Jan 02, 2006 13:26
In 2005 I...
started it off half passed out on a hallway floor listening to lebonese politics
went to South America for the first time
made some new and awesome friends
failed my driving test
won an environmental competition (Envirothon)
started leasing a new horse named Journey
saw the Spanish Riding School of Vienna (once in a lifetime opportunity!)
got a $60 ticket for using my student metrocard
was obsessed with cox
got a new fish named Scrappy
failed my first standardized test
started hating school
got first in the top ten at the oxbow awards dinner
got a nasty skin disease
infected someone with my nasty skin disease
didn't go to enough shows
hated the beginning of senior year
started looking into colleges and realized I feel like I'm going nowhere in life
got to ride Terc and Ebony!
went to parties in Jersey
lived on my own for a few weeks and liked it
made the best band ever, Unusually Long Wallet Chains
and another great band, Burned October Love Letters (This name is better)
spent an awesome week at a beach house with some of my best friends
made the best Caipirinha drink in Brazil haha
helped save the rainforest (seriously)
couldn't do cartwheels
rode ponies in the ocean
didn't pee in my pants
started driving and started hating it
still hate it
got sad cause too many new people came to oxbow
became the vice president of the Oxbow Raiders 4-H club
was thought to have diabetes for peeing too much
fell in love with the music of Kelly Clarkson
sang and danced a lot
thought a planetarium black hole was a real black hole/maze
kissed people I shouldn't have
had sex drunk
saw around 10 shooting stars
wished on every one
skinny dipped at coney island
rode my bicycle drunk and almost fell over
got a decent tan for the first time pretty much ever
was really red at first though
adopted a freshman, he's not that cool though
got lost in Buenos Aires
took too many subways rides between 2 and 6 in the morning
arrived at oxbow and rode in my lessons still drunk too many times
spent a lot of time in hotels/friend's houses/anywhere but my own house
ate corey's yogurt
had a dress up party with Allison and Sarah!
Saw a rare breed of Turkicorn
turned 17
Went sledding, and had snowball fights and skated on frozen ponds and
refused to believe I was 16/17 years old
witnessed a car accident
went to a huge amount of sweet sixteen parties
threw up shockers in every picture
won the oxbow easter egg hunt
had someone to come home with me after parties
changed a lot
made a lot of mistakes
kept secrets about myself
fell in love and wouldn't let myself believe it
ended it by running to times square within one minute of the ball dropping