Hannah Wendlandt

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 * 1) To Katie - for the kiss on the cheek, for sitting with me during the concert, and for cellos.
 * 2) To DJ - for hosting what was a very successful rehearsal! Well, it was fun. It was kind of successful?
 * 3) To Claire - for your patience in teaching the coreography.
 * 4) To Arielle - for a really incredible recital.
 * 1) To Alyssa - for working on the project with me.
 * 2) To Dad - for helping me stuff envelopes.
 * 1) To Jake and Michaela - for complimenting Act III.
 * 2) To Salvina - for sitting with me.
 * 3) To Mr. Dunlap - for Yeats.
 * 1) To Chris - for the journal.
 * 2) To Mom - for... understanding? I guess? Eventually.
 * 3) To Ms. Utchen - for agreeing to work with me.
 * 1) To Bill and Sandra - for bringing that picture.
 * 2) To Roxy - for little tail wags.
 * 3) To Mom - for comforting me.
 * 4) To Jenelle - for your letters.
 * 5) To my friends - for welcoming me home.
 * 1) To Alisha - for your confidence.
 * 2) To Ms. Utchen and Max - for skyping me in.
 * 3) To la famille - for a fun day.
 * 1) To Dad - for going up to read with me.
 * 2) To Emily Mandel - for "Hell is the absence of people you long for."
 * 3) To Mom, Dad, Renee, and David - for playing Yahtzee with me.
 * 1) To Max and Ms. Utchen - for trying.
 * 2) To Mom - for making sure I put on sunscreen.
 * 3) To Ben, Anna, and Alex - for lunch.
 * 1) To Uncle David - for the waking tour of Nassau.
 * 2) To mom - for acquiring rain ponchos.
 * 3) To Anna - for letting me use your sweatshirt.
 * 1) To Aunt Renee - for the seasickness patch.
 * 2) To la famille - for souffle!
 * 3) To Dad - for helping me get settled in and signing the required forms.
 * 1) To Dad - for (barely) making it on to the plane.
 * 2) To Aunt Renee - for the popcorn.
 * 3) To the flight attendant - for making me tea.
 * 1) To my friends - for a wonderful ball.
 * 2) To Jenelle - for slow dancing.
 * 3) To the women's lit ladies - for picture hilarity.
 * 1) To all of the people I care about - for taking lots of pictures with me.
 * 2) To Alison - for the reassurement.
 * 3) To Women's Lit and AP French - for being kind of like my other families.
 * 1) To Patrick - for the conversation about music, nervousness, and the kind of quiet reassurance we've found in one another.
 * 2) To Aria - for making me laugh
 * 3) To Brian - for making the college map.
 * 4) To Utchen - for trusting me.
 * 5) To Jenelle - for congratulating me and for lady and the tramp.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for scrunchies and Sappho and tiny planet exploration.
 * 2) To Lesley Ann Warren - for Norma Cassidy.
 * 3) To Mrs. Doolittle - for getting tired.
 * 1) To everyone I met on the Kenyon facebook group - for making me more confident about this decision.
 * 2) To Lauren - for setting up a time to make up the Physics lab with me.
 * 3) To ee cummings - for the inspiration, even in my least favorite season.
 * 4) To AP Lit - for clapping for me
 * 1) To Mom - for letting me go to dinner too, and helping me commit.
 * 2) To Brian, Sarah, and Alison - for being happy for me.
 * 3) To Jenelle - for letting me tell you about junior year.
 * 1) To the Doolittles - for driving me.
 * 2) To Betty - for showing me around and making sure I had someone to sit with.
 * 3) To various puppies - for letting me pet you.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for hair and hairbrushes.
 * 2) To Mrs. Doolittle - for sorting out the two rooms business.
 * 3) To Alison and Katie - for judging wee babs with me.
 * 1) To Alison and Cassandra - for letting me send you pictures of myself in non-dress code outfits.
 * 2) To Mom - for dinner, and for what i know is you trying your best to keep me on track.
 * 3) To Jack and Alyssa - for fun times coloring and snapchatting in lit.
 * 1) To Brian - for taking the time to call, and then for listening to my fears.
 * 2) To Alison - for loving me and letting me love you.
 * 3) To David Bunce - for not bidding on that job i really wanted.
 * 1) To Dad - for accompaniment on a day of flying. bleh.
 * 2) To Brian - for a nice conversation, and for the exchange of photos.
 * 3) To Professors Bryant and Beltz -for letting me sit in on your class, and to Professor Bryant for having everyone introduce themselves.
 * 4) To the girl sitting next to me - for letting me share your book.
 * 5) To Professor Bryant's Modernism class - for giving me reasons to come to Wellesley.
 * 1) To Dad - for walking around campus with me.
 * 2) To the redheaded guy on the flight from Montreal - for waking me up at the appropriate time.
 * 3) To Colum McCann - for the thoughts on leaving home.
 * 1) To Lauren and Eimear - for being comforting.
 * 2) To Mom, Dad, and Mary - for investigating t-shirt options. Also, for potentially-evil satisfaction.
 * 3) To Camille - for commiseration.
 * 1) To Camille, Janis, Mom, Mary, and Dad - for moist chicken.
 * 2) To Dad - for the walk home.
 * 3) To Eimear and Lauren - for the reassurance.
 * 1) To the senior drama team - for somehow pulling it together.
 * 2) To Hannah Baldwin - for sharing your chinese food.
 * 3) To my friends and family - for celebrating with me.
 * 4) To Lily - for the kisses and the pictures.
 * 1) To Mom and Mary - for figuring out the French signs with me.
 * 2) To Lily - for chilling with me before practice, and for offering to get me a shirt.
 * 3) To Amy - for the cookie.
 * 4) To Mom, Mary, Janis, Mrs. Lange, Jane, and Camille - for dinner, and for helping me when I had the choking issue.
 * 1) To Rodger - for taking us around to the sugar shack, the quarry, and the baby pigs.
 * 2) To Mom - for agreement over the sad baby cows.
 * 3) To Mary - for the farm tour.
 * 4) To Jane - for looking at all the jewelry with me.
 * 1) To Mr. Getty - for the surprisingly nice email.
 * 2) To Jenelle - for letting me explain.
 * 3) To Mom - for staying up late with me.
 * 1) To Mom - for going over the spreadsheet with me, and for making cake.
 * 2) To Brian - for letting me confide in you, and also for excitement over possible visits.
 * 3) To Professor Milkova - for agreeing to let me shadow your class.
 * 4) To the girls of the Wellesley Class of 2019 facebook page - for being incredibly welcoming and friendly, for offering to go out to lunch with me, and for camaraderie.
 * 1) To Mom and Dad - for all the help with scheduling.
 * 2) To Mom, again - for Costco and cookbooks, and for taking me to urgent care.
 * 3) To Mary - for breakfast.
 * 4) To Dr. Maria - for reassuring me, and also for the congratulations.
 * 1) To Michael - for going easy on us.
 * 2) To Jenna - for college questions and being so fun to be around.
 * 3) To Lily - for falling asleep with me on the ride home.
 * 1) To Lauren - for helping with ceili.
 * 2) To Hannah Lynch - for a nice talk. That was weird.
 * 3) To Dad - for saving dinner for me.
 * 1) To Mary Ann - for efficiently running class.
 * 2) To Noreen - for putting on that song. Ugh i needed that.
 * 3) To Dad - for the classical station and exploration.
 * 4) To Brian - for being so very excited for me.
 * 5) To my friends- for congratulatory notes.
 * 1) To Jenna and Lauren - for helping me sit down.
 * 2) To Lily - for letting me put my head in your lap.
 * 3) To Lauren, again - for agreeing with me about the Guinness costume.
 * 1) To Jenna - for letting me hug you. :(
 * 2) To la famille - for pictures and sushi.
 * 3) To Millie - for being a really really sweet dog.
 * 1) To Mrs. Noland - for giving me a ride.
 * 2) To Aiden - for the Kinder egg.
 * 3) To Riley - for #benchwarmer feels.
 * 1) To Jenna - for singing with me, and also for getting me a bandaid.
 * 2) To Eimear and Lauren - for understanding about the hips, and to Eimear again for falling out of the chair laughing when I did the thing with the cape.
 * 3) To AP French - for not ever doing what we're supposed to be doing.
 * 4) To Jenelle - for ignoring the mess.
 * 1) To AP Lit - for Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
 * 2) To Bill Murray - for thoughts on presence.
 * 3) To Jack - for Riptide and general silliness before physics.
