TEN Random Things about Me

1. I'd die without my cell phone, not even kidding.
2. I am a serious chocoholic.
3. I love green tea frappachinos at Starbucks. I wish they weren’t a limited time only.
4. One of the best memories I’ve ever had is of dancing in the rain.
5. I’ve already read the new Harry Potter book twice.
6. I admit that my family is stereotypically Irish in that the majority of the time they are either a.) Drinking b.) Fighting or c.) Bashing the government.
7. I like take out my anger by running it off.
8. I make v. compulsive lists constantly.
9. I took my mom’s car through the carwash today just to be nice.
10. I miss JSA sooooo effing much.

NINE things I'm afraid of

1. failure
2. being stuck here, or anywhere for that matter.
3. getting caught (nothing in particular, just getting caught)
4. death
5. hitting/yelling
6. car accidents
7. the cornfield
8. bats
9. rejection

EIGHT Things I Want To Do Before I Die

1. be an insanely successful and powerful politician
2. skydive and not be scared.
3. backpack around Europe like my parents did when they were young.
4. swim in the ocean at night again like we did in Assateague
5. get married to someone who is everything to me.
6. write a book that changes minds, opinions.
7. dance in the rain with this one person another time.
8. attend my top school—so nerdy, I know.

SEVEN Ways To Win My Heart

1. fly across the country to see me.
2. tell me I’m different. Tell me I’m beautiful.
3. dance with me.
4. talk about books with me.
5. watch the sky with me under the trees.
6. touch my hair. Hold my hand even if I’m way smaller than you…chances are I am by a lot. Give me the best hugs ever.
7. love me completely, deeply, and don’t let go.


SIX Things I Believe In

1. gut feelings.
2. hard work
3. sleep
4. the rain symphony.
5. true beauty.
6. the poetry in people.


FIVE favorite places I've visited/lived

1. Mexico
2. Ireland
3. Vancouver
4. Provincetown
5. New Haven, CT

FOUR of My Favorite Items In My Bedroom

1. My BED!
2. my many, many books.
3. my pictures
4. the cedar chest my grandpa made for me.

THREE Things I Do Everyday

1. brush my teeth
2. use my cell phone
3. drive

TWO Things I Am Trying NOT To Do Right Now

1. Eat
2. Fall asleep again.

ONE Person I Want To See Right Now

1. Jupp
(but also Liz. Matt. Lindsey. Jun. Jane. Neil. Walker. Sebastian. Saipaign. Kath. Soooo many people I miss)


10 Years ago I:

1. was nearing 8 years old and in second grade.
2. wasn’t concerned with a whole lot other than upcoming spelling tests.
3. didn’t understand why we had the CHAD program, because I knew I’d never make unhealthy choices…


5 years ago I:
1. was 12 years old. In middle school. Obsessed with American history and gobbling up every book I could, but secretly, because that’s when people starting thinking it was nerdy to read as many books as I did. And I actually cared.
2. had Mr. Smith as a teacher for the first time, forever changing my academic career.
3. was bordering on teenagerdom, and those wonderful years to come.


1 year ago I:

1. was with someone really wonderful, a summer I’ll never get back.
2. was taking driver’s ed and getting in trouble for my “attitude problem” towards my instructor
3. partied waaay too much for the mere 16 years old I was.


So far this year:

1. I have turned into an adult in more ways than one, all in just one month away at Yale.
2. I’ve decided what I’m going to major in, and made some serious decisions in the field of Life after High School. (Thank god that’s soon)
3. I think, I hope, that I’ve learned to love myself again.


Yesterday I:

1. vaguely unpacked from JSA.
2. went out on the boat with my parents.
3. finished my first time through Harry Potter!


Today I:

1. worked at Jordan Pool. (par-tay!)
2. talked to Jupp. Told him how I’m coming to California for a month next summer. Soooo excited.
3. dropped colin off at football practice and stared at Weedsport high school with an immense amount of hatred in my glare.


Tommorow I:

1. will finish unpacking?
2. will hopefully hook up with Kath bc I haven’t seen her in a month!
3. will get my pictures from JSA developed and hopefully get my letter from Matt.

This weekend I:

1. will work at the pool.
2. am going to see Dave Matthews Band!!! (well, on Wednesday)
3. will probably go shopping. Spend more money on shoes. Because that’s how we do.


In 1 year I:

1. will *hopefully times a million* be on my way to NYU/Washington University/Cornell/Yale.
2. will be in California with my favorite person in the world.
3. will be 18 and standing on the brink of adulthood.


In 5 years I:

1. will be almost 23…that’s insane. So I’ll probably be in graduate school.
2. will hopefully have a good firm internship, thank you cousin Sean.
3. will watch Connor graduate from high school…now that my friends, is pure craziness.

In 10 years I:

1. will possibly be married, hopefully happily.
2. will have a flourishing legal career. i’ll wear my power lipstick and thank the day I met syndey ribot, who introduced the concept to me.
3. will still know all my JSA friends. Because friendships like that last forever.