Ode to 2009

OH 2009! You were....fantastic.


Favorites (in no particular order)
Movies:
- Inglourious Basterds
- (500) Days of Summer
- Up
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- District 9, Avatar


Albums/ Artists I added to my listening repertoire:
- Muse- Resistance
- Spiro- Elephant Song
- John Mayer- Battle Studies
- Bon Iver
- She & Him


Singles:
"Sweet Disposition"- The Temper Trap
"My Girls"- Animal Collective
"No You Girls"- Franz Ferdinand
"Prospekt's March"- Coldplay
"My Love"- The Bird and the Bee


Great Moments:
- Blustery ferry rides to and from Bainbridge
- Study break talks over soy milk in the UCU dining room
- California Road Trip '09: The laughing, the singing, the yelling, the sunbathing, the lodging. What a ride.
- Leading freshman group
- Answered prayers 
- Running in the early morning of spring quarter
- A warm spring! Sunshine, laying in the grass, frisbee throwing
- UCU ultimate
- Beach Bash at Lake Wenatchee
- 4-per silliness
- LBC staff 2009: 11 weeks of bliss! Early morning runs in the warm rain, 8:10 morning meetings, meal time silliness, "lifeguarding" (aka getting a tan), cute kids, annoying kids, Ron Hutchcraft, chatting on the deck, late night tom foolery, Kathleen's hugs, friendships, endless laughter...(I mean, let's be honest here--I lived up at my favorite place with some of my favorite people for a summer. I could go on for a while here.)
- Getting to see my favorite bands in concert: Travis, Coldplay, Muse
- Tim and Ashley's Wedding in Knoxville, TN
- Unexpectantly getting into UW's Public Health major
- My soul sistas of Umin
- New home
- New experiences


I have been so blessed and learned a lot this year. 2009 was great! I loved it all.