 * 1) To Kate - for singing Papaoutai with me and saying you need me. It was nice to see you.
 * 2) To Jenelle - for possible sisterhood.
 * 3) To Eimear - for the lesson in Gaelic names.
 * 1) To my teams - for scheduling the extra practices.
 * 2) To Hannah Baldwin - for giving me scooby snacks.
 * 3) To Mom - for letting me sleep.
 * 1) To Mary Ann and Noreen - for working with us.
 * 2) To Noreen again - for yelling 'I'M SNAPCHATTING'
 * 3) To Dad - for driving me over.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for success on the picture quest!
 * 2) To Mr. Getty - for being merciful.
 * 3) To Anna - for sitting with me.
 * 1) To Brianna - for your sage advice concerning ball.
 * 2) To Camille - for updating me on the drama.
 * 3) To Sarah - for french snuggles.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for atoms.
 * 2) To Katie K. - for putting in so much hard work on the project.
 * 3) To Gwen - ain't nothing like a good brass section.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for listening.
 * 2) To Women's lit - for a wonderful conversation, and for listening to my ideas about religion.
 * 3) To Katie - for Horatio feels.
 * 1) To Uncle Walt - for autonomy.
 * 2) To Dad - for bringing me tea. I'm glad you're home.
 * 3) To Jenna - for being a good partner. It's always nice to get to dance with you.
 * 1) To Brian - for going on an adventure with me. I really needed that.
 * 2) To the mourning doves - for early-morning meditations on loneliness.
 * 3) To Mom - for telling me those things.
 * 1) To Brian - for helping me to change myself, and for trusting me.
 * 2) To Ms. Gilles - for telling me about the kids.
 * 3) To Tomi, Jessica, and Tanaaz - for fun times grading papers after school.
 * 4) To Katie - we all just want a Horatio.
 * 1) To Mom - for trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to calm me down.
 * 1) To Kate - for trusting me, asking for advice, and valuing my opinion.
 * 2) To Mom - for going to get lunch.
 * 3) To Dad - for our talk and calming me down.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for exploration.
 * 2) To Brian, Neha, Sarah, Jioo, and Audrey - for talksies.
 * 3) To those other dudes - for asking if we were a duo. that was ridiculous and I very much enjoyed it.
 * 1) To Max - for keeping me updated on the drama. Ouch, dude.
 * 2) To Flo - for drowning out the thoughts.
 * 3) To Millie - for being my walking partner.
 * 4) To my neighborhood - for affording me the opportunity to get lost.
 * 1) To Hannah Baldwin - for offering to cut a bitch. Also, for a distinct lack of shame.
 * 2) To Jessica - for running a good program.
 * 3) To the kids - for being so gosh-dang adorable.
 * 1) To Mom - for letting  me stay home.
 * 2) To Katie - for sass.
 * 3) To Colleen - for keeping me updated on costumes.
 * 1) To George Saunders and Hayden Carruth - for your wisdom. I'm fairly certain that I've thanked you for this on here before, but that does not make it any less important.
 * 1) To Caroline - for the interesting interview. It was, uh, illuminating.
 * 2) To Mom - for driving me down and coming to find me when the power went out.
 * 3) To Fiona Apple - for being so important to me for so long.
 * 1) To Mom - for bringing me dinner.
 * 2) To Lily - for hugging me when I was so frustrated.
 * 3) To Hannah Baldwin - for offering to kill the person responsible. I won't take you up on that, but it was quite appreciated.
 * 4) To Brian - for everything.
 * 1) To Jeremy - for all of your instruction.
 * 2) To Jenelle - for having been born.
 * 3) To Brian L. - for teaching me, so many years ago now, to look up.
 * 1) To Lawry - for your email.
 * 2) To Arielle - for planning.
 * 3) To Katie - for excitement over the new Kodaline Album.
 * 1) To Michael - for forwarding me the music.
 * 2) To Lauren - for laughing with me over 'that Missy girl'
 * 3) To Jenelle - for calling to explain.
 * 1) To Max - for dark matter and kintsugi and existentialism and 80s pop.
 * 2) To Kate and Camille - for promises.
 * 3) To Brian - for listening and answering my questions.
 * 4) To Katie - for feels about the end of the Metamorphosis.
 * 1) To Dad - for going with me to buy the birthday presents.
 * 2) To Max - for working on our project with me.
 * 3) To Katie - for hopping on board.
 * 4) To Utchen - for your gift.
 * 5) To Cassandra - for telling me that I'm not a bad person and for keeping my secret.
 * 1) To Gracie - happy birthday!
 * 2) To Dad - for making lots of tea and walking with me.
 * 3) To Jenelle - for talking with me.
 * 1) To Brian - for football laughter.
 * 2) To Lily - for stickers.
 * 3) To Eimear - for your utterly ridiculous stories.
 * 1) To Brian - for one year of brushing off the dust.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for our own little fairy tale.
 * 2) To Ben - for letting me come watch your jazz band concert.
 * 3) To Sarah - for nervousness over the french final.
 * 4) To... Darren? I think? - for a good time in calc.
 * 5) To Alison - for the kind of advice that gets deleted after.
 * 1) To Alabama Shakes - for providing tonight's jams. On a related note, please make another album. Please.
 * 2) To Lana - for your congratulatory email.
 * 3) To Brian - for your advice and your offer to listen. (Also for bending the rules and letting me write to Mr. D.)
 * 4) To Alice Walker - for your wisdom.
 * 5) To Cassandra - for the things that will always and forever be just for us.
 * 6) To Kate - for overseeing the purchasing of the Stromae tickets.
 * 1) To Mr. Dunlap - for showing me that video.
 * 2) To Tomi - FEEL BETTER SOON WE MISS YOU IN WOMEN'S LIT
 * 3) To Ms. Utchen - for the pep talk and making me laugh.
 * 4) To Mr. Getty - for not commenting on that fantastic trip I pulled this morning.
 * 5) To the universe - for moments of joy and fog.
 * 1) To Eileen - for getting back to me, again.
 * 2) To Claire - for your advice.
 * 3) To Katie - for knowing my sense of humor better than just about anyone. You never ever fail to make me laugh. Also, for your weird late-night texts about Keats.
 * 1) To Eimear - for telling me to go home.
 * 2) To Eileen Ellis - for getting back to me.
 * 3) To Jessica - for drawing me as a unicorn.
 * 1) To Lily - for your unfailing kindness. You are fast becoming a very important person in my life.
 * 2) To Sharon - for your constructive comments.
 * 3) To Lauren - for motivating me to essentially break my foot, but whatever.
 * 4) To Rose - for getting me into The Careful Ones circa 2012. I really needed that tonight.
 * 1) To Lily - for keeping your promise.
 * 2) To Amy - for fitting me in.
 * 3) To Mom, Dad, Ben, and Ben's friend whose name I can't remember - for dinner.
 * 4) To my friends - for being excited with me.
 * 5) To Ms. Gilles - for writing me what must have been one heck of a letter, for the interviewer to comment on it.
 * 6) To Beloit - FOR LETTING ME IN
 * 1) To Lily - for fun times and excitement about the concert.
 * 2) To Max - for a really really cool talk about poetry. I love it when people defy my expectations of them.
 * 3) To Mr. Getty - for letting us drop that one quiz. Thanks, dude.
 * 4) To Jenelle - for colors and weird feelings.
 * 1) To Dad - for letting me take a day.
 * 2) To Mr. Dunlap - for always always making me smile.
 * 3) To Agus - for an illuminating talk on nicknames and hometowns. Sometimes I forget how cool you are.
 * 4) To Jenelle - for new and illicit and adrenaline-filled experiences.
 * 1) To Mr. Getty - for me noticing that you noticed.
 * 2) To Lauren and Agus - for lunch.
 * 3) To Ms. Utchen - for making class so so so funny.
 * 1) To Colleen, Lily, and Kate - for Stromae plans. WOOOOO
 * 2) To friends - for good talks.
 * 3) To Alice Walker - for the beginning of what I can only imagine will be quite the journey.
 * 1) To Ms. G - for the talk after school on sensuality and more-than-fairy tales.
 * 2) To Sarah - for playing with my hair, as per tumblr.
 * 3) To Jenelle - for introducing me at lunch the way you did. That was the first time I had ever heard that out loud.
 * 4) To Dad - for the pep talk. You are correct - perspective is everything.
 * 5) To Eimear - while I blame you for the fact that the bottoms of my feet are devoid of skin, I  really needed that.
