The Year in Review

Since this time last year I:
Moved to New York
Moved back from New York
Changed careers
Ended the longest relationship of my life
Crammed 2 years of physics into 1
Got accepted to grad school
Got accepted to the Nano Crystallography research group
Bought a car
Stopped drinking
Started drinking again
Stopped going out
Started going out again
Fell in love
Fell out of love
Saw 2 movies in the theater
Saw the Guggenheim
Saw the Statue of Liberty
Got a degree
Got a tattoo
Saw the Chrysler Building
Made tons of new friends
Cut off 1 1/2 feet of hair
Moved out of downtown
Moved in with my mother
Had a friend die
Had my Grandma die
Got sick only once
Built 12 computers
Learned 2 programming languages
Fought with my sister (who knows how many times)
Faced a fear
Made up with friends
Went to central park
Saw the restaurant from Seinfeld
Changed my mind
Changed it back
Changed it back again
Had a crush. Or two
Went to Macys in new york, the one from "Miracle on 34th Street"
Drove to California
Saw the view of San Francisco from the Berkely Observatory, I will never
see a view like that again
Went to places in San Jose that broke my heart (I used to live there)
Visited Petaluma
Visited Oakland
Aced my GRE math
Missed Denise. Alot (My best friend who lives in SC)
Hung out with Lynne. Alot
Graded other peoples papers
Taught some people how to do math. I loved it.
Saw the Moon through a telescope for the first time (I know, a bit late. I just
bought one this year)
Read for pleasure, but not much
Attended St. Johns University for a month
Cried
Laughed, more than I cried
Lied, but not on purpose
Admitted I lied almost every time
Quit tutoring
Had a crush on a teacher
Was crushed on
Did not drive drunk a single time
Hated the president
Voted
Sewed pillows
Had my heart broken

If it sounds a bit like that "sunscreen" speech, eh.