and what have I done
In 2006, I...
...went to California for the first time, having one of the best weeks of my life, and got to sing in the Crystal Cathedral
...wrote a pretty sweet senior paper, earned a 4.0 in my final semester, and graduated from college cum laude
...went out once with a guy
...turned 22
...drove all the way across the country and went to California for the second time, stopping at Nashville, Dallas, Albuquerque, and Las Vegas
...went to the movies ten times (I keep all my ticket stubs)
...started writing freelance for a local newspaper and had my name appear in print for the first time
...read the entire Bible for the first time (or will have once I read today's)
...had zero professional job interviews
It occurred to me the other day that I spent the majority of the year--eight months--living at home and effectively accomplishing nothing. This is fairly distressing, though I know it's partly my fault. I can't understand why I don't even get called for interviews though. That is annoying. I haven't even read as many books as I have in recent years.
Opinions available upon request.
1. Talk to the Hand, by Lynne Truss
2. My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
3. On Moral Fiction, by John Gardner
4. Prep, by Curtis Sittenfeld
5. If on a winter's night a traveler, by Italo Calvino
6. Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
7. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
8. Grendel, by John Gardner
9. How To Revise Your Own Stories, by Anne Hamilton
10. The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard
11. How To Kill A Rock Star, by Tiffanie DeBartolo
12. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
13. Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
14. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, by Ann Brashares
15. Girls in Pants, by Ann Brashares
16. The Princess Diaries, by Meg Cabot
17. Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow
18. Bergdorf Blondes, by Plum Sykes
19. The Confessions of Max Tivoli, by Andrew Sean Greer
20. Flabbergasted, by Ray Blackston
21. Syrup, by Max Barry
22. Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, by Helen Fielding
23. Good in Bed, by Jennifer Weiner
24. Which Brings Me To You, by Steve Almond & Julianna Baggott
25. The Power of Positive Thinking, by Norman Vincent Peale
26. To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
27. In Her Shoes, by Jennifer Weiner
28. Like Water For Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel
29. The Moviegoer, by Walker Percy
30. Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
31. A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
I hardly get upset by endings, but I usually get upset by beginnings. I have expectations for 2007, but I'm not up for talking about them.
So anyway, happy new year.
...went to California for the first time, having one of the best weeks of my life, and got to sing in the Crystal Cathedral
...wrote a pretty sweet senior paper, earned a 4.0 in my final semester, and graduated from college cum laude
...went out once with a guy
...turned 22
...drove all the way across the country and went to California for the second time, stopping at Nashville, Dallas, Albuquerque, and Las Vegas
...went to the movies ten times (I keep all my ticket stubs)
...started writing freelance for a local newspaper and had my name appear in print for the first time
...read the entire Bible for the first time (or will have once I read today's)
...had zero professional job interviews
It occurred to me the other day that I spent the majority of the year--eight months--living at home and effectively accomplishing nothing. This is fairly distressing, though I know it's partly my fault. I can't understand why I don't even get called for interviews though. That is annoying. I haven't even read as many books as I have in recent years.
Opinions available upon request.
1. Talk to the Hand, by Lynne Truss
2. My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
3. On Moral Fiction, by John Gardner
4. Prep, by Curtis Sittenfeld
5. If on a winter's night a traveler, by Italo Calvino
6. Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
7. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
8. Grendel, by John Gardner
9. How To Revise Your Own Stories, by Anne Hamilton
10. The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard
11. How To Kill A Rock Star, by Tiffanie DeBartolo
12. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
13. Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
14. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, by Ann Brashares
15. Girls in Pants, by Ann Brashares
16. The Princess Diaries, by Meg Cabot
17. Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow
18. Bergdorf Blondes, by Plum Sykes
19. The Confessions of Max Tivoli, by Andrew Sean Greer
20. Flabbergasted, by Ray Blackston
21. Syrup, by Max Barry
22. Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, by Helen Fielding
23. Good in Bed, by Jennifer Weiner
24. Which Brings Me To You, by Steve Almond & Julianna Baggott
25. The Power of Positive Thinking, by Norman Vincent Peale
26. To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
27. In Her Shoes, by Jennifer Weiner
28. Like Water For Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel
29. The Moviegoer, by Walker Percy
30. Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
31. A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
I hardly get upset by endings, but I usually get upset by beginnings. I have expectations for 2007, but I'm not up for talking about them.
So anyway, happy new year.