let's see how 2006 was for me. this should be interesting.
January 2006
First Sentence:
so here's a brief update of what's been happening since i got home: the first few days i was home i literally slept 12 hours per night (you'd be proud, mariah!).
Last Sentence:
i'm just sad, and i don't feel happy with who i am.
February 2006
First Sentence:
i'm a sad, sick little panda...
Last Sentence:
Yeeehaw!!! ;o)
March 2006
First Sentence:
My interview is on Tuesday, March 14th.
Last Sentence:
EEEGAD!!!!
April 2006
First Sentence:
thanks to everyone who came out to my essence show.
Last Sentence:
Okay, back to my Tab Energy drink and my paper! WOO! 6 more hours before class!
May 2006
First Sentence:
Here I sit at 1:22am, and I'm not staying awake for any particular reason.
Last Sentence:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! That pretty much describes it...
June 2006
First Sentence:
The hotel room that I'm staying in while my parents' new house (I say my parents' house because it won't ever really be my home.) is being painted is dark and the mattress is hard, but other than that, it's pretty nice.
Last Sentence:
Oh yeah, I'm going crazy. Someone PLEASE get me out of this hotel room!
July 2006
First Sentence:
i'm alive, in case you were wondering.
Last Sentence:
until then, i'll be here, although perhaps sporatically since i have to grow up and be an adult.
August 2006
First Sentence:
So I'm here in California. Finally!
Last Sentence:
oh, and if this did happen, your name would be lindsey... and you would be the only person in the world that all of this could possibly happen to in one day!
September 2006
First Sentence:
i have a lot of feelings strangling me that i've been wanting to write about for a while now, but unfortunately i am not eloquent or artsy or dramatic enough to explain them in words.
Last Sentence:
I GOT IN!!! MORE LATER!!!
October 2006
First Sentence:
Today at approximately 6am, I got a phone call: 'hello, this is security. there are a bunch of people singing outside your apartment. please come outside.' haha.
Last Sentence:
it's not that i think i'm a BAD person, but lately my actions haven't reflected the person i want to be and know i can be.
November 2006
First Sentence:
so tonight we had the EP alums come and listen to us and critique us.
Last Sentence:
anywho, i feel much better now that i've listed some good things in my life. you should try it.
December 2006
First Sentence:
i never write in this anymore. does that mean i'm growing up? dear moses, i hope not!
Last Sentence:
my heart is full and overflowing. ;)
So you can't tell a whole whole lot from the first and last sentences, although some of them were funny. And it seems like this year got better as it progressed... In January I was sad and didn't like myself and in December my heart was overflowing... And that seems pretty accurate. I think I'm 100 million times happier now than I have been in many years, so that is pretty awesome. Definitely a lot happened in 2006. I graduated Tufts, I got into Stanford, I moved cross country, I got into EP, I've made some awesome new friends, and reconnected with some old ones. Things haven't been perfect, of course... I've lost some people in my life - people I never thought I'd lose. My parents moved out of our house. I left Boston and all of my Tufts friends. But you know, overall I'd say the good outweighs the bad/sad, and I am definitely at a high point in my life, which I very much hope continues into 2007.
So I hate making resolutions because... seriously, who ACTUALLY keeps resolutions? Certainly not me. But there are things I hope to accomplish this year:
-To eat healthier and get in better shape.
-To be more responsible... I really need to start being more adult-like.
-At the same time, I want to be more spontaneous and take more risks.
-To work harder in school... Procrastinate less.
-To go out and meet more people and not shy away from social engagements.
There are more, but let's not get too over-ambitious here. haha.
So I told everyone I know to eat black eyed peas yesterday (on new years) for good luck and wealth (it's apparently a Southern thing). I have a can of black eyed peas here, but I just never ate them. And then last night I DREAMED about black eyed peas. haha. I'm generally not THAT superstitious, but dang, I don't want to miss out on good luck and financial enrichment!
Let's see what else is going on.. hmm.. I haven't written in here since mid-December. I went to Jamaica with EP. Ohhh Jamaica.... I was sick most of the time, but it was still awesome, especially the last couple days. I CLIMBED A WATERFALL! Me, yes Lindsey, who never does ANYTHING dangerous or outdoorsy... (I mean I fall down so much as it is, why would I attempt something that makes it that much easier!). But it was awesome (once I got through!) haha. Also, I went skinny-dipping. Yes I know, who is this new person writing in this journal! hehe. I want to go back next year. Except I plan to be tour manager so I can make sure it's umm... less stressful, less time on a bus and more fun. Not that we didn't have fun, but there were just some things I'd change.
What else is going on in my life? Hmm.... I am in TROU--BLE!!! Ha, can't tell you why. Sorry. Some of you know. ;)
Basically, life is good... Here's to 2007!!!