feb. 26,
1985:
anna is born in suburban
massachusetts.
1988:
anna is happy with her humble surroundings, and also with being 4.
1990:

anna begrudgingly begins piano lessons. she quits after 7 years.

1993:  
anna goes to her first popular concert experience, lyle lovett live.
1995:
anna [second from right] is loud in choir.  anna's friend julie [far right] draws a picture of her as an opera singer.  anna puts the picture in a drawer and keeps it for quite some time.
1997:
anna enters middle school. 
she is, in every way, socially inept.
2001:
anna joins a funk band, random robot. she feels it is a step in the right direction.
2003:

anna enters "higher learning" at carnegie mellon's voice department. she is astounded but determined.
2007:
anna is given an oversized diploma from said higher learning and is then shooed off to discover "the real world".
present:
anna has relocated to chicago, likes to travel, does a lot of work on her music, likes photobooths, dried flowers, and days spent in the sun.