2008 (long overdue)

Hello all, it's been a while since I posted. Seeing as how I've not kicked off the new year correctly, allow me to rehash 2008.


Highlights of 2008!


I. Old friends

Lauri
Ammi
Katie
Steve
Rebekah
Elizabeth
Pete
Joel
Erica
John
Meghan

II. New Friends

Joy
Justin
Jeffery
Rebekah
Joel
Jessie
Brittany

III. Adolescent Lit

Our corner (Ammi, Katie, Steve, George, & Meghan)

IV. Sundays

All Saint's 8:50
Covenant 10:30
Outback
Movie/Nap
Nap/Movie

VI. Moe's

Making mad dashes for lunch between classes (American Lit & Advanced Expos).

VII. American Lit

Meghan, Ammi, & Professor Kirk.

VIII. My Advanced Expos. Group

Erica, "Weetsy Bat" Jen, & Elizabeth: bunches of laughs.

IX. Finally watching the Godfather

XI. Nashville

My first official vacation, taking off from work and driving to Nashville (even though I got sick) to see Erica and John.

Discovering the great McKays used books in Nashville, thanks John.

Turkish food!

The tiny Greek Orthodox store, where John, Erica, & I looked at iconoclasts.

High Church at St. David's (John & Erica's church) in Nashville.

Seeing the Ringo Star exhibit in Nashville at the state museum.

XII. Finishing Harry Potter

Rowling, you're wonderful, thank you for expanding my library and making me hunger for fantasy.

XIII. Movies

the great ones:
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
310 to Yuma
Juno
No Country for Old Men
High Fidelity
Breakfast Club
Charley Bartlett

the terrible ones:
27 dresses
Made of Honor
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

the intoxicating ones:
Wanted
Twilight

XIV. Books


Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Blue Like Jazz
Three by Annie Dillard
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Nine Stories
Catcher in the Rye
Ender's Games
Stardust
Walden
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
Blithedale Romance

XV. "Studying" at Mitchell's & Starbucks

XVI. St. Pete trip

Dali Museum & Haslam's books

XVII. The Oracle

XVIII. Bookstore hunting in Winter Haven

XIX. Rooming with Katie

XX. Chinese with Lauri