1. Just to wrap up 2011…

    ….it was nice. I learned a lot, I grew a lot, I wasted a lot of time on people who didn’t matter, and I can easily say it was a year I won’t forget. I’m excited to see how 2012 will treat me.

    Highlights of 2011 (in no particular order):
    -NEW YEARS PARTY HAHA I was gone that night
    -Flowers for Algernon (rehearsals were kinda long, but it was a fun experience)
    -Summer: taking 10 units was fucking crazy but I’m glad I did it
    -Summer Experience @ CAL
    -JR. PROM
    -the weak sauce after party HAH
    -Senior Boatcruise
    -Harry Potter premiere lol & going to Mel’s at like 4 in the morning
    -hitting 24 with Abby cuz she was hella funny haha
    -getting kicked out of Forensics LOLOL
    -Homecoming: floatbuilding, balloon bridge, rally, parade… what an exhausting month…
    -going to Peets with Daniela just to sit and chat
    -TENNIS!!! Ugh I’m really gonna miss high school tennis. I really bonded with my girls and it was cute.
    -visiting my cousin @ her dorm in Berkeley with Nathan and Kevin
    -writing Kevin a letter and never giving it to him lol
    -Swim team__ even though I never went to meets, I loved the practices because it was good exercise and I like to believe that it helped increase my willpower haha
    -BFD- what a great event! I got to smoke weed with a stripper and watch Snoop Dogg get a lap dance on stage. It was pretty surreal, man.
    -ditching fifth period every damn day of 4th quarter Junior year
    -dancing like Napolean Dynamite on stage for the theatre final last year… LOL
    -running for Junior Prom King only to be dismissed by Ms D HAH ajsdlkfjasldf
    -emceeing Mr GQ
    -Bruno Mars concert sucked. But Mayor Hawthorne opened for him, so that was enjoyably haha
    -hanging out with Sara (black friday man ahaha)
    -rekindling my passion for knitting
    -getting better at tennis, and then slowly falling out of it again lol
    -writing my personal statement for UCs… in some ways, it kind of helped me mature because I got to reflect on my life
    -getting 3s on two AP tests :)
    -pretty much not being able to read Chinese but passing the SAT subject test for Mandarin :)
    -getting super close to Kevin and then drifting away :/
    -painting my room
    -Psychology with Rudd. He was pretty knowledgeable, but his students showed him no respect which kinda sucked haha. I really enjoyed this class because I found Psychology really intriguing.
    -my dad’s heart attack- it really brought my family closer together and it was kind of a wake up call for our family.
    -going on hikes with Tamy, Curtis, and Kevin
    -hanging out with Frank and eating hella junk food with him
    -going on runs with Kevin and Curtis

    Things to come in 2012:

    -Powderpuff *sigh*
    -acceptance and rejection letters from colleges
    -MY EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY!!! holy shit I am going to go to the strip club, I don’t care what my parents or anyone says LOL
    -scholarship interview for Berkeley… *anxious*
    -Senior Ball at California Academy of Science. one single word: AQUARIUM
    -Grad Nite the week after ball. I’m stoked!!
    -ATTENDING COLLEGE & depending on where I get into, I’m most likely moving into a dorm. That will be a trip! Haha & meeting future roomie and potentially hating her or loving her
    -I’m going to BFD no matter what
    -Coachella! Even though it’s in Indio haha
    -Philosophy class
    -Swim team


    there’s so much more I could write about, but this is kind of a shitty complied list, oh well… please don’t do me shady 2012 <3