Recapping Senior Year

     Senior year has ended. It was exceedingly long.

     Everyone freaked out (in a fantastically good way) about the future of October 21, 2015 actually being here. American Idol ended, which is awful. I starred in the RSU Theater production of Tales From Tent City, that was interesting. Got to see NSU BCM people(Bob and Deb, and Annie, Bucky, Daniel P, Ja Li Si, James and Jordan, specifically) at a conference last fall, which was fantastic.

     Finished watching Friday Night Lights; which wrapped up great. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. kept Tuesday nights interesting(and occasionally maddening). Kept up with the Thunder when I could. Learned that I can quote the entire script of The Princess Bride from memory. Fuller House was a great update of 90's sitcom goodness.

     Did lots of all-nighters to finish homework projects that needed to get done, which was immensely tiring and lonesome. Roughly one a week, sometimes two. Critiqued fifty-five poems written by classmates, and at least twenty-one short stories. Discovered that writing scripts is a very difficult branch of writing. Plowed through all of the Harry Potter books, which was frustrating. Watched much more Buffy the Vampire Slayer than I would have wanted to, since it was homework for Topics.

     But mostly it was just staring at the blank Word doc in my very silent apartment and knowing something had to be turned in by deadline. That doesn't make for much of interesting stories. There was rehearsal for Tent City, which was almost like another class, in that you show up, do your job, and then leave. Songs of this year would be a lot of Avril Lavigne - "Everybody Hurts," "I'm With You," "Keep Holding On," "Mobile," "Tomorrow" all leap to mind - Laura Story's "Blessings," too. Not sure of any others at the moment.

     Occasionally heard from Ashland, Amanda, Daniel, Dylan, Elizabeth, Jessica, Jon and Susan, which was helpful in finishing the semester.