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2011

  • Saw the bean 5 times. 


  • A 4.0 and  a 3.9
  • Spent a week wearing the same clothing and eating nothing but pretzels that had been expired for two months. 
  • I found out what happens when the library closes at 3 am.
  • Celebrated 2 years, 6 birthdays, and 3 Christmases with this guy. 
  • Juggled two jobs, a full class load, my first grad school class, and I created a revolutionary new way to cook potatoes.  It's called The Jordan. 
  • Officially began my life of crime as a feminist vigilante.  Code names and all.
  • Ate my first tomato since 1996. I also ate a bug.
  • Became friends with a wonderful redhead. 
  •  Came to realize how rewarding it is to have (and defeat!) an arch nemesis.
  • Handed the most intimidating professor I've ever had an 11-page literature analysis of Kanye West's first album. 
  • Noticed that an unseemly number of Facebook statuses were devoted to inquires about the safety of eating certain foods after the expiration date. Apparently expiration dates don't matter and anything in a refrigerator or cupboard is edible.
  • I got my first migraine during Hugh Jackman's Reel Steel and vomited in front of children.
  • Experienced my first (and only) hangover. 
  • Built a family with these beautiful people. 
  • I pay rent and consequently find myself wondering how much having a place to live is worth. 
  • Spent three hours with a stranger from Arizona doing nothing but listing things we knew about Russia. 
  • Spent two months in a haunted building. 
    • I was given 27 plastic rosaries and lots of fun-size packets of Skittles during this time. 
  • Said, "It's hot as balls," more times than I'm proud of. 
  • Saw Idina Menzel and the Cleveland Orchestra.  Magically got way better seats than I paid for. 
  • Went to a strip club.  
  • Graduated from RA to CA and AA. (not alcoholics anonymous)
  • Did a lot of searching and thinking about what it means to have integrity.  And I think I am getting closer everyday.  
  • Shoveled ice cream into my mouth with my bare hands.  And won a freakin prize for it.  I am not proud. 
  • Saw every single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ever made. 
  • Spent an entire weekend convinced that I had died and was a poltergeist in my own apartment.
  • Schooled some kids. 
  • I laughed and laughed all the way home. 
  • I learned how to love and what to do when you can't. 
  • I said, "Goodbye" when I should have said, "Nice to see you again."