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End of the Year
1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?


Go to London; Apply for real-life jobs; Study five days in advance for an exam; attend a rally in D.C.; see something on Broadway that wasn't Tarzan; Graduate from college; Internship at a TV station


2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? 


Didn't make any. 


3. Did anyone close to you give birth? 


Well, sorta close.


4. Did anyone close to you die?


No. 


5. What countries did you visit?


England!


 6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010? 

My own place to live.


7. What date(s) from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why


May 10th, October 17th, December 19th ... for a variety of reasons.

 

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? 


GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE.


9. What was your biggest failure? 

Not conquering my sinus problems.


10. Did you suffer any illness or injury? 


Just chronic sinusitis...since October-ish 2009.


11. What was the best thing you bought? 


All these awesome dresses! And Season One of Community


12. Whose behavior merited celebration? 


This question makes me sad.


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and/or depressed? 


As does this one.


14. Where did most of your money go?


Travel, Clothes, Movies, Food 

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? 


London! New York! Graduation! They Might Be Giants/Jonathon Coulton/The Weepies! Seeing Les Miserables! The Rally to Restore Sanity!


16. What song(s) and/or ablum(s) will always remind you of 2010?

-Bones by the Killers

-Good Girls Go Bad by Cobra Starship

-Three is a Magic Number, Mike Doughty cover

- Power by Kanye West


17. Compared to this time last year, you are:

Starting to see some possibilities for my future. 

18. What do you wish you'd done more of? 

Exercising, Sleeping, Writing


19. What do you wish you'd done less of? 
Sitting at home


20. How will you be spending Christmas? 
At home, with the family, contemplating the future. 


22. Did you fall in love in 2010? 
Nope.


23. How many one-night stands?

None.


24. What was your favorite TV program? 
COMMUNITY. 


25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? 
Now, hate's a strong word.


26. What was the best book you read? 
Ender's Shadow; Bringing Down the House 


27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

The Whiffenpoofs (and in the same vane: Mika) 

 

28. What did you want and get?

To go to London


29. What did you want and not get?

NBC Page Program


30. What was your favorite film of this year? 
Tie: Toy Story 3 or Scott Pilgrim v. The World;  (or Kabluey...I know it didn't come out this year, but this is the year I discovered it.)


31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 
Went to Bandido's (Margaritas!), then Sugarland; Baked my own cupcakes, had fun with friends. (Later, went to East End.) 


32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? 

One Million Dollars! (In other words, I dunno).


33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010? 
Two Parts Preppy; One Part Bohemian; All Parts Comfort. (With a turn toward professionalism in the last quarter.) 


34. What kept you sane? 
Netflix Instant Streaming; Monopoly Deal


35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? 
Jon Hamm; Allison Brie


36. What political issue stirred you the most? 
Voting; Gay Marriage


37. Who did you miss? 
Jordan


38. Who was the best new person you met?

Erin Laurie. (Close seconds: Lyndsay, Paige)

 

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010: 

You are made up of more than your own ideas.


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

Don't you wanna come with me?
Don't you wanna feel my bones on your bones?
It's only natural.
Don't you wanna swim with me?
Don't you wanna feel my skin on your skin?
It's only natural.
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One Week Til Graduation
This time next week, I'll be lining up at the J-School. This is crazy.
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Uh oh.
Managed to avoid senioritis....until now. With 21 days to go. 
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WHY MUST MY CAMPAIGNS CLASS MAKE ME SO ANGRY? Irrationally so.

That is all.

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For a job application, I have to write a story in one hundred words. When I went to start writing, all my brain could come up with was two: Tandem. Bicycle. 

Curse you, Brain. 
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Web sites
XKCD speaks the truth, as per usual:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/university_website.png

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"The best thing about Tornado Days is...EVERYTHING...
At about 3:40 p.m., one of our tech. directors ran through the newsroom screaming "TORNADO WARNING!" and then the room was suddenly in a rush of activity. [Producer] Sarah ran into the control room, and [Intern] Patrick followed. [Internet Guy] Matt started doing crazy things with the internet, and [Producer] Shayla turns to me and says, if you want to see something cool, you should probably head to the control room. 
So, off I go, to witness what it's like on the news side of really, really, really severe weather...and it's pretty awesome. They interrupt the main feed, and they just go to action. News stations are legally required to broadcast during tornado warnings, and the weather people have the ability to just keep talking...and talking...and talking...great endurance.
I thought it was hilarious that, on the day of T.V.-interrupting weather, none of the weather interns were there, and there are a lot of them. But, anyways, so the five and the six o'clock shows were cancelled, which meant the 11, the show that I work on, was just full of those stories, with not much work for me to do. But, Shayla is awesome, and managed to still give me work. I did Prods tonight! (They're the graphics you see on the screen when they need to show words/bullet points of messages to you.)
...and that was super cool. It's days like today that make me think that it could be kinda cool to do something like this for a living. 

(Oh, and we got free Donato's pizza, and it was delicious...I tried the Hawaiian, which is ham, pineapple, CINNAMON, and ALMONDS. Good, but a little too sweet for me. The funniest thing about the pizza was just the fact that at least six employees said the exact same thing, word-for-word: "The best thing about Tornado Days is that we get pizza." I think it's like a Pavlov's Dog reaction: Tornado Warnings trigger HUNGER.) 
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I enjoy humorous commentaries on racism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ns-kXeQCMk
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