[10] friends that you spent good times with...
1. jedda. 2004 wouldn't have been FUN without her. hope 2005 is the same. =) love you.
2. maryann. my buddy for life. my little and big sister at the same time.
3. mara. love our dirty talk. might have to spend yet another science class together next year. ugh!
4. maria. my daughter and my closest friend. (closest as in distance. =P j/k! close in that sense too!)
5. raf and dave. my brothers. always there for me. always class acts.

6. kim, armelle, andrea, anne, lucia. the vaginas north of the rift.
7. ryan, nim, chang, chesar, jay. the penises south of the rift.
8. gwen. finally got to actually talk with my online buddy. sasquash and sasamo forever.
9. nylc people. particularly CAUCUS B!

10. juniors. especially during jedda's and marie's cotillion.

[9] songs you really liked this year...
1. makes me whole - amel larrieux. the song jedda and i were supposed to dance to but the songs got messed up. she still got to dance with a ryan though. lol.
2. maroon 5 - sunday morning. the one song that wasn't a hit single yet that caught my ear when i first got the album.
3. jason mraz - curbside prophet. same reason as maroon 5.
4. marc anthony & jennifer lopez - escapemonos. got me through endless hours at subia's.
5. usher & alicia keys - if i ain't got you. the one song i could never stop singing along to.
6. california - phantom planet. welcome to the oc bitch!
7. blackstreet - don't leave me. throwback! it was in my head for awhile.
8. liz phair - why can't i. win a date with tad hamilton. best movie ever. right maeann?
9. oasis - wonderwall. my favorite song off of the white boy mix nim gave to me for my birthday. thank you senor ornillo.

[8] things that you hated this year...
1. having to leave nylc and go back to school. learned so much in dc while having fun.
2. ap physics. too stressful at the start for me and my chem mind.
3. having second thoughts. although it sucked initially the result has helped me gain a better perspective on things.
4. seeing my grandpa come home. too painful.
5. not being able to drive even though i had everything i needed to have. very frustrating walking to places when you don't have to.
6. being able to stay out later when i didn't have a car. ruined thanksgiving at nim's for me.
7. being benched by miss felton. made me hate playing volleyball.
8. feeling dependent when i sprained my ankle. made me appreciate walking a lot more.

[7] memorable moments...

1. my birthday. i never ever had that many people gathered just for me.
2. walking in a complete circle with jedda before the students versus faculty/alumni basketball game. ultimately resulting in the nerd couple of mcnair.

3. military ball. jedda falling asleep on my shoulder while we were slow dancing and i was singing. haha.
4. junior prom. oh how i loved plan b. sigh.

5. marie's cotillion. sitting in the hallways until the wee hours of the morning.
6. trip to boston with maryann. too much fun college-hunting in america's collegetown.
7. first night of christmas vacation. chilling in mara's room. the rift. visiting chang. good night.
 
[6] movies you watched...
1. harold and kumar go to white castle. about to watch it right now. haha.
2. love actually. made me want to have a british accent.
3. passion of the christ. so touching everyone was silent at the end. everyone.
4. the girl next door. i love elisha cuthbert. what's the craziest thing you've done lately?
5. how to lose a guy in ten days. princess sofia? no. krull the warrior king! haha.
6. win a date with tad hamilton. still can't believe maeann dragged me to it. but i still loved it. haha.quite sad.

[5] t.v. shows you watched...
1. the oc. so addicted. like SO addicted. seth's awesome. haha.
2. csi. loved solving the mysteries.
3. family guy. so funny. stouie is hilarious!
4. late night with conan o'brien. always. he's too funny. never fails to make me laugh. saw him live for the first time too with halo halo!
5. that 70's show.the only thing we could watch at eleven o'clock at night at nylc.

[4] things you got for the holidays...
1. money. always good.
2. the oc: season one. like i said i'm addicted.
3. x-men legends. stopped playing it for awhile.
4. clothes. need to stock up that wardrobe.

[3] Places You Went To...
1. boston. enough said.
2. drew. to visit mara and her hot gov school friends.
3. dc. nylc baby!

[2] friends you really want to thank...
1. jedda. thank you for making this year what it was.
2. maryann. thank you for always being there. even before 2004.

[1] favorite day of the year 2004...

1. jedda's cotillion. meeting the family. seeing all the friends. the afterparty playing mafia. staying up all night. watching the sunrise. too much. just awesome.