2011; Things That Were Nice
January
- Ringing in the new year at Robert’s house party
- Wintergalactic party at Shriya’s
- Getting accepted at universities
- Being friends with Michael S.
March
- Staying home alone when my parents went on vacation
- Spring break; my last robotics competition
- Not nice at all; but significant: my Irish grandpa died
- Reading After Dark by Haruki Murakami
- Listening to Angles by The Stroeks
April
- Starting to take film photos for myself & not school
- Popping my “alcoholic cherry” (& becoming friends with Pierce)
May
- Buying my Birkenstocks
- Figuring out “Little Secrets” on the piano
- Playing in my last Youth Symphony concert
- Graduating from high school (!!!)
- Visiting Evanston & Chicago with Shriya
June
- Going to parties & summertime laziness
- Helping the robotics kids
July
- Spending 2 weeks in Ireland
August
- Lollapalooza with Nitesh, Caroline, Daniel, & Sean
- Seeing Shriya again
- Starting college: playing cards & building things out of cardboard
- Meeting new people: Emily & the Secret 5th floor Gang
September
- Making lots of art
- Seeing Lupe Fiasco with NiteshÂ
- Joining school clubs
- Losing my glasses in Lake Michigan, (but buying my Warby Parkers!)
October
- Listening to Bon Iver & Drake
- Meeting new people: Hayden/James/Jee/Sungmin, Mac & Tommy
November
- Thanksgiving & my 19th birthday in Manhattan with Shriya
December
- Completing my first semester of college
- Listening to Amy Winehouse
- Making my blanket fort
- Getting a ukulele for Christmas
- Being thankful for everything in my entire life.