 * 6) To the ladies of the Monday 7-9 class - for singing Taylor Swift songs during wall sits.
 * 7) To past!Hannah - for making a kick ass driving playlist. Sometimes all you need in life is to be able to feel your sternum vibrate with the beat.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for bringing music to my life (in a lot of ways.)
 * 2) To Eimear - for kicking our butts.
 * 3) To Lily and Meghan - for keeping me entertained in a really long practice.
 * 1) To Paige and Miles - for being so gosh-dang adorable.
 * 2) To Mom - for working with me on the quilt.
 * 3) To Tony - I don't know why I suddenly remembered what you had done for me this summer, but I did. I don't think I ever really told you how much I appreciated that. Thank you.
 * 4) To Jenelle - for keeping me awake.
 * 1) To Seng - for saying hello.
 * 2) To Robert Zhang - for the quiet camaraderie that we've fallen into. You're a good kid.
 * 1) To old friends and new acquaintances - for a fun evening.
 * 2) To Mom and Aunt Renee - for cooking.
 * 3) To Olivia - for making me a star.

Today: This year: December 30, 2014 December 29, 2014 December 27, 2014 December 26, 2014 December 25, 2014 December 24, 2014 December 23, 2014 December 22, 2014 December 21, 2014 December 20, 2014 December 19, 2014 December 18, 2014 December 16, 2014
 * 1) To Mom - for adventures in Microsoft Paint and a day of sewing.
 * 2) To Cassandra - for new years wishes.
 * 3) To Dad - for going to pick up the take out.
 * 4) To Max Richter - I don't think I've mentioned this yet on here, but Memoryhouse continues to get me through late nights and long projects.
 * 1) To my family - for always loving me.
 * 2) To my friends - for continuing to be some of the most important people in my life, and for filling me with thought and knowledge and joy.
 * 3) To all of the new people I've met this year - for joining me on this weird, uncertain, fantastic path.
 * 4) To the universe - for continuing to teach me things about myself and the people and places around me.
 * 5) To my teachers - for all of the guidance that you have so generously afforded me.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for letters.
 * 2) To Mr. Roberts - for the oranges. (ha.)
 * 3) To Dad - for making dinner.
 * 1) To Dad - for Vietnamese.
 * 2) To Ben and Dad - for watching movies.
 * 3) To Gary Clark, jr. - for jams.
 * 1) To Aimee - for coming over so soon after your surgery. It was good to see you.
 * 2) To Mary and Sister!Donna - for quilting.
 * 3) To Uncle David - for making dinner
 * 4) To Dad - for watching Frozen with me. Well, really, for letting me sleep on the couch while you watched Frozen.
 * 1) To Mom - for braving the parking lot for me.
 * 2) To Dad - for helping me address christmas cards.
 * 3) To everyone behind the Imitation Game - for a most wonderful piece of work. My goodness.
 * 1) To Dad - for what is possibly the most thoughtful gift I've ever been given. I will treasure it.
 * 2) To Richard Siken - for your gorgeous bravery.
 * 3) To Ben - for getting along with me for (almost) the whole day.
 * 4) To Aunt Anne - for the socks. They made me laugh, but not for any reason that you would have guessed.
 * 5) To Heike, Franziska, Sebastian, Virginia, David, Renee, Mom, Dad, Nana, Ben, Anna, and Alex - for Christmas dinner. What good people.
 * 1) To Mary, Mark, Jess, Chris, and Zach - for the annual Christmas eve pizza.
 * 2) To Natalia - for hike plans and also for saying 'beautiful' every other word - it was nice to meet you and your English is fricking amazing.
 * 3) To Aunt Renee - for spring plans.
 * 4) To the extended Wendlandts - for Spitzbuben.
 * 1) To Brian - for having been born. Is that correct grammar? I dunno.
 * 2) To Cassandra - for being the polka dot to my stripe, always and in everything.
 * 3) To Alison - for warm fuzzies.
 * 4) To Neha, Cassie, Brian, and the Yus - for dinner.
 * 1) To Dad - for lunch.
 * 2) To Jenelle - for a nice walk.
 * 3) To Mayia - for talksies.
 * 4) To Ms. Gilles, indirectly - for undeserved compliments.
 * 5) To Brian - for submitting my rec.
 * 1) To Aunt Renee - for making the trip over.
 * 2) To Nana - for coming.
 * 3) To la famille - for tree-decorating.
 * 1) To Eimear - for organizing such a successful Secret Santa
 * 2) To Camille - for double-team duty.
 * 3) To Samantha - for new experiences.
 * 4) To Dad - for trusting my judgement.
 * 1) To Jenelle - deat.
 * 2) To 6th period Expository Writing - for letting us come eat your food.
 * 3) To Women's Lit - for really really loving the Gilles/Dunlap family, and for being tireless in your motivation to help and to give.
 * 4) To Ms. Gilles - for Uncle Walt.
 * 5) To Melanie - for Supreme Court solidarity.
 * 6) To Kate - A HEART FULL OF LOOOOVE
 * 1) To beautyshop - for singing happy birthday to Jane Austen.
 * 2) To Cassandra - for the return of the check-ins. I hate this.
 * 3) To my parents - for helping with the cookies.

Today has been oddly interconnected. Let me try to explain: Unrelated, but also important: December 15, 2014 December 14, 2014 December 13, 2014 December 12, 2014 December 11, 2014 December 10, 2014 December 8, 2014 December 7, 2014 December 3, 2014 December 2, 2014 November 25, 2014 November 24, 2014 November 23, 2014 November 22, 2014 November 21, 2014 November 18, 2014 November 17, 2014 November 16, 2014 November 14, 2014 November 13, 2014 November 12, 2014 November 11, 2014 November 10, 2014 November 9, 2014 November 8, 2014 November 7, 2014 November 1-6, 2014 October 28, 2014 October 12, 2014 October 11, 2014 October 8, 2014 October 7, 2014 September 29, 2014
 * 1) To 4 AM Hannah - for suddenly remembering a years-ago bedroom-floor conversation about entropy that took place after going to see a play.
 * 2) To Arielle and Joshua Herman - for said conversation.
 * 3) To Arielle - for remembering that play, even if you couldn't remember the name either.
 * 4) To one of the characters in that play - for your thoughts about composers and pain and nationality. I almost agree with you.
 * 5) To Samuel Barber - for being the exception to the rule.
 * 6) To Ms. Utchen - for birthdays, entropy, and the End of Things.
 * 7) And finally, to the universe (or God, if you're into that sort of thing) - for one of your Perfect Moments; today, the Beginning of Rain and the End of Things and, miraculously, Samuel Barber.
 * 1) To Anna N. - for drawing me a zinnia.
 * 1) To Women's lit - for listening.
 * 2) To Ms. Gilles - for hugs.
 * 3) To Jenelle - for doggies!
 * 4) To Eimear and Lauren - for letting me help.
 * 1) To la famille - for the tree adventure. Next year, earlier.
 * 2) To Jenelle - for snapchatting me pictures of your family.
 * 3) To Ben - for a good day.
 * 1) To Jenna - for banana/saxophone antics.
 * 2) To Camille and Molly - for being my partners.
 * 3) To Eimear - for setting up the Secret Santa.
 * 1) To the women's lit peeps - for group texts and profanity and being genuinely really good people.
 * 2) To Mr. Getty - for not giving us a quiz today.
 * 3) To Ms. Gilles - for your words of wisdom.
 * 4) To Katie C. - for a nice talk in the library. You're pretty chill.
 * 1) To Arielle and Jenelle - for celebrations!
 * 2) To Mom and Dad - for dinner.
 * 3) To Katie - for carrot poetry.
 * 4) To Mark-Phillip - for a good conversation. You're a cool kid.
 * 5) To Eddie at the post office - for your hilarious response.
 * 1) To Ms. Gilles - for your words on life, love, and driving in the rain. Also, for yelling 'YOU AIN'T GONNA GET ANY'.
 * 2) To Lauren and Talia - for bringing us candy canes and turning one into a shank, respectively.
 * 3) To Rilke - for "Day in Autumn"
 * 4) To Katie - for literary goddesses.
 * 5) To Sarah - for sand that didn't look like sand and blow-up boyfriends.
 * 1) To the Cal trombonists - for being awesome and playing Good King Wenceslas.
 * 2) To Chris - for your email. I love you.
 * 3) To my parents - for dinner party guests.
 * 1) To Teagan - for big plans.
 * 2) To Jonathan and the other dude with the curly hair - for telling me about your start-up and also being adorable. You guys rock.
