*I self-consciously tried to alter a part of my personality I never liked.
*I wanted to learn how to Salsa.
*I cried all the way home.
*I did better than I thought I would.
*I appreciated people who I don't necessarily like.
*I fell into old habits.
*I felt old when I saw that Jonathan Taylor Thomas was turning 25.
*I didn't make new friends (nor did I really try to).
*I got tired of people saying how mature I was.
*I tried new things.
*I thought I was getting a bargain when I paid $2.57 for gas.
*I had unrealistic expectations.
*I almost signed up for e-Harmony.
*I sang out loud while walking down the street.
*I got hit on by a guy named Rodney, who, once I made it clear that I would never go out with him, tried to sell me some life insurance.
*I had a bad case of "The-Grass-is-Always-Greener Syndrome".
*I embraced my southern accent.
*I wanted to escape from my life for a few days.
*I wondered why she found it so hard to believe I was lonely.
*I was jolly, just because.
*I thought about the fact that there are other places to live that don't have weeks of 100+ degree weather.
*I actually had a dream come true.
*I tried harder to attain my aspirations.
*I became too dependent on caffeine.
*I didn't want to become complacent.
*I thought if I said it out loud I would be more motivated to do it and I was right.
*I bought the same wristwatch for the fourth time.
*I wanted to move to Seattle.
*I was afraid of being boring.
*I laughed until my side hurt and I couldn't breathe.
*I got Plan B when I wanted Plan A and that was okay because Being Okay was part of Plan B.
*I followed a sign to the Jack Daniels distillery but I could never find it.
*I got a kick out of our awkwardness.
*I meant it when I used the phrase, "Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care".
*I wanted what she had yet was glad I didn't have it.
*I never told him because he never asked.
*I realized that I live in one of the last Starbucks-holdouts left in America.
*I heard incredible vulnerability in the voice of a friend who rarely shows weakness and it made me sad.
*I was conspicuously absent during the bouquet toss.
*I thought about how uninteresting life would be if life itself was simple.
*I stayed up way too late talking but it was well worth the lack of sleep.
*I got my birthday wish.
*I improved exponentially at a few things.
*I craved wasabi peas because I like food that makes me cry.
*I noticed that I'm always attracted to songs about alcoholics and I don't know why that is.
*I thought she was being fake, but then I realized that she's actually that nice.
*I wished they would quit playing "Buttons" on the radio.
*I was overly sarcastic when I should have just kept my mouth shut.
*I was happy to be a part of "a people".
*I came up with a good first line for my novel.
I am amazed that you can come up with fifty things like this. This would be the type of English assignment that would bring my GPA down. But it was interesting, and also quite nice to read some of the honest thoughts. Hope all the things you're going for work out well.
Posted by: Michael Aman at September 8, 2006 09:23 PMI'm tottaly with you on the buttons song!
Posted by: Lacey at September 9, 2006 11:19 AMGood stuff...probably even more "opening-up" of you than the 12 things you didn't finish posting!
You should be able to charge admission to your blog because it's a shame you're not making money with this good stuff....maybe that's a convoluted way of supporting your writing a novel ;-)
Posted by: brad at September 12, 2006 07:57 AMWow...I've been unable to read up on you for a month now...I've missed out. You had a busy summer. Care to expound upon the dream come true? What about your birthday wish?
Why? Because.