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Alanna's Personal Identity Digital Timeline

  • My Birthday

    My Birthday

    I was born on April 28, 2004 around 5:30am. I have an older sister and I am the second (and youngest) child. I am a Taurus sun, Aries rising, and Leo moon.
  • Having Cats

    Having Cats

    Having cats for a long period of time has made me a more caring and patient person
  • My Cats

    My Cats

    My uncle's friend found two orange tabby cats who were still kittens in her alley and had them for a couple days, but on this day we went to her house to take them from her. Their name are Rocket and Pumpkin.
  • Braces

    Braces

    I got braces in 2017 which made me look like even more of a dweeb but it was worth it for my teeth to not look literally jumbled
  • Washington D.C.

    Washington D.C.

    This was my eighth grade class trip and it was definitely more expensive than it should have been but it was the first time I was able to be away from home/family for so long along with the first time I have taken a plane.
  • After D.C. Trip

    After D.C. Trip

    I feel like I came back with a new sense of independence- it kind of felt like the beginning to a new chapter of my life and getting older
  • Eighth Grade Graduation

    Eighth Grade Graduation

    It was time to move on from elementary school and transition into high school
  • Freshman Connection

    Freshman Connection

    I met two of my best friends, Ella and Ethan, who then introduced me to another one of my best friends, Gretta, and I introduced them to mine, Skylar
  • First Day of Freshman Year

    First Day of Freshman Year

    I had lost a few friends but I had also made some new ones and I was ready to make more and fully transition from elementary school to high school .
  • First Concert

    First Concert

    Me and one of my best friends, Skylar, went to our first concert to see Fall Out Boy at Wrigley Field. We literally had the farthest seats back possibly, touching the fence and everything, but it was still so fun. We made the best of it and it was an amazing experience
  • PCD

    PCD

    A.K.A Post Concert Depression- basically I loved that concert and I missed it so bad. It made me want to go to more and more concerts. I missed the adrenaline and atmosphere so badly and this is what fired my loveeee for concerts.
  • Having a friend group

    Having a friend group

    It taught me how to be a more trusting, fun-loving, and grateful person
  • End of Freshman year and the summer after

    End of Freshman year and the summer after

    I came out of Freshman year with an established group of friends which I never thought I would get to have and I loved them all so much. (little did I know that that would all come crashing down but at the time I was happy about it...)
  • First Pride

    First Pride

    I went to my first pride parade with a couple of my best friends. We took the brown line to boystown and celebrated together jumping and yelling and catching bead necklaces.
  • Last Concert Before COVID

    Last Concert Before COVID

    I went to a handful of concerts between this and the last one but this concert is specifically important because it was the last one that I was able to go to :( I miss concerts so badly this was so fun. I saw Tyler, The Creator, who was opened to by Jaiden Smith, with one of my best friends Skylar and it was such a good time and it was the first week of school with school the next day- the adrenaline was crazy.
  • Last Day of School I Went to Since the Corona Outbreak

    Last Day of School I Went to Since the Corona Outbreak

    I knew this was going to be the last day I'd be at school until quarantine ended but I did not know that it was going to be that long. This is the longest I have ever been without being at school.
  • Friend Group Collapsed

    Friend Group Collapsed

    Over quarantine, I ended up having to lose half of my friends that I used to love so very much because it turns out that they suck and I wasted so much time and energy and love and care on people who didn't return or deserve it. This wasn't 7/1 specifically but it started somewhere towards late april and it all really came down some time after Michigan.
  • Michigan!

    Michigan!

    I chopped more than half of my hair off and took a road trip with my best friends Gretta and Tre 6 whole entire hours to Michigan to stay for like 5 days. Gretta and I were in the process of dealing with drama over our old friend group and this trip helped me so much in taking a step in the right direction and it was truly the first step of moving on. I also got to really bond with Tre for the first time and we've been talking practically everyday since.
  • Losing Friends and Moving On!

    Losing Friends and Moving On!

    I feel like I have definitely become less affectionate and worse at texting but I also have become more confident and carefree- still working on all of this but yeah. This has no specific date but it for sure started sometime between cutting my hair and before remote learning began but is still continuing, you know? not specifically this date but I wanted it to be placed before remote learning started cause it felt most fitting.
  • Online Learning Up Until Now

    Online Learning Up Until Now

    Nothing really big has happened since these events. Corona is still prevalent, I still don't have a friend group, I still have my cats, I didn't include it but at some point during freshman year I got my braces off, and I'm still moving on. Keeping up with school work has been stressful with everything going on but I'm managing as well as I can!