 * 3) To Aunt Renee - for offering to set up up a lunch with Aunt Candy's friends.
 * 4) To Jenelle - for the tango.
 * 1) To Mrs. Utchen - for having the absolutely unimaginable courage necessary to confide in a classroom full of teenagers. It is an honor to have your trust, and to witness the depth of your perspective. We love you.
 * 2) To Mary Ruefle - for your open letter.
 * 3) To Millie - for rainy fun times.
 * 4) To Camille - for the flood updates. Stay safe, you weirdo.
 * 1) To Rebecca - for the odd little knot that has settled somewhere deep in my stomach. It's quite disconcerting, actually. If it doesn't go away soon, I may have to be angry at you.
 * 2) To Mr. Dunlap, Ms. Gilles, and Michael - for conversations about Bohemian Rhapsody and classic English literature and the death penalty and liberation theology all in one afternoon.
 * 3) To Jack - for the congressional snapchat conversation.
 * 4) To Seerat - for giving me your copy of the articles.
 * 1) To Jenelle - today was a good day.
 * 2) To Mrs. Doolittle - for going to take a nap.
 * 3) To Mom - for late-night Home Depot runs.
 * 1) To the guy at TSA - for nice words about the name Hannah.
 * 2) To Gary Shteyngart - for your beautiful, wonderful, moving, hilarious memoirs.
 * 3) To Jenelle - for parking lots and sun.
 * 1) To Mom - for keeping me sane and being a pack mule.
 * 2) To Lauren E. - for compliments.
 * 3) To Kate and Camille - for watching me dance.
 * 1) To Lauren F., Lily, Caitlin, Kate, Meghan, Hannah, and Kelley - for pulling it together at the last minute. I'm proud of you guys.
 * 2) To Kelley - for being an awesome partner, even if only for the last week of practice.
 * 3) To Eimear - for chipmunk dancing.
 * 1) To Dad - for helping me pack.
 * 2) To Mom - for getting me up and one the flight.
 * 3) To Lily and Hannah and Kate - for chillin'.
 * 1) To Jessica S. - for those moves. Damn, girl.
 * 2) To Izzy - for doing a really great job and being super awesome.
 * 3) To Emma - the universe /is/ trying to tell us something.
 * 4) To Jenelle - for decisions.
 * 1) To Hannah K. - for studying with me.
 * 2) To Mrs. Utchen - for complimenting my poetry presentation.
 * 3) To Ben - for painting and plans.
 * 1) To Olivia - for being really cool, and giving me your email address.
 * 2) To Mom - for intervening on my behalf.
 * 3) To Jenelle - for unexplained laughter and Virginia Woolf and letting me tell you about parasites.
 * 1) To Mom - for being really cool, and giving me good nickname stories. I love you.
 * 2) To Julie - for making me laugh
 * 3) To Cassandra - for slightly impaired essay-writing.
 * 1) To Mom and Dad - for making me sleep.
 * 2) To Meghan - for keeping me updated.
 * 3) To Mr. Bowling - for asking about my weekend.
 * 1) To Anshula - for important talks after school.
 * 2) To Brian - for irl hugs, trending up, and being there on those kinds of nights.
 * 3) To Meghan - for letting me know the schedule changes.
 * 1) To Lauren - for answering my questions.
 * 2) To Shannon - for some clarity.
 * 3) To Mom and Dad - for bringing food.
 * 4) To Jenelle - for letting me listen.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for bedroom floors.
 * 2) To Virginia Woolf - for supplemental essay inspiration.
 * 3) To Dad - for helping me inventory our life-time supply of ground beef.
 * 1) To Michael - for being amusing, albeit unintentionally.
 * 2) To Niall - for stepping in.
 * 3) To Kate and Hannah B. - for hugs. I've missed you guys.
 * 4) To Katie - for Brahms.
 * 1) To the kid who sits behind me in math class - every time I do that kind of problem I think about 'plug that shit in!' and it makes me laugh.
 * 2) To Camille - for joining the team.
 * 3) To Eimear - for giving up your first Saturday night in the states to help.
 * 4) To Mom and Dad - for letting me sleep.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for being brave.
 * 2) To Cassie - for listening.
 * 3) To Tailar and Laura and Kendall - for hugs and 'i love you' s.
 * 1) To Teagan - for continually validating my thoughts and feelings.
 * 2) To Eimear - I love you I love you I love you I love you I am so glad you're here.
 * 3) To Ms. Gilles and Mr. Dunlap - for fairy tales.
 * 4) To Uncle Walt - "I exist as I am, that is enough."
 * 5) To Charlotte Bronte - for so wonderfully explaining this mess that is my brain.
 * 1) To Dr. Setty - for a successful operation.
 * 2) To the anesthesiologist - for our conversation about metaphysics.
 * 3) To Arielle and Michael - go squad.
 * 4) To Eleanor - for skype laughter.
 * 1) To my team - for continuing to practice hard and improve, even at such a weird disadvantage.
 * 2) To Lauren - for being so so so helpful.
 * 3) To Seerat - teamwork!
 * 1) To Jenelle, Adele, and others - for a most wonderfully thought-provoking evening.
 * 2) To Ken Follett - wow.
 * 3) To the proctor of the SAT II tests - for being funny, and answering my questions.
 * 4) To Ankita - for waiting with me.
 * 1) To Women's lit - for a wonderful, profound, inspiring conversation. I love you all.
 * 2) To the parents - for your words of advice.
 * 3) To Ms. Gilles and Mr. Dunlap - for providing a space where students feel, above all, comfortable.
 * 4) To Brian - for a Shakespearean conversation.
 * 1) To Emma - for our chance meeting at the red light.
 * 2) To Lauren E. - for understanding.
 * 3) To Sarah J. - for making me smile every day, without fail.

"This is what you shall do; love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with the powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body."

I'm trying, Uncle Walt. I'm trying.

September 20, 2014 September 17, 2014 September 16, 2014 September 15, 2014 September 10, 2014
 * 1) To Mom and Dad - for offering me a way out.
 * 2) To Hank Chinaski - you make my brain feel endless.
 * 3) To Lily - for being a great last-minute partner.
 * 1) To Jenelle - yay!
 * 2) To Kate, Melanie, Jenelle, and Rohan - for complimenting my snapchat story.
 * 3) To Billie H. - you are my favorite.
 * 1) To Teagan -  ' It is okay to let yourself rest.'
 * 2) To Lauren E. - for your help.
 * 3) To Ms. Gilles - ah!
 * 1) To Ms. Bandrowski - for the hug.
 * 2) To Dad - for dropping off the form for me.
 * 3) To Richard Siken - for Scheherazade, which made me smile.

All I have for you today is this:

"You will be lost. There is no final home, there is no burial, there is only a constant scattering, a thwarted journey that takes you everywhere without offering you a way home, for there is no home, there is only this cold island and your dark self spread thinly upon it until you take up the wind's howl and mimic its loneliness you are not going home you are gone silence will claim you, suck your life down into its black waters and churn out stars that might remember you, but if they do they will not say, they will not say, and if no one will say your name you are forgotten I am forgotten."

September 9, 2014 September 8, 2014 September 7, 2014 September 6, 2014 September 5, 2014 September 3, 2014 September 1, 2014 August 31, 2014 August 28, 2014 August 27, 2014 August 26, 2014 August 25, 2014 August 4, 2014 August 3, 2014 July 27, 2014
 * 1) To Cassie - priorities.
 * 2) To Mom and Dad - for both going to the meeting.
 * 3) To Lauren - for a good talk today.
 * 1) To Mom - #wmp.
 * 2) To Uncle Walt - asdjfkl; you make me feel all the feelings.
 * 3) To Ms. Utchen - for a really interesting discussion today in class.
 * 1) To Teagan - for your advice and list camaraderie.
 * 2) To Jack - for a good chat about dreams.
 * 3) To Jane Eyre - <3
 * 1) To Dad - for a successful book outing.
 * 2) To the Little Prince - fall always makes me think of you.
 * 3) To Mom - for passing along the articles.
 * 1) To Hannah Kent - for writing a book that made me cry.
 * 2) To Ms. Gilles - 6th period is such a welcome break.
 * 3) To Ben - for music and promises.
 * 1) To Melanie - for the advice.
 * 2) To Dr. Buckway - for your interesting insight.
 * 3) To the students of AP french - for not giving a single, solitary crap. I love you guys.
 * 1) To Melanie - for checking up.
 * 2) To Mom - for giving me space to work.
