. 

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2017 was a good year for my blog. I wrote a lot and got a good amount of positive feedback. I had lots of new friends from a new job I started and I went to the almighty Disney World. I bought my first ever good photography camera, too! It was secondhand but I still use it to this day!

Me being a real princess at Disney

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2018. I finished my book. My story was out there. I didn't get to tell my grandma about it before she passed away that year. She would've been really proud of me, I think. 

Here's me giving my first talk about my book!

A lovely picture of me living it up in Miami, Florida in 2018 for my friend's bachelorette trip!

My golden birthday (25 on July 25)

It all leads up to 2019. Which is a post I made on December 12th. 

Going through these pictures was really and "up and down" type of thing for me. Some good memories, some bad. But I hate to say it because it's cliche, but everything I went through made me the person I am today! I hope some of you reminiscence on this past decade and see what you guys are thankful for.

See you in 2020!