2005 in Review
Well, I suppose I should also engage my LiveJournal in a yearly review of sorts, seeing as this is the first entry of the New Year. This is basically your standard copy-and-paste-the-first-sentence-of-the-first-entry-of-each-month review. Only I’ve modified it somewhat to include the first complete thought of the entry and a “commentary” of sorts for some entries. Because if there is anything that my journal entries never have an over abundance of, it’s context.
I was actually surprised at the fact that each month had it’s own entry, considering how infrequently I update.
January: “First off, Happy New Year...
Yeah, ok, whatever... Anyways, there's this book I want to read. It's called Men Are Not Large Women: A Treatise Against the Growing Metrosexualization of the American Male.” Haha, yeah this one ended up being a rant aimed at Hollister.
February: “I GOT INTO BINGHAMTON!!! YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA! Wow, this is really big for me because Binghamton is one of my personal "big four" that I applied to. I also hear it has one of the best Political Science programs in the nation. Wowie...” Ah yes, this was the season for receiving admission responses (Wowie? What was I, six?).
March: “Hmm, where to begin? Oh yeah, I GOT INTO GENESEO! YeeeHaaaaw! Apparently there were over 9,000 applicants for only 925 available spots at the University. I had only a 10% chance of getting in.” Hell yeah, score another one for the Andy-man. Note how I’m still emulating the “Dean scream” despite the fact that it’s about a year old at this point.
April: “So I got the last of my college letters back on Thursday. Yup, Colgate rejected me.” Awww, this still makes me well up a bit. For those curious, I applied to eight schools, six of which accepted me outright, with one wait listing me and one rejecting me. I was accepted my Geneseo, Binghamton, Niagara, St. Lawrence, LeMoyne and Syracuse (duh). Bucknell waitlisted me and Colgate rejected me. Also, that “Big Four” I mentioned earlier were Syracuse, Binghamton, Geneseo and Colgate. So three out of four isn’t bad.
May: “So, yeah, the AP Calculus exam was today. Haha, good times. Now to be sure, I gave it my all. I'm just not sure that my "all" is worth anything.” Yeah, I ended up getting a one on that exam.
June: “Okay people, it's English assignment dump time! Here's a definitional essay I did, the topic is procrastination. I honestly don't know if it even fits the criteria of a definitional essay.” Yeah, I actually got so lazy with this thing at one point that I just started posting my English essays. Lame.
July: “Well, just finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. “ And I still won’t spoil it because some of you have yet to read it.
August: “I am now writing this entry to you all on my BRAND NEW APPLE iBOOK! Score!” Has it really been that long already?
September: “I just wanted to remind everyone that due to the rarity of my posts, you should not be scared off if they appear too long.” This is still a very true fact.
October: “I would like to take this opportunity to direct everyone to the Facebook link that is part of my journal now.” Go ahead and friend me if you haven’t already done so!
November: “So, apparently handwriting can tell a lot about a person.” Yes it can. The only thing it didn’t do was tell me my latent sexual desires like the color quiz did. Creeeeeeepy.
December: “As of tonight, I have finished the Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy.” Yes, I fully intend to make this whole “finishing off of things business” a regular feature in my journal. So buck up.
Well, there you have it. A brief (sort of) look at what my journal typically covers in the course of a year. I guess now I know why I only have a readership of about four.
I was actually surprised at the fact that each month had it’s own entry, considering how infrequently I update.
January: “First off, Happy New Year...
Yeah, ok, whatever... Anyways, there's this book I want to read. It's called Men Are Not Large Women: A Treatise Against the Growing Metrosexualization of the American Male.” Haha, yeah this one ended up being a rant aimed at Hollister.
February: “I GOT INTO BINGHAMTON!!! YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA! Wow, this is really big for me because Binghamton is one of my personal "big four" that I applied to. I also hear it has one of the best Political Science programs in the nation. Wowie...” Ah yes, this was the season for receiving admission responses (Wowie? What was I, six?).
March: “Hmm, where to begin? Oh yeah, I GOT INTO GENESEO! YeeeHaaaaw! Apparently there were over 9,000 applicants for only 925 available spots at the University. I had only a 10% chance of getting in.” Hell yeah, score another one for the Andy-man. Note how I’m still emulating the “Dean scream” despite the fact that it’s about a year old at this point.
April: “So I got the last of my college letters back on Thursday. Yup, Colgate rejected me.” Awww, this still makes me well up a bit. For those curious, I applied to eight schools, six of which accepted me outright, with one wait listing me and one rejecting me. I was accepted my Geneseo, Binghamton, Niagara, St. Lawrence, LeMoyne and Syracuse (duh). Bucknell waitlisted me and Colgate rejected me. Also, that “Big Four” I mentioned earlier were Syracuse, Binghamton, Geneseo and Colgate. So three out of four isn’t bad.
May: “So, yeah, the AP Calculus exam was today. Haha, good times. Now to be sure, I gave it my all. I'm just not sure that my "all" is worth anything.” Yeah, I ended up getting a one on that exam.
June: “Okay people, it's English assignment dump time! Here's a definitional essay I did, the topic is procrastination. I honestly don't know if it even fits the criteria of a definitional essay.” Yeah, I actually got so lazy with this thing at one point that I just started posting my English essays. Lame.
July: “Well, just finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. “ And I still won’t spoil it because some of you have yet to read it.
August: “I am now writing this entry to you all on my BRAND NEW APPLE iBOOK! Score!” Has it really been that long already?
September: “I just wanted to remind everyone that due to the rarity of my posts, you should not be scared off if they appear too long.” This is still a very true fact.
October: “I would like to take this opportunity to direct everyone to the Facebook link that is part of my journal now.” Go ahead and friend me if you haven’t already done so!
November: “So, apparently handwriting can tell a lot about a person.” Yes it can. The only thing it didn’t do was tell me my latent sexual desires like the color quiz did. Creeeeeeepy.
December: “As of tonight, I have finished the Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy.” Yes, I fully intend to make this whole “finishing off of things business” a regular feature in my journal. So buck up.
Well, there you have it. A brief (sort of) look at what my journal typically covers in the course of a year. I guess now I know why I only have a readership of about four.