 * 3) To Ms. Gilles - HAPPY BIRTHDAY
 * 1) To Kiera - for your letter.
 * 2) To Teagan - for helping.
 * 3) To Aunt Renee - for the ritual dinner preparations.
 * 1) To Emily and Diana - for complimenting my handwriting.
 * 2) To Dannick - for teaching me how french works.
 * 3) To Mrs. Utchen - for the merciful first timed write prompt.
 * 1) To Jenna - I love you so much.
 * 2) To Ava - for teaching me the new step.
 * 3) To Mrs. Rizza and Janis - for chatting.
 * 1) To Mom - for making that call.
 * 2) To my Women's Lit class - for thoughtfully and respectfully listening to what literally everyone in the whole class had to say. I can already tell that this is going to be a supportive and encouraging environment, and I don't even know most of your names yet.
 * 3) To Gina and Samantha - for offering me food after the BEES SWARMED MY SALAD
 * 4) To Gina again - for the hug 6th period; we've eaten lunch together every day since freshman year and it wasn't until today that I really felt like we were friends.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for being so sweet. It was really nice to see you today.
 * 2) To Mom and Dad - for being reassuring.
 * 3) To Ms. Gilles - <3
 * 1) To Jenelle - for a lovely conversation.
 * 2) To Cassandra - we haven't even talked today, I'm just glad you're in my life.
 * 3) To the common app - for making me feel sad and happy and a little bit nostalgic in that dreamy sort of way and for making me reflect on a life that, all in all, has been a lot more memorable than I usually think it is.
 * 1) To Melanie - you're right; I shouldn't bother anymore.
 * 2) To Uncle Walt - for helping me accept this new stuff, and let go of the old stuff.
 * 3) To you - I'll miss you.

i don't think anyone really reads these things and today wasn't a particularly gratitude-inspiring day, so instead of the usual list, i'm going to say that i'm grateful for my middle school librarian. i can't remember her name, which kind of makes me feel like a horrible person, but she was tall and had long curly hair, and she let me renew an old hardback copy of robert frost poems far more times than anyone was supposed to. in fact, i think i probably carried around that old book for most of sixth grade. and then the summer after that year, my parents got me my own copy of robert frost poems, which was paper back and smelled new and as never quite as /right/ as the old one. and many times, during seventh grade, i considered checking out the small book and saying i had lost it, and paying for a replacement, just so i could keep that raggedy old thing. it had a dusty pink cover, and stamped check-out dates in the front cover dating to the 60s, and it was full of secrets, and it felt like mine. i never did end up taking it; my ingrained sense of morality wouldn't allow for such an illicit exchange. i still think about it though, especially when i spot my own copy of robert frost on the shelf. (ext to a french dictionary on one side and It's Kind of a Funny Story on the other.) i hope there's somebody reading it, loving it as much as i did. i hope that librarian, wherever she is, is doing well. selfishly, i hope she remembers me.

July 19, 2014 July 18, 2014 July 17, 2014 July 14, 2014 July 13, 2014 July 12, 2014 July 11, 2014 July 10, 2014 July 8, 2014 July 6, 2014 June 26, 2014 I have one thing I'm not grateful for: June 21, 2014 June 20, 2014  June 19, 2014 June 18, 2014 June 17, 2014 June 16, 2014 June 15, 2014 June 12, 2014 June 11, 2014 June 10, 2014 June 9, 2014 June 8, 2014 June 7, 2014 June 5, 2014 June 4, 2014 June 3, 2014 June 2, 2014 June 1, 2014 May 31, 2014 May 28, 2014 May 26, 2014 May 25, 2014 May 24, 2014 May 23, 2013 May 22, 2014 May 21, 2014 May 20, 2014 May 19, 2014 May 18, 2014 May 17, 2014 May 16, 2014 May 15, 2014 May 14, 2014 May 13, 2014 May 12, 2014 May 11, 2014 May 10, 2014 May 9, 2014 May 8, 2014 May 7, 2014 May 6, 2014 May 5, 2014 May 3, 2014 May 1, 2014 April 30, 2014 April 29, 2014 April 28, 2014 April 27, 2014
 * 1) To Justin - true friends know one another's Chipotle orders. <3
 * 2) To Rain - DFTBA
 * 3) To Carina - for giving the green light on our idea.
 * 1) To Mom - for helping me figure out the whole ADP hullabaloo.
 * 2) To Casey - I miss you.
 * 3) To David - for your Sonata jokes. They made me laugh.
 * 1) To Iyabo - for your kindness.
 * 2) To Arielle - I love you. And I'm sorry. And I love you again.
 * 3) To Marc - for your feedback.
 * 1) To Melissa Rudge - for your email.
 * 1) To Mom and Dad - for your help.
 * 2) To Aron - uhhh yeah. for that.
 * 3) To Casey - for your email.
 * 1) To Brian - for saying hi in Target.
 * 2) To Mom - for crafting failures.
 * 3) To Julia - for your unique and informational perspective on Israel.
 * 1) To Rain - for our adventure.
 * 2) To Aron - for being hilarious.
 * 3) To Kristen - for walksies and talksies.
 * 1) To Sarah - for listening to my thoughts and feelings.
 * 2) To Rain, Anthony, and Kristen - for our coffee time.
 * 3) To Mom - for giving me directions.
 * 1) To Ada - I'm quickly realizing that there are things that I would only ever tell you, so thanks for listening.
 * 2) To Aron - for lunch
 * 3) To Kristen - for all your concern and generally being really cool.
 * 4) To Joshua and Mrs. Herman - for walking over for tomatoes.
 * 1) To Cass - for imaginary lives and hoarding.
 * 2) To Mom - for helping with basic life functions when I can't walk.
 * 3) To Carina - for the encouraging text.
 * 1) To Mom - for coffee.
 * 2) To Lisa - for complimenting my work.
 * 3) To Iyabo - for being wonderful oh my gosh
 * 4) To Desmond - for prezi-presenting.
 * 1) To Wikia - oh my gosh what the hell is this new-fangled editing system why can't i make anything bold do you not know i'm technologically challenged?!??
 * 1) To Aunt Renee, Uncle David, Anna, and Alex - for coming to visit.
 * 2) To Mom - for parcel-making fun.
 * 3) To Keflex - for helping me get better.
 * 1) To Anna - for sitting with me on the plane.
 * 2) To Aunt Renee - for the book.
 * 3) To Mom and Dad - for picking me up at SFO.
 * 1) To Desiree - for driving us to the ER.
 * 2) To Aunt Renee - for making me go.
 * 3) To Kathy - for your expertise.
 * 4) To the grew - for the fiery send-off.
 * 5) To Hannah - for the words of encouragement.
 * 6) To Trev - for your pick-up lines. (If you were older they definitely would have worked.)
 * 1) To Franziska - for sharing a tent with me and being so excited about the snow.
 * 2) To Sallyann and Will - for teaching me how to play Hearts.
 * 3) To Tiff and Hannah - for letting me and Rachel help with dinner.
 * 4) To Trev - for being adorable, playing mind games, and helping with the fry bread.
 * 5) To Joe - for being so good with the girls.
 * 1) To Beth and Olivia - for canoeing with me.
 * 2) To Kelsi - for asking nice questions.
 * 3) To the crew - for complimenting my ability to not fall off the horse.
 * 1) To Jordan, Rachel Beaver, Lauren, and Trev - for Farkle.
 * 2) To Kelsi - for teaching me how to drive.
 * 3) To Jeff - for learning everyone's names.
 * 1) To Franziska, Dan, Rachel Crane, and Olivia - for an amusing dinner.
 * 2) To Aunt Renee - for being so organized on the flight.
 * 3) To the kids that yelled out the car window - for making me laugh.
 * 1) To Mr. Rossi - for an enjoyable last period.
 * 2) To Rachel - for letting us crash your house.
 * 3) To Casey - for your email.
 * 1) To Conner - for a really enjoyable evening.
 * 2) To Alex - for your hilarious horror stories.
 * 3) To Chris - for setting the volunteer opportunity up.
 * 4) To Jack - for feels about Orange is the New Black.
 * 1) To Joel - for a fun night and ice cream adventures.
 * 2) To Rebecca - for coming from Berkeley to see us play.
 * 3) To Ms. Bigelow - for making me a better musician and a better person.
 * 4) To Oliver - for making the ethics final fun.
 * 1) To Dad - for listening to Rachmaninov loudly with me.
 * 2) To Samantha - for our conversation at lunch.
 * 1) To Sappho - Lobel-Page 42 / Wharton 16.
