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SwankiVY's Life Events Timeline!
1977
- June 25: Parents were married.
1978
- January 17: I was born, Summit, NJ.
- May: Learned to roll over at the age of about four months.
- September: Started saying my first words.
1979
- January 17: First birthday!
- April: Started walking around fifteen months of age.
- May 9: My sister Patricia was born.
- September(ish?): Started being able to read simple words.
1980
- January (?): Around age two years, started reading books I'd never seen before.
- September: Family moved to Kernersville, NC.
1982
- February: Family moved to Winston-Salem, NC.
- Sometime(?): Began attending a sort of nursery school with my sister.
- Sometime(?): Was obsessed with The Smurfs and Woody Woodpecker.
1983
- March 8: My sister Lindsay was born.
- Summer (?): Lost my first teeth.
- August: Started kindergarten at South Fork Elementary.
1984
- Sometime(?): Became obsessed with The Ewoks cartoon.
- Sometime(?): Started learning stage magic tricks and performing them.
- December: Family moved to Wilmington, NC.
1985
- January: Started first grade at Winter Park Elementary.
- Sometime(?): Finally broke my habit of sucking my thumb.
- Sometime(?): Started studying how to read Hebrew.
- Sometime(?): Began attending a gifted program at another school on some days.
- Sometime(?): Got my first best friend, Grace.
1986
- February 17: I won a county-wide poster contest and received a savings bond. My picture was in the newspaper.
- Sometime(?): Became obsessed with The Popples.
- Sometime(?): Got my second best friend, Ellen.
- April: Started piano lessons.
- Sometime(?): Joined Brownie Girl Scouts.
1987
- Sometime(?): Was a flower girl in my aunt's wedding.
- Sometime(?): Started considering a girl named Meghan in my class one of my best friends.
- September: Joined fourth grade chorus.
- Sometime(?): Joined Girl Scouts.
1988
- Sometime(?): Stopped going to Hebrew school.
- July: Attended various day camps, including Arts Camp.
- November: Went to Disney World with my family.
1989
- July: Family moved to Sarasota, FL.
- July 4: Got my ears pierced.
- August 28: Started sixth grade at McIntosh Middle.
- Sometime(?): Got very interested in collecting pen pals.
1990
- Sometime (?): My grandparents moved to Sarasota, and I started getting closer to them.
- June 13: Got a second hole pierced in my ears.
- August: Joined strings program, playing violin.
- Sometime(?): Took tennis lessons.
1991
- Sometime(?): Got braces.
- Sometime(?): Took jazz dance lessons.
1992
- February(?): Wrote my first novel, Double Vision.
- August: Started high school at Riverview High School (ninth grade).
- August: Joined All-Girls Beginning Chorus.
- September: Got my first boyfriend, Peter.
- September/October: Passed All-State Choral auditions. Got into SATB Concert Chorus.
1993
- January: Was switched into Mixed Chorus.
- January: All-State 9th & 10th Grade Concert Chorus performance.
- January(?): Began writing my "Skyler Stories" book.
- February: Auditioned for Center Stage group and got in.
- March 12: Went to district contest with my chorus and got superior ratings.
- May 13: My first boyfriend dumped me.
- June 10: Took the course I needed to get my learner's permit.
- June 30 July 1: Attended "Florida Choral Experience" summer camp.
- July 7: Got my braces off.
- Sometime(?): Began to identify as "nonsexual."
- August: Family moved to Tampa, FL.
- August 19: Started school at Chamberlain High School (tenth grade). Joined the chorus.
- September(?) Began writing my "Bruce the Duck" series.
- October: Met Phil, who later became my last boyfriend.
- October 20: Had my first professional voice lesson.
1994
- January: Performed in All-State Women's Chorus.
- January 17: Turned 16.
- January 22: Had a Sweet Sixteen birthday party with all my friends.
- February 11: Performed a solo at district festival and received superior ratings.
- March 20: Started officially dating Phil.
- April 7 12: Went to Washington with the chorus.
- May: Attended and passed auditions for an elite women's chorus for senior year.
- August: Got obsessed with the Animaniacs television show.
- August: Started getting really close with Meghan.
