Accomplisments of 2013

Wow. I forgot that I had a blog. This used to be my main source of procrastination.

I'm a fan of lists. So today, I will make another one.

Accomplishments of 2013

• attended 3 proms
• got my driver's license
• watched all ten seasons of FRIENDS in consecutive order before the summer, twice
• joined a varsity sport
• Cheerleading, something I thought I would never do
• spent five weeks at Skidmore College taking college art courses
• spent ten days on foreign land without my parents (again)
• Went to Ireland, Wales, and England
• got my heart broken and got over him very quickly
• got stabbed in the back twice by the same person and survived
• applied to seven colleges
• accepted two/two so far!
• completed my first Yearbook
• currently co-editor-in-chief of the next
• achieved honor roll every marking period (overall average above 90)
• made amazing friends
• survived the SATs (3 times), ACT (once), and SAT IIs (once)
• completed my first oil painting
• created art work I was actually proud of
• went out of my comfort zone frequently
• learned to use a potter's wheel
• I went cliff jumping
• even though I'm scared of heights
• created a self-portrait that actually somewhat looks like me
• wrote my first legitimate research paper on Why People Fall in Love
• read over a dozen books
• drove over 2 hours straight
• Inducted into National Honor Society and National Art Honor Society
• went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art twice
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Cheerleading

Drawing of a dead flower

A five foot tall drawing I did at Skidmore of nude models

A piece of pottery from my class at Skidmore as well

The self-portrait

A picture with an Irish pup

Stonehenge! 

this is self explanatory 

My junior prom

A picture from a photoshoot with a friend at Skidmore

The London Eye

We went bogging at a farm in Ireland

Books I've Read in 2013

In the order in which they were read:

1. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini ***' (1/7/13)
2. Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill ****  (3/6/13)
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain *** (3/19/13)
4. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ***** (3/30/13) [read x2]
5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald **** (5/3/13)
6. The Crucible by Arthur Miller *** (5/30/13)
7. When it Happens by Susane Colasanti ***' (6/4/13) [read x3]
8. Maus: The Complete by Art Spiegelman ***** (7/5/13)
9. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult***(8/18/13)
10. Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh **'(9/12/13)
11. A Doll's House by Henry Ibsen *** (10/21/13)
12. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Paterson *** (12/1/13)
13. Maus: The Complete by Art Spiegelman ***** (12/19/13)

I only read 13 books this year. As always, my goal is 25. I guess I was having too much fun this year to read! Next year I will try to read more.