 * 2) To the APUSH group - for meeting at the library.
 * 3) To Brianna - for a fun time this morning.
 * 1) To Emily - for camaraderie over not being memorized.
 * 2) To Ms. Bigelow - for letting us not be memorized.
 * 3) To Dad - for driving us down.
 * 4) To Katie - for spending your first concert with me, and your comment about the stars.
 * 1) To Rachel and Brian - YOU GUYS ARE SO AMAZING <3
 * 2) To Katie - for being able to come aw yeah.
 * 3) To Lana - for sharing some really good information and answering all of my questions.
 * 1) To Katie - for thoughts on poetry.
 * 2) To Kate and Camille - for always being there, and also for exchanging college essays.
 * 3) To Rachel - for inviting me.
 * 4) To Brianna - JUNE 21ST.
 * 1) To Ms. Bigelow - for convincing me to try.
 * 2) To Katie - for showing me the Chicago prompts.
 * 3) To Mikayla, Rachel, Sydney, and Jack - for remembering all your lines and doing really well.
 * 1) To the lang group - for working so hard on the project.
 * 2) To Rachel - for staying up late with me.
 * 3) To Dad - for being understanding.
 * 1) To Rachel - for facilitating my first (and probably only) illegal act, and for giving me directions.
 * 2) To Brian - for working on the 1940s presentation.
 * 3) To Dad - for running with me.
 * 1) To Sophia and Isabel - for a lovely evening.
 * 2) To Aamir - for the tour of your apartment and the creative use of language.
 * 3) To Flo - for being ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS.
 * 4) To Reenah - for driving us out to the city.
 * 5) To Brian and Rachel - for both separately agreeing to meet tomorrow.
 * 1) To Dr. Maya Angelou - people will never forget how you made them feel.
 * 2) To Rachel - for your opinions on the Bell Jar.
 * 3) To Melanie - for your help.
 * 1) To Cassie - for understanding my OITNB issue.
 * 2) To Dad and Ben - for going downtown with me.
 * 3) To Mom - for helping with the crossword puzzle.
 * 1) To Mom and Dad - for gardening with me.
 * 2) To Ben - for complimenting my plum cake.
 * 3) To Mark and Mary - for coming over for dinner.
 * 1) To Jack - for saying hi at Peet's.
 * 2) To Mom - for helping me clean and our San Francisco adventures.
 * 3) To Aunt Renee and co. - for ice cream and magic.
 * 1) To Katie, Melanie, Rachel x 2, Adrianna, and Colin - for a fun/exhausting/really long evening.
 * 2) To Ms. Nevis - for (probably) curving the final.
 * 3) To Katie - for letting me know about the new EP.
 * 1) To Camille - for offering to drive me home.
 * 2) To Michael - for sending me the new steps.
 * 3) To Ms. Nevis - for complimenting my notecard.
 * 1) To Cassandra and Sarah - for a really fun day.
 * 2) To Mr. Nelson - for your undeserved and unnecessary compliments.
 * 3) To Aunt Renee - for coming to the ceremony.
 * 1) To Ben - for being entertaining this evening and helping with dinner.
 * 2) To Mr. Dunlap - for Princess Bride quotes, Mithridatism, and 'missing your peeps'; we missed you too.
 * 3) To Uncle Walt - for the constant literary reassurance.
 * 1) To Mom - for the talk and the plans.
 * 2) Sydney T - for your clarification about the worksheets.
 * 3) To Camille - for so unabashedly loving the world.
 * 1) To Claire - for bringing over the books.
 * 2) To Mom - for offering to help.
 * 3) To Mary - for the undeserved compliments.
 * 4) To Katie - for the fun times and bio doodles.
 * 1) To all the kids I judged - for being such wonderful, brave, intelligent speakers.
 * 2) To Sarah and Rohan - for being such good friends for Anshula.
 * 3) To Mom, Dad, and Ben - for a nice evening.
 * 1) To Mr. Nelson - for being my favorite teacher. It's been wonderful.
 * 2) To Rachel, Melanie, and Clare - for a fun time in Lang.
 * 3) To Mr. Pena - for asking about my day.
 * 1) Mom - for dinner.
 * 2) To Kate and Camille - for help with formulating the brilliant plan.
 * 3) To Kenia - for thoughts about duality, the experience of being an identical twin, and terminal illness.
 * 4) To Ms. Buckley - for the grilled cheese. As Clare put it: 'that's so sweet! she doesn't even know us like she knows those kids!!!'
 * 1) To Mr. Dunlap - for making me smile durig the US History exam.
 * 2) To Melanie - for the interesting conversation about dress codes.
 * 3) To Brian - for sharing the Benford Law story.
 * 4) To Mom - for the barefoot walk.
 * 1) To Mr. Nelson - for being so amusing in Lang.
 * 2) To Jack - for eating the grapes outside and laughing about tumblr with me.
 * 3) To Ms. Bigelow - for the metronome exercise.
 * 1) To Kate and Camille - for wishing me luck.
 * 2) To the kid who sat next to me during the bio exam - for not tapping your pencil or jiggling your foot. I really appreciate it.
 * 3) To Brian, Rachel, and Elina - for agreeing to be in a lab group with  me.
 * 4) To Rohan - for offering me your honors physics stuff.
 * 1) To Casey - for your tumblr ask.
 * 2) To Aunt Renee - for making lunch.
 * 3) To Mom - for being so lovely.
 * 1) To Kate - for being my partner.
 * 2) To Brian and Rachel - for studying with me.
 * 3) To Mary, Chris, Ben, Mark, Noah, Mom, and Dad - for the pizza and the games of Sequence.
 * 1) To Jenelle and Brian - for laughs before the AP Lang test.
 * 2) To Arielle - for the hug and letting me complain.
 * 3) To Ben - for letting me come to your concert.
 * 1) To Mr. Nelson - for your pep talk in preparation for the AP test.
 * 2) To Rachel and Katie - for making me laugh in bio.
 * 3) To Kate - Я тоже тебя люблю.
 * 1) To Mom - for making me tea.
 * 2) To Camille - for the advice about my knee.
 * 3) To Kate, Liz, Brian, Bryan, Jessica, and Agustina - for your polyglot words of love.
 * 1) To Mr. Nelson - THANK YOU SO MUCH I AM SO EXCITED!
 * 2) To Brian - for step one and step two.
 * 3) To Hannah L. - for your text.
 * 1) To Dad - for being.
 * 2) To Cass - for sending me bunnies.
 * 3) To Jacqueline du Pre - for your Elgar, and your Dvorak, and your Saint-Saens.
 * 1) To Ms. Gilles - for your email.
 * 2) To Taktakishvili - for quite a bit of modes inspiration.
 * 3) To the girl wearing the glasses - for showing me the way.
 * 1) To Sarah - for listening.
 * 2) To Amir - for wanting to be my mentor.
 * 3) To Dr. Maria - for the offers, which were quite amusing.
 * 1) To Kate - for music theory giggles.
 * 2) To Dad - for a nice walk, and your advice.
 * 1) To Ms. Bigelow - for the metronome practice and rubato advice.
 * 2) To Kate - for laughing at my 'stop re-reading tfios' list.
 * 3) To Mr. Nelson - for complimenting my visual argument.
 * 1) To Jenelle - for the hug at the AP meeting today. I wish we got to talk more.
 * 2) To Hannah L. - for helping me with the new jig.
 * 3) To Caitlin - for thanking me so nicely.
 * 1) To Kate - for chatting today.
 * 2) To Melanie - for the help with my visual argument.
 * 3) To Dr. Montgomery - for getting back to me so quickly, and being so nice.

April 26, 2014 April 25, 2014 April 24, 2014 April 22, 2014 April 13 - 21, 2014 April 12, 2014 April 11, 2014 April 10, 2014 April 9, 2014 April 7, 2014 April 6, 2014 April 2, 2014 April 1, 2014 March 31, 2014 March 30, 2014 March 29, 2014 March 28, 2014 March 27, 2014 March 25, 2014 March 24, 2014 March 22, 2014 March 21, 2014 March 20, 2014 March 17, 2014 March 15, 2014 March 13, 2014 March 12, 2014 March 11, 2014 March 10, 2014 March 9, 2014 March 8, 2014 March 7, 2014 March 6, 2014 March 5, 2014 March 2, 2014 March 1, 2014 February 28, 2014 February 27, 2014 February 26, 2014 February 25, 2014 February 23, 2014 February 20, 2014 February 19, 2014 February 18, 2014 February 17, 2014 February 16, 2014 February 14, 2014 February 13, 2014 February 12, 2014 February 11, 2014 February 10, 2014 February 8, 2014 February 7, 2014 February 4, 2014 February 1, 2014 January 31, 2014 January 30, 2014 January 29, 2014 January 28, 2014 January 27, 2014 January 26, 2014 January 25, 2014 January 21, 2014 January 20, 2014 January 19, 2014 January 18, 2014 January 17, 2014 January 16, 2014 January 15, 2014 January 13, 2014 January 12, 2014 January 11, 2014 January 9, 2014 January 8, 2014 January 7, 2014 January 6, 2014 January 4, 2014 January 3, 2014 January 2, 2014
 * 1) To Arielle - for giving me a ride.