- November: Started my friendship with Mia.
1995
- January: Performed in All-State 11th & 12th Grade Concert Chorus.
- February 5: Saw Ween in concert for the first time.
- February: Performed a solo at district festival and received excellent ratings.
- May 20: Went to my boyfriend's senior prom with him.
- Sometime(?): Took the SAT and got a 1320.
- September 15: Got my first job at Sweet Tomatoes restaurant.
- September 17: My Uncle Kenny died from complications related to AIDS, age 46.
- November 6: Got accepted to University of Florida.
1996
- January: Performed in All-State Women's Chorus.
- January 17: Turned 18.
- January 27: Auditioned for the University of Florida music program.
- January 29: Got on the Internet for the first time, through America Online.
- March 13: Broke up with my last boyfriend, Phil.
- Sometime(?): Passed the AP English exam with a 5.
- June: Graduated from high school.
- July 10: Drove a car for the last time while flunking the driver's test.
- July 15: Moved to Gainesville, FL, for college. Moved into an apartment with John and Dena.
- July: Got my own first computer. Became active on the Internet for the first time.
- July 18: Went to my first poetry jam at the Civic Media Center.
- July 31: Began writing the first The House That Ivy Built novel.
- August 13: Finished writing the novel.
- August 26: Started college, majoring in Music Education.
- August: Auditioned for University Choir and got in.
- September 25: Began writing the second The House That Ivy Built novel.
- December 30: Met my friend Victor in person for the first time (first Internet friend meetup).
1997
- March: Spring Break at Six Flags with my Internet friends Blink and Rowan.
- June: Got a job at Baskin-Robbins.
- July: Got fired from Baskin-Robbins.
- July: Went up to Virginia on a road trip with my roommate, and visited my friends Blink and Rowan again.
- October: Created my first Web page.
- December(?): Dena graduated and moved out, and Mia moved in.
1998
- January: Switched majors to Elementary Education.
- January 17: Became a vegetarian.
- February: Met my friend Jim (Bunky) for the first time in person.
- February(?): Started the third The House That Ivy Built novel.
- February 14: Started my job as a Kids' WB! volunteer chat host on AOL.
- April 24: Got my first e-mail from Squirrel (Michael).
- May 25: Had Internet friends James and Chris visit for Memorial Day weekend.
- May(?): John graduated and moved out, and JW moved in.
- July 4: Met my friend Fred.
- July 16: Meghan had her first baby, Katelyn, and used my name for her middle name.
- August: Became mini-obsessed with the anime Tenchi Muyo!
- October(?): Started the fourth The House That Ivy Built novel.
- November(?): Started studying Paganism.
- November: Visited New York City.
- November 29: My maternal grandfather, Herb, passed away at age 78.
1999
- January 17: Turned 21 in Las Vegas, NV.
- March: Visit with Bunky in Columbus, and got to meet Ronni.
- May 5: Fred visited, and we went to visit Jessica in Melbourne.
- May(?): JW and Mia moved out, and Ammy and Melissa moved in.
- Sometime(?): Started attending anime club meetings.
- June: Began to do my first "scripted" Pagan-oriented rituals.
- June: Got a summer job as an office assistant for a professor at UF.
- July 22: Kids' WB! closed, chat hosting job over.
- August 2: Started Hecklers Online chat host job.
- October 8: Went to Anime Weekend Atlanta.
- December 20: Visited Fred in California and celebrated the Winter Solstice with him and Christmas with his family.
- December: Did my first professional freelance editing job on Mike Yon's book Danger Close.
2000
- January: Began my first pre-internship, assistant-teaching first grade.
- February: Started getting annoying eye infections.
- March 2: Began my second pre-internship, assistant-teaching third grade, but got switched to fourth.
- March 22: Met my friend Jeaux.
- April 13: Finished my pre-internship.
- May 9: Took a week vacation to go to Jessica's wedding.
- May(?): Had a family reunion.
- June: Did another stint as a summer office assistant for a college professor. Also did Web work.
- June 21: Got my first computer virus.
- June 24: Graduated from the University of Florida with a B.A. in Elementary Education, GPA 3.56.
