My Yearly Update
1. What did you do this school year that you'd never done before?
(Starting from beginning of last summer)Interned at a biophysics lab at Stanford, became counselor for Areon, missed band camp(!), played in Pit Percussion, marched bass clarinet, went TP-ing, went to winterball, tried to write a capella music, painted in my own free time, went to Santa Cruz with friends, got into college, arranged and played music for a musical, presided over DTF, took vicadin, befriended administration, visited colleges, drove to Berkeley, got really hurt by a close friend, cried in front of friends, went to Friends and Family Night, learned Indian dancing, asked gay men for fashion advice at the mall, played solos in jazz band, went to jazz festival in SF, organized a quartet and won second place, had my senior flute recital, went to Yoshis, drove high, went to a grad student party, ate soft shell crab, started eating salads, tried whipits, hung out with Kassey outside flute lessons, went to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, was visited by Lucie and her boyfriend, won at bowling, took 3 APs (okay thats kinda lame, shut up), took a real slacker class, actually slacked off and really stopped giving a shit.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't think I made a new years' resolution. Next year it will be to be really friendly to everyone at college no matter my preconceptions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes! My Uncle to my adorable baby cousin. The only boy in the Chen family!!
4. Did anyone close to you die? No, thankfully.
5. What countries did you visit? uhh..pitifully, none. I didn't do very much travelling at all this year, but I AM going to Tibet in September.
6. What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year? a good close group of friends
7. What date from this school year will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Probably when I found out I got into Stanford.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting into college. Putting myself out there for DTF stuff.
9. What was your biggest failure? Not really having super tight friends before going away to college. I couldve also done more for Diversity.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nothing serious.
11. What was the best thing you bought? my Ipod video
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Edward's. as always. for being there and being supportive without getting too white on me. Honorable mention goes to Kevin, Taryn, Char, and Connie.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and/or depressed? Sarah's. Enough said because I don't like thinking about her. There are things to be said about Lisa and Jason, too, but I won't get into it.
14. Where did most of your money go? food and clothes.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Stanford. Visiting Belmont. Graduating.
16. What song(s) will always remind you of this new year.
Gwen Stafani's Hollerback Girl reminds me Kevin and summer, I discovered Fiona Apple and Laryn Hill this year, James Blunt's Beautiful, Indian music/hip hop, that swing life way song
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? Happier. I think only death or something terrible like that could have made me sadder than last year.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? I always wish I do more for Jackie.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Taking Sarah's crap
20. How did you spend Christmas? I don't remember! There's something wrong when you can't remember what you did for Christmas.
22. Did you fall in love ? Yes, with Edward Norton and Dr. Mcdreamy
23. How many one-night stands? ...
24. What was your favorite TV program? Grey's Anatomy and Project Runway!!
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I hate Saratoga less but I hate Sarah a lot more.
26. What was the best book you read? This is difficult...Running with Scissors
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Lauryn Hill
28. What did you want and got? new Ipod
29. What did you want and not get? new digital camera, new laptop
30. What were the best movies you saw for the first time this year? Don't watch a lot of movies. The best ones come from psychology: American History X, Girl Interuppted, all the creepy case studies
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were ya? 17! Sue got Jason's a capella group to sing for me and then we went to dinner and came back to my house to eat cake Sarah and Sue bought for me. Kevin got ppl do donate money to buy me a plane ticket to fucking Boston!!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? a close group of friends. emphasis on the group. The Sarah/Kevin thing to not exist.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? Forever 21-trendy-really-bright-and-colorful
34. What kept you sane? My own car so I could leave the house for Starbucks whenever I wanted
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Edward Norton and Dr. Mcdreamy
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Darfur
37. Who did you miss? Boston people. Cty people.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year: Friendship is a two way street.
(Starting from beginning of last summer)Interned at a biophysics lab at Stanford, became counselor for Areon, missed band camp(!), played in Pit Percussion, marched bass clarinet, went TP-ing, went to winterball, tried to write a capella music, painted in my own free time, went to Santa Cruz with friends, got into college, arranged and played music for a musical, presided over DTF, took vicadin, befriended administration, visited colleges, drove to Berkeley, got really hurt by a close friend, cried in front of friends, went to Friends and Family Night, learned Indian dancing, asked gay men for fashion advice at the mall, played solos in jazz band, went to jazz festival in SF, organized a quartet and won second place, had my senior flute recital, went to Yoshis, drove high, went to a grad student party, ate soft shell crab, started eating salads, tried whipits, hung out with Kassey outside flute lessons, went to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, was visited by Lucie and her boyfriend, won at bowling, took 3 APs (okay thats kinda lame, shut up), took a real slacker class, actually slacked off and really stopped giving a shit.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't think I made a new years' resolution. Next year it will be to be really friendly to everyone at college no matter my preconceptions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes! My Uncle to my adorable baby cousin. The only boy in the Chen family!!
4. Did anyone close to you die? No, thankfully.
5. What countries did you visit? uhh..pitifully, none. I didn't do very much travelling at all this year, but I AM going to Tibet in September.
6. What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year? a good close group of friends
7. What date from this school year will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Probably when I found out I got into Stanford.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting into college. Putting myself out there for DTF stuff.
9. What was your biggest failure? Not really having super tight friends before going away to college. I couldve also done more for Diversity.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nothing serious.
11. What was the best thing you bought? my Ipod video
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Edward's. as always. for being there and being supportive without getting too white on me. Honorable mention goes to Kevin, Taryn, Char, and Connie.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and/or depressed? Sarah's. Enough said because I don't like thinking about her. There are things to be said about Lisa and Jason, too, but I won't get into it.
14. Where did most of your money go? food and clothes.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Stanford. Visiting Belmont. Graduating.
16. What song(s) will always remind you of this new year.
Gwen Stafani's Hollerback Girl reminds me Kevin and summer, I discovered Fiona Apple and Laryn Hill this year, James Blunt's Beautiful, Indian music/hip hop, that swing life way song
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? Happier. I think only death or something terrible like that could have made me sadder than last year.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? I always wish I do more for Jackie.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Taking Sarah's crap
20. How did you spend Christmas? I don't remember! There's something wrong when you can't remember what you did for Christmas.
22. Did you fall in love ? Yes, with Edward Norton and Dr. Mcdreamy
23. How many one-night stands? ...
24. What was your favorite TV program? Grey's Anatomy and Project Runway!!
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I hate Saratoga less but I hate Sarah a lot more.
26. What was the best book you read? This is difficult...Running with Scissors
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Lauryn Hill
28. What did you want and got? new Ipod
29. What did you want and not get? new digital camera, new laptop
30. What were the best movies you saw for the first time this year? Don't watch a lot of movies. The best ones come from psychology: American History X, Girl Interuppted, all the creepy case studies
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were ya? 17! Sue got Jason's a capella group to sing for me and then we went to dinner and came back to my house to eat cake Sarah and Sue bought for me. Kevin got ppl do donate money to buy me a plane ticket to fucking Boston!!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? a close group of friends. emphasis on the group. The Sarah/Kevin thing to not exist.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? Forever 21-trendy-really-bright-and-colorful
34. What kept you sane? My own car so I could leave the house for Starbucks whenever I wanted
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Edward Norton and Dr. Mcdreamy
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Darfur
37. Who did you miss? Boston people. Cty people.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year: Friendship is a two way street.