 * 2) To Saavatri - for the dinner conversation.
 * 3) To Lauren and Grace - for being so organized.
 * 1) To Mom - for tea, my one and only true love.
 * 2) To Katie - for fun times in bio.
 * 3) To Dad - for saying 'sheep puppy' instead of 'lamb', and all the hilarity that followed.
 * 1) To Hannah L. - for your apology, and the ensuing conversation.
 * 2) To Mr. Nelson - for being quite nice about my timed writes, and offering your congratulations.
 * 3) To Grace and Lauren - for organizing the surprise.
 * 4) To Sarah - for making cookies!
 * 1) To Ms. Bigelow - for your congratulations.
 * 2) To Mr. Nelson - for putting me in the most amazing lit circle.
 * 3) To Naomi - for making me smile.
 * 1) To my teammates: Jenna, Riley, Colleen, Eleanor, Mary, Kenzie, and Hannah L. - for your hundreds of hours of work, unfailing determination, and supportiveness, especially in the pressure of backstage. La vie est belle, mes amies.
 * 2) To Kate and Camille - for the plentiful laughter, the fantastic innuendo games, and the sharing of pockets to escape the predatory Marks & Spencers men.
 * 3) To Mom - for being my pack mule and getting coffee.
 * 4) To Michael, Libbi, Lauren. Mary Anne, and Noreen - for all of your help in getting me to London and preparing me for the competition.
 * 1) To Kate - for helping me pack.
 * 2) To Dad - for motivating me.
 * 3) To Mom - for surprising me with books and tea.
 * 1) To Mary - for bringing all the stuff for London.
 * 2) To Mr. Nelson - for complementing my timed writes and agreeing to help me.
 * 3) To Ms. Nevis - for making it a partner quiz.
 * 4) To Katie - for taking the quiz with me, and making me laugh.
 * 1) To Rachel - for Lit Circle excitement.
 * 2) To Ben - for helping make dinner with me.
 * 3) To Dad - for being really supportive, even when my choices are questionable.
 * 1) To Arielle - for lunch conversations.
 * 2) To Cassandra - for Snape and Sweeney Todd truffles.
 * 3) To the kid that sits behind me in math class, whose name I have forgotten - for keeping me awake.
 * 1) To Dad - for bringing me tea.
 * 2) To Dr. Vail - for being kind and realistic.
 * 3) To Lisa the x-ray tech - for smiling a lot.
 * 1) To Michael and Lauren - for getting up early to work with us.
 * 2) To Jenna - for being the best partner anyone could ask for.
 * 3) To Mrs. Rizza - for your many hundreds of hours of work putting together the drama.
 * 1) To Rachel - for giving me a heart attack and laughing with me in the parking lot.
 * 2) To Mr. Rossi - for making the CASSPP (or whatever) entertaining, if not intellectually stimulating.
 * 3) To Uncle David - for the SQL crash course.
 * 1) To Mom - for taking care of me at four in the morning.
 * 2) To Dad - for staying home for the day.
 * 3) To Kate - for the babushka selfies.
 * 1) To Hans - for understanding and relating to the dust analogy.
 * 2) To Virginia Woolf - for the brilliance in To the Lighthouse.
 * 3) To Mom - for waiting and letting me open the package.
 * 1) To Mrs. Chaplan - for the nice farmer's market conversation.
 * 2) To Mom - for soup plans and helping me clean.
 * 3) To Mrs. Rizza - for being encouraging and offering to get ice.
 * 1) To Jenna - for being a fantastic partner-in-crime.
 * 2) To Michael - for the much-needed validation.
 * 3) To Mom - for sewing adventures.
 * 4) To Dad - for helping me reorganize.
 * 1) To Brian and Alison - for getting through lang with me.
 * 2) To F Scott Fitzgerald - for not making Gatsby any longer than it actually is.
 * 3) To Colleen - for keeping me updated with schedule changes.
 * 1) To Mrs. Bigelow - for the etude help.
 * 2) To Janelle - for HUGZ.
 * 3) To Cassie - for bunnies and such.
 * 4) To Mom - for letting me focus and bringing me thai food.
 * 1) To Ms. Lamson - for your help and clarification.
 * 2) To Mr. Pena - for letting me come early to make up the test.
 * 3) To Mr. Nelson - for your amusing frozen yogurt story and generally just being fun, even 1st period.
 * 1) To Mme - for your scheduling help.
 * 2) To Derek - for being (kind of not really sort of) entertaining in APUSH
 * 3) To Katie R - for coming to visit; it was really nice to catch up.
 * 1) To Brianna - for a fun afternoon.
 * 2) To Lauren - for coming in early to help.
 * 3) To Jenna - for making me laugh.
 * 1) To Dad - for the flowers.
 * 2) To Mom - for the tea.
 * 3) To Samantha - for the offer.
 * 1) To Dad - for your thoughts on Woolf, Plath, Bukowski, and the treatment of mental illness in twentieth century literature.
 * 2) To Mr. Van Winkle - for giving me a ride home.
 * 3) To Ms. Bigelow - for being understanding about the Beethoven.
 * 1) To Cassie - for conversations and moral support.
 * 2) To Mr. Nelson - for giving us a work day in lang tomorrow.
 * 3) To Brianna - for the talk and your help.
 * 1) To Saavitri, Bonnie, Hanrin, Arielle, and Jenelle - for the ladies lounge conversation.
 * 2) To Michael - for pointing out the imbalance of power within the team.
 * 3) To my friends - for a wonderful evening.
 * 1) To Alison - for the seriously odd conversation and lots of laughs.
 * 2) To Kate - for twinsie curling iron burns.
 * 3) To Clare - for running the performance efficiently.
 * 1) To Lauren - for being helpful during set class.
 * 2) To my team - for trying really hard to set up opportunities for practice.
 * 3) To Mr Rossi - if I know one thing, it's the titles of Hemingway novels. (the rest of the test, not so much...)
 * 1) To Ms. Nevis - for not giving us a pop quiz on the reading I didn't do.
 * 2) To Alison - for sharing that APUSH pdf with me for study purposes.
 * 3) To Kate - for our exciting Friday night plans.
 * 1) To Mom - for getting sushi and going on a walk with me.
 * 2) To Oliver and Gabby - for leading the very amusing discussion in Lang today.
 * 3) To McKenzie - for getting ice for my ankle during practice and commiserating about labral tears.
 * 1) To Ms. Bigelow - for being willing to change my lesson slot to accommodate extra dance practices.
 * 2) To Hannah L - for scheduling said practices; I'm sure they'll help.
 * 3) To Kate and Camille - for exploration, dumplings, and chipmunk discussions.
 * 1) To Ciaran - for the email!
 * 2) To Ms. Rix - for stopping to say hi.
 * 3) To Mom - for going shopping with me.
 * 1) To Claire - for smiling.
 * 2) To Ms. Gilles - for your beautiful, wonderful, flattering, and entirely undeserved letter.
 * 3) To Meghan - for trying to make my day better.
 * 1) To Jane - for the random 1:30 am conversation and the promise to schedule a hike.
 * 2) To Ms. Gilles - for writing me the letter and being the most understanding, caring, wonderful person.
 * 3) To Camille - for helping me with the treble jig and staying at class even after Kate abandoned us to study.
 * 1) To Katie - for music talk and fangirling.
 * 2) To Dad - for Vietnamese and Chopin.
 * 3) To Meghan - for complimenting my rhythm.
 * 1) To Melanie - for your work on Dexter.
 * 2) To Mike - for getting lunch.
 * 3) To Mary - for bringing snacks.
 * 1) To Mr. Morley - for your gorgeous song.
 * 2) To Kate and Camille - for getting me through 13 hours of performance.
 * 3) To Mr. and Mrs. Rizza - for all of your invaluable help.
