a bit delayed
It was a festive break. It was certainly beautiful to be home for awhile. I did a lot of nothing. I also got to catch up with a lot of people that I have missed dearly. There was a lot of driving... Maryland to Georgia to Ohio to Maryland... but it was all worth it. It was weird but good to go back to Ohio. There are several people there that I don't know how I have survived without them since June...

Boys are super confusing.

I got all of my work for Dance History. I'm annoyed that I have to do it all... now. And I had to pay for my packet. Really? The quarter is over. Whatever... as long as I get my A.

This quarter I'm taking Psych 102 (last class of the sequence), Human Sexuality, Stats for Psych, and Choreography. It's a lot more than I had to do last quarter so hopefully I'll be able to handle it.

Now that it is 2009... auditions are upon me. AH. I've looked up ballet and modern companies. I'm going to have to narrow it down, but as of now I have: Georgia Ballet, Carolina Ballet Theatre, First State Ballet, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, American Repertory Ballet, BalletMet, Dayton, Festival Ballet Providence, Charlottesville Ballet, Quad Cities Ballet, St. Louis Ballet, Ballet Santa Barbara, Rioult, Dance Kaleidoscope, CityDance, Parsons, and Mark Morris. Insane. Must be narrowed. And potentially more realistic.

I'm eager for trips this summer. Potentially Hawaii for a week with Tim. Roadtrip to Boston and NYC with Katie and Rob. LIFE! Sort yourself out so I can make plans, please!



The 2008 Survey!

1.) What did you do in 2008 that you had never done before?
-had a good Valentine’s Day
-went to the Emergency Room
-worked retail
-bought a drink at a bar
-contemplated quitting dance

2.) What were your Year’s resolutions? Will you make more?
-I don’t remember them… my one for this year is to keep my heart and head more connected.

3.) Did someone close to you give birth?
-Yes! Welcome to the world Jordyn Marie!

4.) Did anyone close to you die?
-No, thank goodness.

5.) What countries did you visit?
-Just the US

6.) What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
-Direction in life… a boyfriend would be nice…

7.) What dates in 2008 with remain etched in your memory and why?
-The day I left school to move to Annapolis

8.) What was your biggest achievement of the year?
-Not getting a ticket/ a car wreck
- finally passing statistics
-Taking 12 hours over the summer and doing well in all of them

9.) What was your biggest failure?
-Losing faith in myself

10.) Did you suffer illness or injury?
-Of course colds
-My pulled intercostal muscles and pleurosy (ER trip)
-sprained ankle

11.) What was the best thing you bought?
-possibly my leather coat from Gap

12.) Whose behavior merited celebration?
-Jessica Lavin/Kelly… being bomb.

13.) Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
-…let’s not talk about it.

14.) Where did most of your money go?
-food and Gap. So killer.

15.) What did you get really, really, REALLY excited about?
-the potential for travel in my near future

16.) What song will always remind you of 2008?
-Love Song by Sara Bareilles
-The Devil in Me by Kate Voegele
-Love Story by Taylor Swift

17.) a. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
-sadder

b. Thinner or fatter?
-fatter

c. Richer or poorer?
-significantly poorer

18.)What do you wish you’d done more of?
-worked on my relationship with God
-stayed in touch with friends from home

19. )What do you wish you’d done less of?
-watching tv on dvd
-Facebooooook

20.) How will you be spending Christmas?
-it was spent at home

21.)Did you f all in love in 2008?
-I was in love… if that counts.

22.) How many one night stands?
-none.

23.)What were your favorite TV programs?
-Heroes

24.)Do you dislike anyone now that you didn’t at this time last year?
-not really

25.) What was the best book you read?
-Ahhhh the Twilight series! So addicting!

26.) What was your greatest musical discovery?
-Carrie Underwood
-Taylor Swift

27.) What did you want and receive?
-a job in a ballet company
-my sweet coffee maker

28.) What did you want and not get?
-to receive news that I could graduate a year early

29.) What was your favorite film from 2008?
-The Dark Knight
-Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

30.) What did you do on your birthday?
-did Nutcracker early in the morning
-drank in the company of the dancer ladies

31.) What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
-not losing a friendship

32.) How would you describe your personal fashion concept of 2008?
-chill?

33.) What kept you sane?
-coffee
-Em, Katie, and Tab

34.) Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
-*shrug*

35.) What political issue stirred you the most?
-election madness

36.) Who did you miss?
-everyone from home and Cincinnati… depending on where I was at the time

37.) Who was the best new person you met?
-my roomates, Tab

38.) Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
-Sometimes shit doesn’t work out the way that you expect it to.

39.) Name some crushes you had in 2008.
-***, ****… hmmmm =)

40.) What was your greatest food discovery?
-Maryland crab cakes

41.) If you’re in school:
a. What class gave you the most difficulty?
-Dance history… that’s what happens when you’re not given your work.

b. What class was the most fun?
-Lit I suppose

42.) List all the states you visited in 2008.
Well… Ohio, Georgia, Maryland, DC, and North Carolina. I also traveled through Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.

43.) Where were you employed?
-Ballet Theatre of MD
-Gap

44.) Where will you be spending New Years Eve?
-was at Katie’s in the Nati

45.) Write a song lyric or quote that sums up 2008 for you.

There's some things that I regret,
Some words I wish had gone unsaid,
Some starts,
That had some bitter endings,
Been some bad times I've been through,
Damage I cannot undo,
Some things,
I wish I could do all all over again,
But it don't really matter,
Life gets that much harder,
It makes you that much stronger,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.

[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.

There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.” –--Carrie Underwood


In 2008 I…
[X] Broke a promise
[X] Made a new best friend
[] Fell in love
[X] Fell out of love
[] Did something I swore never to do
[X] Lied
[] Stole
[] Went behind my parent’s back
[X] cried over a broken heart
[X] Disappointed someone close
[X] Hid a secret
[X] Pretended to be happy
[] Got arrested
[X] Kissed in the rain
[] Slept under the stars
[] Kept one of my New Year’s resolutions
[X] Forgot my New Year’s resolutions
[X] Met someone who changed my life
[] Met one of my idols
[X] Changed my outlook on life
[X] Sat at home all day doing nothing
[] Pretended to be sick
[] Left the country
[] Almost died
[] Gave up something important to me
[] Lost something expensive
[X] Learned something new about myself
[X] Tried something I normally wouldn’t try and liked it
[X] Made a change in my life
[X] Found out who my true friends were
[X] Made a total fool of myself
[X] Met great people