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01. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
caucused, put chains on a car, explored san fransisco, took a class at MIT, took astronomy, drove to providence for dinner, experienced the other side of a phi sig tea, really honestly said what i had to say whenever i had anything to say, made a crazy spur of the moment decision to go to ohio, bought plane tickets for a flight the next day, skipped two weeks of school, got paid to work on a political campaign, lived in columbus, took a seminar, wrote two 20 page papers, made some questionable choices with someone far too old for me, moved to harlem, explored new york, went to detroit, worked at global nonprofit, greeted the former president of the united states, wore a suit, went to bars, learned to love to run, fell in love with politics, took only classes i loved, got straight As, had a full out fight with the person i was dating, broke up, made up, learned to play golf, trusted myself. was really truly absolutely hands down happy.
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i did keep a journal in reno. but i don't have it anymore.
i did travel far.
i tried to live every single day and for most of the time I would say that i did.
and I did say what I feel. oh yes i did.
03. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no.
04. Did anyone close to you die?
no.
05. What countries did you visit?
mexico.
06. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
more drive.
07. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
VOTING FOR HILLARY CLINTON. winning the nevada caucus, the day i decided to go to ohio, winning the ohio primary and listening to HRC give her speech with my dad, the brown bags with Hannah Doug and President Clinton.
08. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
happiness, saying everything i needed to say, learning to trust myself.
09. What was your biggest failure?
no.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
TMJ.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
plane tickets, apartment in new york, gas.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
mine, hillary clinton, my parents, the american voters, my amazing amazing amazing friends.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
those are some very strong words.
14. Where did most of your money go?
plane tickets, car insurance, gas, rent, the new york economy, food.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
politics, cities, clinton foundation, my fall classes, turning 21.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
hard to concentrate.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? thiner.
iii. richer or poorer? poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
spending time with friends.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worrying.
20. How did you be spend Christmas?
quick and fun trip to syracuse.
21. How did you spend New Years?
to be perfectly honesty, i was fast asleep while everyone else as partying on the beach in mexico. lame lame lame.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
23. How many one-night stands?
one.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
LOST.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no.
26. What was the best book you read?
the death and life of great american cities, sex drugs and coco puffs.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
kt tunstall, kanye west (i'm slow on the uptake).
28. What did you want and get?
amazing adventures, wonderful friends, a unique but fulfilling relationship, clinton foundation, good grades.
29. What did you want and not get?
hillary clinton for president.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
i honestly dont know
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i turned 21. i slept at home, had breakfast with the fam, spent the day at the library writing papers, met with my history professor, gave out cupcakes, went out with marit, mgons, and edlyn. quite lovely.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
my year was beyond satisfying.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
spandex.
34. What kept you sane?
emma, alex, brian, gmail, new york, plane tickets, phone calls, rachel, studying, partying.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
hillary diane rohdam clinton. barack and michelle obama.
36. What current event stirred you the most?
all things politics.
37. Who did you miss?
alex, brian.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
rachel.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
do what is right for you not what is right for everyone else. exude passion. go too far. say what you feel. do what is in your heart.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
1. "Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you're knocked down, get right back up. And never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on." HRC
2. "It was here that I promised myself I would be a life long learner no matter what else may what else might transpire in my life. It was here that I resolved to hold myself, always to the high standards of intellectual standards of intellectual striving and integrity that I saw embodied by my Wellesley teachers and embraced by my Wellesley friends. It was here that I began to forge myself into the writer I wanted to be, into the writer I continue to cultivate. A writer who brings inner and outer truths into alignment. Who explores questions by living them, exploring them, and writing them forward. Who listens with head and heart for what Howard Thurman called 'the sounds of the genuine' in myself and others. It was here that I experienced setbacks and kept on striving. Here that I gathered evidence that would teach me the most valuable lesson about achievement then anyone can absorb. It is this: success demands far less of innate ability which is a fixed property than it does of persistent striving and engaged effort, through which every one of us can expand outward our capacity and diversify our gifts if we try hard enough. It was here finally that I made a lifelong commitment to my own emergence, intellectual and personal. Here that I began to follow, as the poet Stanely Kunitz wrote, 'some principal of being from which I struggle not to stray.' And this is the ultimate achievement I wish for each and every one of you. The nurturing of intellectual passions and principals from which you struggle not to stray. Success is sweet and I wish you that...A claim is delicious, I wouldn't lie to you. But so in their same annoying way are the confused meanderings alone in the wilderness wondering where on earth you are and who in life you can be. So I wish you slumps too. Sorry, but you knew I wouldn't make it easy. For those hard times will be the ones in whic you learn the most. And I know nothing more fulfilling and endlessly fascinating then a life of learning. And i know no more fertile ground, to put down complex roots, then here in the rich and fertile soil of this magnificent and complex college community." DCW
3. it's been such a hard season and the bridges we burned might be all we had to keep us from drowning. but at least we had this time; and i'd like to think we're better off for it. i'll remember this. sometimes broken things make the best building supplies. and we'll keep on building. hearts aren't made of glass, they're made of muscle and blood and something else. and they don't so much as break as bend and tear. we have what it takes to keep it together; and move on.
caucused, put chains on a car, explored san fransisco, took a class at MIT, took astronomy, drove to providence for dinner, experienced the other side of a phi sig tea, really honestly said what i had to say whenever i had anything to say, made a crazy spur of the moment decision to go to ohio, bought plane tickets for a flight the next day, skipped two weeks of school, got paid to work on a political campaign, lived in columbus, took a seminar, wrote two 20 page papers, made some questionable choices with someone far too old for me, moved to harlem, explored new york, went to detroit, worked at global nonprofit, greeted the former president of the united states, wore a suit, went to bars, learned to love to run, fell in love with politics, took only classes i loved, got straight As, had a full out fight with the person i was dating, broke up, made up, learned to play golf, trusted myself. was really truly absolutely hands down happy.