 * 1) To Mom and Dad - for making me laugh and explaining the Ukraine.
 * 2) To Naomi - for taking my math homework to class.
 * 3) To Keegan - for your help with the lab and offering to stay in at lunch.
 * 1) To Ms. Nevis - for moving the Bio test again.
 * 2) To Matthew - for Barnes and Noble hugs.
 * 3) To Camille - for laughs in show rehearsal.
 * 1) To Brian - for caring.
 * 2) To Meghan - for smiling during class.
 * 3) To Ms. Nevis - for moving the Bio test.
 * 4) To Sarah - for lists of happy things.
 * 1) To Ms. Bigelow - for complimenting my interpretation.
 * 2) To Alison, Cassie, and Sarah - for dress talk and laughs.
 * 3) To Dad - for letting me skip dance.
 * 1) To Mom - for making tea.
 * 2) To Lauren - for staying late to help me practice.
 * 3) To Dad - for finding my key.
 * 1) To Mike - for working on Dexter today at lunch.
 * 2) To Grace, Lauren, and Samantha - for helping me with the bird poop cleanup.
 * 3) To Naomi - for hugs.
 * 1) To Michael - for complimenting my work.
 * 2) To Cassie - for snuggles and understanding.
 * 3) To Dr. Sawyer - for giving me your honest opinion.
 * 1) To Oma - for liking the Chopin.
 * 2) To Kelley - for letting me try and explain biology to you.
 * 3) To Lauren - for being reassuring.
 * 1) To Camille and Julia - for making me laugh.
 * 2) To Kate - for driving and letting us see your room, even though it was messy.
 * 3) To Libbi - for a fun choreography practice.
 * 1) To Dad - for our little outing.
 * 2) To Liz - for translating.
 * 3) To Rosie - for letting me call you Rosie.
 * 1) To Mom - for knowing all the words to 'Bennie and the Jets.'
 * 2) To Mr. Nelson - for being enthusiastic about figure skating.
 * 3) To Cortney - for forcing me outside of my comfort zone in the new choreography.
 * 1) To Chopin - for, you know, being a bro. Doing the music thing.
 * 2) To Jamie - for making me laugh.
 * 3) To  Mom - for trying to help me feel better.
 * 1) To my Wendesday 5:00 class - for making me smile, even when I'm stressed and tired.
 * 2) To Mme. Sass - for pushing back the French test.
 * 3) To Kate and Camille - for the lunch plans.
 * 1) To Brian - for sharing the amazing story idea.
 * 2) To Dad - for keeping me company in the car.
 * 3) To Sydney - for blowing my mind with the oympics talk in Lang.
 * 1) To Meghan - for the valuable advice.
 * 2) To Claire - for being all smiley.
 * 3) To Kestra - for asking, and listening to my response.
 * 1) To my parents - for giving me space.
 * 2) To John Hull - for 'Notes on Blindness,' which is utterly and profoundly beautiful.
 * 3) To the hiker I passed on the trail - for smiling at me.
 * 1) To Katie - for laughs and help during the bio quiz.
 * 2) To Tricia - for staying late to help me.
 * 3) To Sarah - for letting me see your speech.
 * 1) To Brian - for being the best friend anyone could ever ask for, as well as for helping me memorize muscles this morning.
 * 2) To Cassie - for, well, you know.
 * 3) To Casey and Matt - for an eye-opening morning.
 * 1) To Kate and Camille - for  laughs during practice.
 * 2) To Cassie and Sarah - for essays.
 * 3) To Casey - for a great conversation.
 * 1) To the driving test guy - for passing me!
 * 2) To Brian - for anecdotes and friendship.
 * 3) To Dad - for apologizing.
 * 1) To Dad - for the advice about tomorrow.
 * 2) To Kate - for laughing with me.
 * 3) To Meghan - for teaching me the set.
 * 1) To Sarah - for the drawings.
 * 2) To Clare - for surprising me with your advice and critiques.
 * 3) To Claire - for making the car ride entertaining.
 * 1) To Millie - for companionship and puppy snuggles.
 * 2) To Mom - for letting me be alone.
 * 3) To Ms. Bigelow - for your support with the concerto.
 * 1) To Dad - for backing me up.
 * 2) To Brian - for your advice and your trust in me.
 * 3) To Ben - for walking the dog.
 * 1) To Brian - for letting me try to help.
 * 2) To Mom - for driving me home.
 * 3) To Dvorak - for being a cool dude, and writing the cello concerto.
 * 1) To Walt Whitman - for singlehandedly getting me through finals week.
 * 2) To Arielle - for the past, the present, and so much future.
 * 3) To Kaavian - for being surprisingly comforting before the SAT.
 * 1) To Brian - for my newfound ability to name the first 19 presidents in order.
 * 2) To Dad - for the tea.
 * 3) To Marie - for the cross-Atlantic Skype chat.
 * 1) To my teachers - for expanding my mind. Note that I'm thanking you /before/ finals begin.
 * 2) To Brian - for reassuring me.
 * 3) To Mom - for stocking up on tea in preparation for this week.
 * 1) To Dr. Byron Smith - I suppose I've been thankful to you every day for ten years, now.
 * 2) To Nikolai Grozni - for Wunderkind, which routinely makes me laugh, cry, and think.
 * 3) To Great Uncle Rick - for the wonderful thoughts.
 * 1) To Mom - for singing in the car.
 * 2) To Riley - for making me take a nap.
 * 3) To Kate - for the advice.
 * 1) To Libby - for being lovely and giving me a ride to the city.
 * 2) To the servers at the Italian restaurant - for laughing with us, singing in Italian, and dancing in the empty restaurant.
 * 3) To Eleanor - for the atypical dinner-table discussion.
 * 1) To Clare - for your wonderful impromptu analysis in the Lang presentation.
 * 2) To Mr. Nelson - for being enthusiastic and making me smile.
 * 3) To Kate - for forcing me to motivate.
 * 1) To Brian - because it is such a mysterious place, the land of tears.
 * 2) To Casey - for accepting my apology with grace.
 * 3) To Ms. Threet - for allowing us to use the classroom at lunch.
 * 1) To Hanrin - for starting the conversation.
 * 2) To Michael - for making me stay till it was 'brilliant'.
 * 3) To Kestra - for hugging and laughing and commiserating.
 * 1) To Cassie - for the picture swap.
 * 2) To Noah - for being a fellow peppermint soap enthusiast.
 * 3) To Camille - for your endless russian mob jokes.
 * 1) To my Parents - for being cool, well-informed, entertaining people.
 * 2) To Liz - for the puppy play-date.
 * 3) To Tailar - for your letter and your love.
 * 1) To Cassie - for the hourly check-ins and procrastination camaraderie.
 * 2) To Mom - for allowing me to commandeer the office.
 * 3) To Kate - for keeping me updated and holding me accountable.
 * 1) To Dad - for your continued role as tea maker.
 * 2) To Camille - for reminding me that there is life outside APUSH.
 * 3) To Ben - for making me dinner.
 * 1) To Cassie - for being insane, loveable, and Disney-savvy.
 * 2) To Mrs. Bigelow - for letting me swap the Liszt for the Chopin.
 * 3) To Kelly - for all of your work concerning the practical.
 * 1) To Sarah - for getting it on so many levels.
 * 2) To Brian - for making me take a break.
 * 3) To Cassie - for understanding my frustration.
 * 1) To Mr. Khoury - for walking me home after a stressful evening.
 * 2) To the teacher of that first aid class I took - for the suddenly useful knowledge.
 * 3) To Michael - for making me fix all the little problems.
 * 1) To various friends - for your monsters.
 * 2) To Noah - for making me smile.
 * 3) To Dad - for breaking out the cappuccino machine.
 * 1) To Alison - for understanding that Shostakovich was a babe.
 * 2) To Olivia - for your unfailing smile and optimism.
 * 3) To Alex - for the tidbits of information I would never know without you.

January 1, 2014 (!!!) December 31, 2013 December 30, 2013 
 * 1) To Casey - for your unfathomable bravery.
 * 2) To Katie - for reminding me of how lucky I am.
 * 3) To Dad - for making the block so we could finish the movement.
 * 1) To my family - for surrounding me with love, support, and mugs of tea.
 * 2) To my friends - for making my heart bigger.
 * 3) To my team - for the blood, sweat, pep talks, and happy tears. It's been incredible.
 * 1) To Sarah - for sharing your thoughts, and asking me for books.
 * 2) To Brian - for making this thing.
 * 3) To Kate - for reminding me about London.