Best Reads:

• Paradise Lost, John Milton
• Lit, Mary Karr
• Carrie, Stephen King
• The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
• American Wasteland, Jonathan Bloom

Good Films:

• Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Black Swan
• American Violet
• My Name is Kahn
• Windfall
• Plastic Nation

Concerts:

• Ke$ha
• NKOTBSB

Travels:

• Spring Break in Canada: Toronto, Niagara Falls, Windsor
• Ann Arbor 2x
• Columbus many times: Gallery Hop 2x, OSU grad school visit, Mom’s bday, Ohio State Fair, Noni’s Asian Cuisine
• Cleveland: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Local Heroes

Memorable Moments:

• Amazing Thrifting finds all year long
• Kindle
• giving time management lessons
• 21st bdays: Thomas, Vivian, David
• Mom’s birthday week surprises
• Party Bus
• Manhattan’s Dinner Date
• Nightswimming
• LA Fiesta: Karaoke, 22nd birthday
• 22nd birthday Scavenger Hunt
• Senior Soiree
• Gap Trail Bike Ride to Mount Vernon
• digital sabbatical - July 4 weekend
• Encouraging e-mails
• Amazing Race Snapple
• eulogy writing
• spirit hoods
• ice storm blackout
• partial snow day
• missing a class in college for the first time ever
• Visitors in Toledo: Vivian, Amanda
• Jonathan Franzen, Cornel West, & The Asia Project at Kenyon

Academic Pursuits:

• Best classes: Jane Austen Seminar, Meanings of Death, John Milton, Eating Disorders Seminar, Honors Seminar, Women in Christianity
• Big chances: Honors project & Independent Study
• Applications to Ph.D. programs in English

Photo of the Year:

At Lost Peninsula Marina; Erie, Michigan

2012 Wishlist:

• Spring Break in L.A.
• Graduation
• Grad School Acceptance Letters
• Apartment of my own
• Leyte, Philippines volunteer trip