- July 12: Interviewed for a retail position at Books-A-Million and got hired.
- August 5: Moved from my college apartment to a studio apartment of my own.
- October: Got promoted to Kids' Department Head at the bookstore.
- November 5: Found out my online friend Steve passed away.
2001
- February 9: Jessica visited.
- February 28: Began writing articles for Everything2.com.
- May 11 13: Anime convention JACON with Kari.
- May 25: Finished writing the fourth The House That Ivy Built book.
- June 7 16: Fred visited; fun in Gainesville and Tampa.
- June 27 July 1: Jessica and Seth visited.
- August: My sister Patricia moved to Japan.
- August 8 12: Jessica and Seth visited (again).
- September 11: World Trade Center got bombed.
- September 21 23: Anime Weekend Atlanta convention.
2002
- January 3 6: Fred visited.
- February: Hecklers Online chat closed. Quit hosting.
- May: Began writing the prequel to The House That Ivy Built.
- May 12: Started the fifth The House That Ivy Built novel.
- Summer(?): Fred visited, and we went camping at All World Acres.
- August: Passed a copyediting/proofreading test and got a position as a freelance editor.
- August 15: Played my first game of Dance Dance Revolution and got hooked.
- August 24: Went to an Everything2.com nodermeet (meeting online friends in a group).
- November 5: Began writing my children's book Joint Custody.
2003
- January 30: Went to Les Misιrables with Mike.
- June 8: Began writing my novel Bad Fairy.
- July 17 July 27: Fred visited, and we went canoeing and karaokeing.
- August: Completed writing my novel Bad Fairy.
- August: Wrote an article on Eragon that got very popular online.
- September 27: Met Jeremy from Mu for the first time.
- November 6 12: Visited Japan.
2004
- February: Met my online friend Dieter in person.
- November 2: Met my friend Mikey.
- November 2: Voted in a national election for the first time.
- November 21: My sister and mom were in a car wreck, but were fine.
2005
- May 13: My parents' divorce became official.
- May 20: Started my webcomic, Negative One.
- May 26: An article on asexuality that I was interviewed for was published.
- November: My sister Lindsay went missing and was found.
2006
- June 25: Last day of work at the bookstore.
- June 28: Moved to Tampa, FL. Got my own one-bedroom apartment.
- July 27: Started new job as administrative assistant at DKS Associates.
- September 10: Began writing my novel Finding Mulligan.
- December 2: My maternal grandmother, Maura, passed away at age 84.
2007
- June: Started regularly reading Eyeshield 21 manga.
- June 17: Recorded my first YouTube video.
- July 28: Moved to a new two-bedroom apartment.
- August 29: Meghan had her second baby, Benjamin.
2008
- January 15: Had Victor visiting for the first time in over 10 years.
- January 17: Turned 30!
- February 2: Ren Faire in Gainesville with Mikey.
- March 1: Ren Faire in Tampa with Mikey.
- March 11: Saw a They Might Be Giants concert.
- March 31: Completed my novel Finding Mulligan.
- April 4: Saw Avenue Q live.
- April 20: Hosted a Passover celebration at my house for the first time.
- July 17: Fred visited.
- July 27: Participated as a bridesmaid in Ronni's wedding.
- October 12: Participated as maid of honor in Meghan and Brendon's wedding.
- October 24: Took a Greyhound trip to visit Mike in Gainesville.
- October 31: Big Halloween party at my apartment.
- November 6: Started writing my novella Stupid Questions.
- November 12: Finished my novella Stupid Questions.
- November 20: swankivy.com got its first front page layout.
- November 27: Thanksgiving at Jeaux's.
- December 13: Got the news that my sister Patricia was engaged.
- December 31: New Year's Eve at my mom's.
2009
- January 18: Got sick for the first time in five years.
- January 24: Ren Faire in Gainesville with Mikey.
- May 2: Went to an OKCupid meetup and made some important new friends.
- June 9: Found out my friend Mike from Sarasota passed away.
- July 18: Got interviewed in The Daily Beast for an article about asexuality.
- August 1: Participated as maid of honor in my sister Patricia's wedding to Yusuke.
- August 9: Made my first real music video on YouTube.
