January:
- started my 2nd semester of college
- redecorated my dorm/ surrounded my bed with nice letters & pictures
- decided I loved videography.. did nothing about it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j56HEPCQXyo)
- my favorite band's headlining tour sold out and the tickets went on stubhub. I complained for days and they finally added more.
February:
- someone set off the fire alarm at 4 a.m. via plastic cup (i hate you, conover)
- flappy bird.
- EOS followed me on twitter
- paradise fears' show got snowed out & postponed to march
- sent a ton of valentine cards to friends
- hated sociology
- I became a starbucks gold member!!!!
- julia sent a picture of sam miller to my printer at school
March:
- youtubed videos with delaney bc we don't know how to curl hair
- wrote my first article for the campus newspaper
- emailed ellen degenerous begging for pizza
- collected every EOS flavor
- went to see paradise fears at TCNJ with kaitlyn, natalie & kelly
- got lectured about underage drinking from jordan merrigan
-- then he tried to give me the keys to the band van
- saw pf again the next day
- met emily for the first time
- made a #bangerz purse
- filmed a video with delaney about spring break (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA-AHHm-tHY)
April:
- covered delaney's wall with brian dales photos for april fool's day
- licked the sign in front of my school for a contest to meet miley, didn't win :(
- saw an egyptian goose on campus
- woke up at 7:00 every day for a week to listen for my name on the radio (see bullet #2)
- stayed on the phone with a friend overnight until my alarm woke us both up in the morning
- university day and rider had really good food and smoothies and a man on stilts?
- took my first AND SECOND photo for the campus newspaper
- changed my major from communication studies to public relations
- saw the wonder years & real friends with delaney
- miley's tour was postponed, i cried
- got the job as photography editor of the rider news
May:
- got my first A in college (sociology, what)
- saw all time low on the last day of classes at starland
- changed my minor from spanish to graphic design
- got asked to step up into a leadership position for intervarsity christian fellowship on campus for next year
- voted my face off for paradise fears to win the rising star contest (they didnt)
- sat in front of the lake on campus for an hour, contemplated life, and made a flower crown
- accidentally watched an entire macklemore concert on youtube
- had my car on campus for a week and had to park in visitor's
- bought a dslr camera
- juicy juice hypotenuse
- took a road trip to upstate new york for a christian leadership development conference
- God changed my life.
June:
- started reading leadership books/ journaling
- took a random trip to the boadwalk at night with friends
- did my first photo shoot with a kaitlyn
- surprised natalie at her dance recital with alex
- #realtruehomies
- got a press/ photo pass for the tragic thrills (ended up not going)
- initiated into a squad ("easy squad")
- evil apples
July:
- got guestlisted/ press approved for warped tour in camden
- asked to shoot for oh honey
- hung out with the "squad" in philly for the day
-- saw the magic gardens!!!
-- drove around philly it was terrible
-- spent the night with natalie, kelly and alex
- went into philly for the 4th of july free concert thing
- gave a devotional talk thing in front of a lot of people
- went to delaney's house to visit
- went to warped with nat and alex!!
-- shot warped tour even though i had no clue what i was doing
- met the summer set, echosmith, the maine & derek discanio
- got to shoot for oh honey, neon trees & the fray the next day
- volunteered at VBS
-- my little first graders luved me
- kim k hollywood
August:
- MILEY FRICKEN CYRUS CONCERT
- went to a random christian lake/ park with alyssa bc it was free
- went to the zoo
- saw one direction at the lincoln financial field
-- got our seats upgraded to the 15th row right after 5sos played
-- waved to harry styles and cried
- took a bus to NYC by myself and spent the day with alex
-- saw paradise fears together (photo pass)
--- sam miller sang blame it on september to prove he knew my name (how rude)
---- best night of my life
- saw pf again the next day in philly (with vip)
-- got on the wrong bus to come back home
--- sam saw us in the crowd and got really excited so their photographer took a pic
---- asked sam to play stories in the dark at vip so they did
- met hella cool people via the live forever tour!
- pf posted my photos on instagram/ facebook with credit!!!!
- moved back into school a week before everyone else to start my job (newspaper)
- got an unwelcomed visit from a praying mantis at 3 in the morning, called delaney, and cried real tears on the phone for an hour
- made friends with some freshmen on my hall because my door was open and they wanted ice
September:
- turned 19???
-- delaney covered my bed in balloons
--- "it was intentionally minimalist"
- was the first one to order starbucks for the semester at the one on campus
- started a weekly radio show for 107.7 the bronc
- saw/ met colton pack (still dont really know who he is lol) when he performed on campus
- shot the fall concert at rider (magic!, samantha j, kat dhalia)
- went apple picking with my family and delaney & her mom
- developed a daily consistent quiet time to read the bible/ journal/ pray
- took a spontaneous trip to the beach with delaney
- helped lead worship/ lead a bible study at a retreat for freshmen
- got delaney and i into twenty one pilots for free after hours of confusing
-- shot for twenty one pilots and vinyl theatre
- car broke down 2 miles away from school because i ran out of gas at 2 in the morning
October:
- realized that the administration at school isn't going to always be very nice or fair
-- learned to deal with it
- became overwhelmed with school/ work/ leadership/ responsibilities
- got approved for a photo pass to self help fest
-- it wasn't at the box office
--- waited for 2 hours and they gave us tickets out of pity, couldn't get photo pass
---- sold the extra ticket to some kid who said he loved me
----- saw bring me the horizon and the wonder years <3
- someone yakked about my radio show
- bought a real friends shirt for the free button
- did the color run in atlantic city with abby, my mom, and delaney
- someone drove their car into the side of the fine arts building
- went apple/ picking with friends from the fellowship
- attended "the big event" weekend retreat with intervarsity
-- heard God calling me to do huge, scary things
- bought 1989 and took a lot of selfies with it!
- went home to celebrate halloween with friends
November:
- took a day off from responsibilities and walked around the mall/ target/ princeton by myself
- realized i was failing my first class ever
- answered God's call and started seeing results immediately
- signed up for classes next semester
- readded spanish as my second minor
- set the mircowave on fire in wright via taco bell burrito
- went on a spontaneous trip (all the way back home) to see tenth avenue north with kat
-- tenth ave called me the next day to thank me for buying the CD
- went on a giant crane thing to get an aerial shot of the flags on campus for veterans day
- had to withdraw from bio before i failed it on my transcript
- wrote my second article for the campus newspaper
- got tweeted by hoodie allen
- went to a free "for king and country" show with a bunch of friends at the sun national bank center
-- met joel afterwards
- had my hair re-ombred
December:
- sat through my last math class, ever
- finished up a semester of shooting/ editing for the rider news
- went to nyc to see the rockettes
- endured the hardest and most emotionally draining finals week I've been through
- ended with my best grades (in college), to date
- saw/ shot the 1975 the day before my math final
-- finally saw young rising sons after 3 years of trying
--- met them and andy asked if i met him 3 years ago
- applied for internships this summer
- trivia crack.
- got caught in a back to back hallmark movie marathon by accident
- made abby take a pop punk christmas picture with me
- lost one of my best friends
- realized that the nicest people in my life never left
-- frankensquad was created/ adopted me as their own
--- i love them.
- went to the new carlo's bakery
-- saw the actual cake boss, made eye contact.. awkward
- hung out with friends from high school a lot
- saw the notebook for the first time
- took artsy photos at penn's landing
- celebrated new years with my best friend & family
THAT is a lot to be excited about. I've got a lot of goals for 2015 that will hopefully top this list. Here's to another great year.
