(Honestly, I just really don't feel like doing more reading for my Human Rights course. It's uber-depressing.)
I got this idea from the blog of a fellow Depositonian and NYUer, Tia (it's a very rare combination, and we are the only ones that possess both titles. Go us!). She's been posting things she learned in 2009, and considering that I've now had a month to reflect, I think I can safely do the same.
So here's my list:
- Keeping a blog is hard. I made it my New Year's resolution in '09 to start a blog. It failed. Then I decided I'd start one for the new school year. Nope. So here's looking at you, '10!
- Lady GaGa is a goddess. The woman is a force to be reckoned with. She makes amazing music (that even my mom has said isn't awful!) and is a really positive influence. Her constant reminders to be who you are, are really important messages for younger kids to hear, especially from someone as big as she is. She loves her fans a lot. Also, she went to NYU, so she's automatically cool.
- Angel hair pasta is a staple of my diet. And there's nothing wrong with that.
- It's possible to fit a 16-lb, fully roasted turkey in a heat bag and carry it through Union Square, while it's snowing, unscathed. People will look at you funny, but the turkey will still taste amazing.
- Allowing Richie to mix your drinks is usually not a very good idea.
- Sometimes you've got to admit when people don't want your help. This was an especially difficult one for me, with my whole "save the world" complex, but it's one of the most important lessons I've ever learned.
- A week can be an exhausting, embarrassingly long time.
- I am not nearly as good at things as I used to think I was. In Deposit, I was a very big fish in a teeny tiny pond. Singing, acting, academics, sports, leadership, community involvement...I did it all. But here I'm mediocre at all of those things (if that). So I've learned to figure out what my real strengths are: helping people with their problems and being someone to lean on.
- It's okay to change majors. Your advisor will help you, and give you more information than you could ever imagine you'd need.
- Money sucks. I'm awful at budgeting and controlling it and basically everything having to do with finances. I need to marry someone with financial skills, because I fail at them.
- My mom is one of the smartest people in the world. Seriously.
- Zach Galafianakis does really good stand-up. I saw him before he got famous with "The Hangover", and he was ridiculously hilarious.
- KenKens are addictive, even to someone that hates math as much as I do.
- Google Reader is one of the best inventions ever.
- I can fix a computer (as long as it's just a basic problem).
- Torrents are magical.
- Sporcle will eat up hours of your time if you let it. Stand strong!
- Seeing a movie in 3-D is always worth paying extra ("Avatar")
- Dancing in a fountain is a perfectly acceptable use of an evening. Getting thrown out of the park by the cops kind of puts a downer on the whole shenanigan, though.
- MT parties are legit.
- I am an amazing cashier. Seriously, put me on a cash register and I will make those groceries disappear.
- Sometimes it really is best to just say what you think needs to be said.
- Sometimes surprises are exciting, huge events. Sometimes they just mean your best friend bought an Entemann's cake.
- Two medium-sized roast chickens feed nine people pretty well.
- You can write on your laptop screen with dry-erase markers and it'll wipe right off (I spent about 45 minutes coloring pictures and drawing mustaches on people when I found this out).
- David Foster Wallace is a really hard author to read, but it's worth it.
- Missing a Mika show is sometimes very much worth it.
- You can set fire to nail polish remover in your bathtub. It'll leave a small mark, but it's really cool to watch. Almost all of your friends will think you've gone crazy. The one that doesn't is the one that'll stick with you.
- Black nail polish is not a good decision. My mother was right.
- Man vs. Food is an addictive show.
- So is 24.
- Be nice to people at work, because sometimes the guy that comes through your line at the grocery store will invite you and your entire family to a gourmet brunch on your birthday. Free.
- A really good friend will follow you into the bathroom of a pizza place and hold your hair while you throw up, then walk you back home.
- Bill Hader is really nice.
- My skills at Mario Party have not improved with age.
- Sometimes you really will have a professor that takes you out for pizza on the last day of class (and sends you home with leftovers!)
- Having an on-campus job at NYU basically means having a set amount of time to do your homework every day.
- The Weather Channel does not lie.
- "Wicked" is completely worth standing in the cold for.
- A+3G+Y=magic
- When seeing legendary performers like Aretha, U2, Springsteen, Jeff Beck, Metallica, Ozzy, Annie Lennox, Lenny Kravitz, Mick Jagger, Black Eyed Peas, etc. live, it doesn't really matter where you end up sitting.
- I can't do 8 AM lectures. I just can't.
That's really about it for now...I'm sure I'll have to update this one later.
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