- October 22: Taped my interview for the documentary (A)sexual.
- October 25: Attended the wedding of Steve and Jessica.
- October 31: Huge party for Halloween at my place, with 20+ people.
- December 5: Went to Universal Studios and saw Rent with Mikey.
2010
- January 30: Ren Faire in Gainesville with Mikey.
- February 6: EPCOT visit with Sarah.
- May 20: Hit five years of doing my webcomic without ever missing or being late.
- June 4 8: Michigan visit with Jessie; got to meet Cara.
- August 5 12: Anna Maria Island beach trip with Meghan and friends.
- August 28: Went to a housewarming at Mandy's house and got to meet her and several other online friends.
- September 8: Was interviewed along with David Jay on Internet radio program The Authority Smashing! Hour, discussing asexuality.
- September 11: Began attending monthly Drink and Draw meetings with a group of Tampa Bay area artists.
- October 14 17: Traveled to Oakland and San Francisco for a work meeting and a visit with my sister.
- October 24: Posted my first original song to YouTube.
- October 31: Big Halloween party at my house, attended by about 20 people.
- November 9: Posted my first multitrack video to YouTube; the birth of the "Swanky Six" singing characters.
- December 1 5: Visited my sister in San Francisco with my mother.
- December 24 31: Got a visit from Richard, an online friend who'd known me for a decade or so before meeting me.
2011
- January 11 19: Got a visit from Victor.
- January 24: Entered a writing contest sponsored by Amazon.
- January 24: Got an article professionally published for the first time (an article about asexuality in Good Vibrations magazine).
- January 26: My friend Brendon had to have heart surgery after having been in the hospital for kidney issues and other complications.
- January 29: Went to Gainesville for the Renaissance Faire with Mikey.
- February 24: Got into the second round of the Amazon writing contest.
- March 5: Went to the Tampa Renaissance Faire with Mikey and his friends.
- March 10: A video of mine was taken down through a false DMCA claim, so I revised it and posted the new version.
- March 22: Got into the quarter-finals of the Amazon writing contest.
- April 23: Went on vacation to a beach house on Anna Maria Island in honor of my grandpa's 90th birthday.
- April 26: Got cut from the Amazon writing contest and did not make the semi-final round.
- May 5: Found a YouTube duet partner and performed an Avenue Q song online.
- June 18: Documentary (A)sexual, for which I was interviewed, premiered at Frameline film festival in San Francisco.
- June 13: Finished the rewrite of my novel Bad Fairy's first draft.
- June 21 23: Mike from Gainesville visited.
- July 14 17: Disney trip with Meghan and family.
- July 23: Went to Disney with Eric and Stephanie.
- July 30: Met my friend Pedro in person after reconnecting with him after a weird coincidence.
- August 13 August 14: Sarah and David spoiled me rotten at their house for a weekend visit.
- August 27: First asexual meetup, in Tampa.
- August 28: Finished a large drawing of 29 fairies in a group character shot, for my book Bad Fairy.
- September 3 4: Spent the weekend writing a giant essay on the horrors of Brisingr, the third Paolini book. Got positive reviews.
- September 16: DDR party at Mandy's.
- September 21: Undertook a project to draw illustrative drawings representative of each chapter in my Bad Fairy book, posting one a day for forty chapters.
- September 29: I was mentioned on a television news program in Australia.
- October 8: Birthday party at Eric's.
- Late October/Early November: Visit with Victor.
- October 22: My mom got a roommate and he moved in with her.
- October 23 29: Asexuality Awareness Week; one of my published articles ran and I released a two-part video on The Unassailable Asexual.
- October 30: Completed Bad Fairy chapter drawings.
- October 30: Big Halloween party at my place.
- November 7: Began querying agents for my latest version of Bad Fairy.
2012
- First week of January: Patricia and Yusuke visited from California and stayed at my house.
- January 24: Entered the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Competition 2012.
- February 4: Attended my friend Jeaux's mom's funeral.
- February 7: Completed new short story "On the Inside."
- February 23: Became a second round competitor in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition.
- March 20: Became a quarter-finalist in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition.
- April 24: Got cut from the Amazon contest at the semi-final round.
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