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1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
oh boy... got into college, went to college, fell in love, competed in core band for Studio Band, graduated from high school and PUPP, went to the symphony, got a job other than PUPP, got straight As in two classes in college, wrote a piece for full orchestra and heard it performed, went to a heavy metal show, wrote for the town newspaper, voted, made coffee, did laundry, rode in an ambulance, smoked, drank, went to a frat
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
resolutions are kind of silly; if you need to make a change in your life, do it because you want to
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yeah, my cousin had a little boy
4. Did anyone close to you die?
yeah, great-grandmother
5. What countries did you visit?
uh nowhere : / haha best story, at dinner one night everyone was like "in China I saw this, in Europe I saw this," and Derek goes "on the way to Lancaster..." aww I know what it's like to be untraveled haha
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
a relatively normal sleep schedule
7. What date(s) from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
june 1, august 25, september 6-7, december 4, december 25
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
hard to say... probably successfully completing a semester of college and competing with Studio Band. oh and i got a 5 on the english ap, not that it counts for anything haha. my two As first semester are nice too.
9. What was your biggest failure?
not trying hard enough academically senior year, and not doing enough to take care of myself emotionally for a bit
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
cold, stomach virus, and "loose shoulders" that i have to do exercises for haha
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my saxophone : )
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Becca handled her college situation really well, Katie is showing strength during a hard time, Jane is boldly herself and inspired me to be truer to myself... there are others but those three really come to mind
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
not something that's nice to publicize. in general, most of the girls at f&m
14. Where did most of your money go?
saxophone, FOOD, books
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
competitions/band dances/rehearsals, my friends, my boyfriend, academics and cool professors
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
EASY TO LOVE hahaha and uhh "crazy" by gnarls barkley, "stardust" by nat king cole
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder? happier- this time last year i was scrambling to put together the rest of my college apps after being rejected (i basically just took becca's sentence and filled in the word rejected), and i love my friends (from home) and bf
ii. Thinner or fatter? the same? i would be fatter but i lost weight from being sick
iii. Richer or poorer? uh marginally richer because i have a job
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
studied (in senior year)
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
weed smoking in the summer, worrying, procrastinating, getting in fights with my parents
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Jake is coming in the morning and then we're all going to my aunt's
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Yes
23. How many one-night stands?
0
24. What was your favorite TV program?
The Colbert Report
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
hate is such a negative waste of energy, so no
26. What was the best book you read?
Hamlet! hehe
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Bob Dylan and Nat King Cole (not so much a discovery as an introduction and re-discovery)
28. What did you want and get?
college acceptance, saxophone, awesome Band Show
29. What did you want and not get?
hm... nothing?
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
i don't remember loving one from the theaters, but i really enjoyed i <3 huckabees
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i turned 18 and... i don't think i did anything special lol. it was a monday, i was probably looking forward to tuesday night rehearsal because that's how cool i am
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
not getting senioritis
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
bohemianish in the summer to some combination of that and collared shirts/academic-esque things... uhh hippie meets audrey and katherine hepburn?
34. What kept you sane?
band and boyfriend i suppose (me too becca!) and friends, definitely friends. and my parents, sometimes.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
um stephen colbert, because i'm gross like that
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
the war, wiretapping, so much... if you've read my writing you know haha
37. Who did you miss?
i miss my friends from home so much when i'm at f&m, and i miss jake when i'm not with him
38. Who was the best new person you met?
aside from jake it would definitely be matt solin and colin. and dean s and my religion prof are awesome haha.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
don't regret the things that you do in the search for yourself, but learn from them. love others and don't forget to love yourself. give things 100%, always, because this is the go-around.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
down the foggy ruins of time
far past the frozen leaves
the haunted frighten trees
out to the windy beach
far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
silhouetted by the sea
circled by the circus sand
with all memory and fate
driven deep beneath the waves
let me forget about today until tomorrow
hey mr. tambourine man, play a song for me
i'm not sleepy and there is no place i'm going to
hey mr. tambourine man play a song for me
in the jingle-jangle mornin' i'll come followin' you
oh boy... got into college, went to college, fell in love, competed in core band for Studio Band, graduated from high school and PUPP, went to the symphony, got a job other than PUPP, got straight As in two classes in college, wrote a piece for full orchestra and heard it performed, went to a heavy metal show, wrote for the town newspaper, voted, made coffee, did laundry, rode in an ambulance, smoked, drank, went to a frat
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
resolutions are kind of silly; if you need to make a change in your life, do it because you want to
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yeah, my cousin had a little boy
