Nov 21, 2005 11:02
A time I can remember
TEN YEARS AGO I WAS:
thirteen years old, in 8th grade at RMS. Beth Robinson and I did absolutely everything together. I was either dating Jesse, or had recently broken up with him because he wouldn't quit calling me on the phone while the Beatles Anthology was on TV. I had no idea they were going to release it on video yet, and I wasn't willing to miss a single second of it.
FIVE YEARS AGO I WAS:
eighteen years old, in my very first semester at Auburn. I had recently had a huge falling-ut with one of my best friends from high school and broken up with a long-term boyfriend. On the upside, I was enjoying living away from home for the first time and spending my evenings with a great group of friends. On this particular day, I would have just returned from Tuscaloosa, where I had one of the strangest weekends of my life.
YESTERDAY I:
felt pretty ill, I'm not going to lie. I went out to lunch and then said goodbye to several friends who spent iron bowl weekend at my apartment in Auburn. Then I did a good bit of cleaning, packed up half my wardrobe, and drove home for Thanksgiving break.
FIVE SNACKS I ENJOY:
1. fire balls
2. crunchy peanut butter
3. white chocolate
4. cheese
5. olives
FIVE SONGS I KNOW ALL THE WORDS TO:
1. "Faded," by Soul Decision
2. "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye," by David Grey
3. "Wallflower Girl," by Better Than Ezra
4. "Dear John Letter," by Eric Vincent
5. um, almost everything but some rap and some country
FIVE THINGS I WOULD DO WITH $100 MILLION:
1. I'd buy you an exotic pet, like a llama, or an emu.
just kidding
2. buy a new car
3. travel
4. do some shopping
5. invest the rest in real estate and low-expense, index funds or ETFs to be used later for law school and possibly also grad school for French.
FIVE BAD HABITS:
1. procrastination (the one I'm practicing now)
2. always fiddling with things-I have a hard time sitting still and not doing anything with my hands
3. speaking before thinking things through
4. drinking too much caffeine
5. perfectionism
FIVE BIGGEST JOYS:
1. laughing with friends
2. driving in the car with a great song playing
3. seeing a good movie (especially with someone who'll discuss it with you afterward)
4. laying out in the sun reading a good book
5. staring out the window of a train traveling through the Alps while listening to good music on your ipod
FIVE FAVORITE TOYS:
Does this mean now or as a child?
1. my digital camera
2. my laptop
3. my cell phone
4. my car
5. my ipod
(So, I chose now.)
FIVE PLACES I WOULD RUN AWAY TO:
1. London
2. Lyon
3. Barcelona
4. Greece
5. Birmingham, Alabama
FIVE THINGS I WOULD NEVER WEAR:
This is hard.
1. brown with black
2. really heavy make-up (except maybe as a costume)
3. heavy perfume
4. those tacky outfits from the 80's made of brightly colored silk with big gold buttons
5. fake teeth made out of some precious metal
FIVE FAVORITE T.V. SHOWS:
1. The Real World
2. Laguna Beach
3. The O.C.
4. Friends
5. Sex and the City