one more dawn…one more day…

Posted by beth on March 5, 2008

ONE!! DAY!! MOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!! Sorry. That was just a little Les Miserables reference for all you musical geeks out there. Oh, and it’s Bethday tomorrow. Hug me.

I keep wanting to post some insightful, poignant musing about growing older and everything I’ve learned over the past year, but nothing’s coming out. Maybe tomorrow. For now, let’s just do a recap of fun things that have happened since I’ve been 27. It’s been quite a year, I tell ya. I have:

• literally walked at least 100 miles
• mapped out plans for at least three different stage musicals
• given animals a break from my intestines
• given my intestines a break from animals
• gone out on dates (and/or informational meetings) with more guys than any of my previous years (maybe all my previous years combined…it’s sad, really)
• had some INSANE dreams
• learned to pole dance
• gone on yet another extremely last minute trip to NYC
• spent New Year’s there…again
• taken on more than I thought I could handle, and survived
• watched people have more than any person should have to handle thrust upon them, and survive
• retired the letter jacket (mostly)
• taken a lot of chances
• written a lot…A LOT
• attended a VERY eventful farm party in Holly Springs
• hosted many a film/food event
• planned out film/food events through this time next year
• hosted a Rockin’ Roller Romp (which we need to do again SOON)
• gone to…hang on, let me count…like a bazillion weddings
• spent Independence Day in our nation’s capital
• seen license plates from EVERY STATE here in the Triangle
• discovered Flight of the Conchords, which changed my life
• come up with TWO book ideas
• raised over $2000 for breast cancer research, educational programs and aid (and still going…give here)
• helped the dirtydish to go monthly!!
• watched as the dirtydish died a slow, atrophying death
• begun working in earnest to bring dirtydish back!!
• got fake-engaged
• got the most incredible blisters EVER
• decided to do the thing that got me those blisters again, like the crazy person I am
• coined the term “anyhoe”

Wow. Seriously, I’ve been busy. If you’d like to share any other memorable moments from the past year, feel free. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we? That would make me so happy…especially if you won’t be available to hug me tomorrow. Or even if you will. LOVE!

*Special thanks to Whitney for helping me remember all of these things. For your entertainment, the first six things she listed were:

1. you became vegan

2. and then you stopped eating all animal product foods

3. and then you didn’t eat cheese anymore

4. and then you went totally off chicken–like cold turkey… or cold tofurkey

5. and you also stay away from milk now

6. and you no longer eat the things you used to
   

Thanks, buddy.