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i did keep a journal in reno. but i don't have it anymore.
i did travel far.
i tried to live every single day and for most of the time I would say that i did.
and I did say what I feel. oh yes i did.
03. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no.
04. Did anyone close to you die?
no.
05. What countries did you visit?
mexico.
06. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
more drive.
07. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
VOTING FOR HILLARY CLINTON. winning the nevada caucus, the day i decided to go to ohio, winning the ohio primary and listening to HRC give her speech with my dad, the brown bags with Hannah Doug and President Clinton.
08. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
happiness, saying everything i needed to say, learning to trust myself.
09. What was your biggest failure?
no.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
TMJ.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
plane tickets, apartment in new york, gas.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
mine, hillary clinton, my parents, the american voters, my amazing amazing amazing friends.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
those are some very strong words.
14. Where did most of your money go?
plane tickets, car insurance, gas, rent, the new york economy, food.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
politics, cities, clinton foundation, my fall classes, turning 21.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
hard to concentrate.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? thiner.
iii. richer or poorer? poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
spending time with friends.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worrying.
20. How did you be spend Christmas?
quick and fun trip to syracuse.
21. How did you spend New Years?
to be perfectly honesty, i was fast asleep while everyone else as partying on the beach in mexico. lame lame lame.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
23. How many one-night stands?
one.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
LOST.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no.
26. What was the best book you read?
the death and life of great american cities, sex drugs and coco puffs.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
kt tunstall, kanye west (i'm slow on the uptake).
28. What did you want and get?
amazing adventures, wonderful friends, a unique but fulfilling relationship, clinton foundation, good grades.
29. What did you want and not get?
hillary clinton for president.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
i honestly dont know
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i turned 21. i slept at home, had breakfast with the fam, spent the day at the library writing papers, met with my history professor, gave out cupcakes, went out with marit, mgons, and edlyn. quite lovely.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
my year was beyond satisfying.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
spandex.
34. What kept you sane?
emma, alex, brian, gmail, new york, plane tickets, phone calls, rachel, studying, partying.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
hillary diane rohdam clinton. barack and michelle obama.
36. What current event stirred you the most?
all things politics.
37. Who did you miss?
alex, brian.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
rachel.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
do what is right for you not what is right for everyone else. exude passion. go too far. say what you feel. do what is in your heart.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
1. "Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you're knocked down, get right back up. And never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on." HRC
2. "It was here that I promised myself I would be a life long learner no matter what else may what else might transpire in my life. It was here that I resolved to hold myself, always to the high standards of intellectual standards of intellectual striving and integrity that I saw embodied by my Wellesley teachers and embraced by my Wellesley friends. It was here that I began to forge myself into the writer I wanted to be, into the writer I continue to cultivate. A writer who brings inner and outer truths into alignment. Who explores questions by living them, exploring them, and writing them forward. Who listens with head and heart for what Howard Thurman called 'the sounds of the genuine' in myself and others. It was here that I experienced setbacks and kept on striving. Here that I gathered evidence that would teach me the most valuable lesson about achievement then anyone can absorb. It is this: success demands far less of innate ability which is a fixed property than it does of persistent striving and engaged effort, through which every one of us can expand outward our capacity and diversify our gifts if we try hard enough. It was here finally that I made a lifelong commitment to my own emergence, intellectual and personal. Here that I began to follow, as the poet Stanely Kunitz wrote, 'some principal of being from which I struggle not to stray.' And this is the ultimate achievement I wish for each and every one of you. The nurturing of intellectual passions and principals from which you struggle not to stray. Success is sweet and I wish you that...A claim is delicious, I wouldn't lie to you. But so in their same annoying way are the confused meanderings alone in the wilderness wondering where on earth you are and who in life you can be. So I wish you slumps too. Sorry, but you knew I wouldn't make it easy. For those hard times will be the ones in whic you learn the most. And I know nothing more fulfilling and endlessly fascinating then a life of learning. And i know no more fertile ground, to put down complex roots, then here in the rich and fertile soil of this magnificent and complex college community." DCW
3. it's been such a hard season and the bridges we burned might be all we had to keep us from drowning. but at least we had this time; and i'd like to think we're better off for it. i'll remember this. sometimes broken things make the best building supplies. and we'll keep on building. hearts aren't made of glass, they're made of muscle and blood and something else. and they don't so much as break as bend and tear. we have what it takes to keep it together; and move on.