4. Did anyone close to you die?
yeah, great-grandmother
5. What countries did you visit?
uh nowhere : / haha best story, at dinner one night everyone was like "in China I saw this, in Europe I saw this," and Derek goes "on the way to Lancaster..." aww I know what it's like to be untraveled haha
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
a relatively normal sleep schedule
7. What date(s) from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
june 1, august 25, september 6-7, december 4, december 25
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
hard to say... probably successfully completing a semester of college and competing with Studio Band. oh and i got a 5 on the english ap, not that it counts for anything haha. my two As first semester are nice too.
9. What was your biggest failure?
not trying hard enough academically senior year, and not doing enough to take care of myself emotionally for a bit
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
cold, stomach virus, and "loose shoulders" that i have to do exercises for haha
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my saxophone : )
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Becca handled her college situation really well, Katie is showing strength during a hard time, Jane is boldly herself and inspired me to be truer to myself... there are others but those three really come to mind
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
not something that's nice to publicize. in general, most of the girls at f&m
14. Where did most of your money go?
saxophone, FOOD, books
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
competitions/band dances/rehearsals, my friends, my boyfriend, academics and cool professors
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
EASY TO LOVE hahaha and uhh "crazy" by gnarls barkley, "stardust" by nat king cole
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder? happier- this time last year i was scrambling to put together the rest of my college apps after being rejected (i basically just took becca's sentence and filled in the word rejected), and i love my friends (from home) and bf
ii. Thinner or fatter? the same? i would be fatter but i lost weight from being sick
iii. Richer or poorer? uh marginally richer because i have a job
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
studied (in senior year)
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
weed smoking in the summer, worrying, procrastinating, getting in fights with my parents
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Jake is coming in the morning and then we're all going to my aunt's
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Yes
23. How many one-night stands?
0
24. What was your favorite TV program?
The Colbert Report
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
hate is such a negative waste of energy, so no
26. What was the best book you read?
Hamlet! hehe
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Bob Dylan and Nat King Cole (not so much a discovery as an introduction and re-discovery)
28. What did you want and get?
college acceptance, saxophone, awesome Band Show
29. What did you want and not get?
hm... nothing?
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
i don't remember loving one from the theaters, but i really enjoyed i <3 huckabees
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i turned 18 and... i don't think i did anything special lol. it was a monday, i was probably looking forward to tuesday night rehearsal because that's how cool i am
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
not getting senioritis
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
bohemianish in the summer to some combination of that and collared shirts/academic-esque things... uhh hippie meets audrey and katherine hepburn?
34. What kept you sane?
band and boyfriend i suppose (me too becca!) and friends, definitely friends. and my parents, sometimes.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
um stephen colbert, because i'm gross like that
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
the war, wiretapping, so much... if you've read my writing you know haha
37. Who did you miss?
i miss my friends from home so much when i'm at f&m, and i miss jake when i'm not with him
38. Who was the best new person you met?
aside from jake it would definitely be matt solin and colin. and dean s and my religion prof are awesome haha.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
don't regret the things that you do in the search for yourself, but learn from them. love others and don't forget to love yourself. give things 100%, always, because this is the go-around.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
down the foggy ruins of time
far past the frozen leaves
the haunted frighten trees
out to the windy beach
far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
silhouetted by the sea
circled by the circus sand
with all memory and fate
driven deep beneath the waves
let me forget about today until tomorrow
hey mr. tambourine man, play a song for me
i'm not sleepy and there is no place i'm going to
hey mr. tambourine man play a song for me
in the jingle-jangle mornin' i'll come followin' you