My Year (In Twitter Updates)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:30:00 -0500

Saw an app on Facebook that takes a bunch of random statuses from your year and makes a collage of random events in your life.

Made me think, what if instead I were to pick out the important ones and see how well I could summarize my year and the things that were important to me…

This is my attempt:

January:

just got the most important and most exciting email of my life from the Galen T. Brown Foundation — i’m freaking out over here.
interview for full ride today at 10, leaving now. pray!
I got the scholarship! Don’t know yet exactly how much money it is for. Will find out in 3-4 weeks.
Einstein’s special theory of relativity is blowing my mind. Maybe I should major in physics…
Listening to some old school john mayer & trying to figure out why I care about parametric equations

February:

Hanging out at maggie’s
Just got a job offer from chevron. Way excited about the salary and the connections to be made. Sad that it is in louisiana.
just got the info on the brown scholarship. looks like TAMU is taken care of!
finding it insanely hard to motivate myself to do school, a problem I’ve never really had before
i was excited about being right across the lake from new orleans this summer. then i found out its a 26 mile wide lake! http://is.gd/j62B
laughing because I’m just now realizing that the current project I’m managing at work is an over $15,000 project
think i just found the perfect car - going to look at it this week with my dad - http://is.gd/jMmE
I’M GETTING THE CAR!!!! HE TOOK THE OFFER!!!! WOOOOO!!!! i’m totally freaking out over here…

March:

contemplating the philosophical observations c.s. lewis makes in his book “A Grief Observed” for a paper i’m writing.
nuclear chemistry: the only interesting part of my entire chem AP course
back from a great time with maggie. went to starbucks and tried the london fog latte. highly recommended for fellow tea lovers. #starbucks

April:

today: lunch with everyday sunday, learned some photoshop (thnx @frankhart), and now free everyday Sunday concert tonight! 6:30 at crosspt
beginning the cramming for the chem AP exam. if i get a 4 i never have to take chem again!
divorced mom has to go back to work to support the kids while her ex has just bought himself a new dodge viper = not cool
good thing of the day: REI giving me a brand new tent & sleeping pad to replace the ones I was having problems with. I <3 REI

May:

There’s a reason why Lebron is MVP and Kobe isn’t. One makes his team better while the other has to cry to the refs and take cheap shots.
reallllly stressing about this chem AP test. argh.
i have so much chemistry in my head. too bad i’ll forget it all 2 hours after the test tomorrow.
just finished last day at crosspoint. i will miss the great crosspt staff.
powerful video asking people what god is. only one christian. europe is sad. http://bit.ly/e3Sq6
leaving katy. everything I own is in my car. crazy feeling. gearing up for the 5.5 hour drive to new orleans
kinda pysched that the pipeline field engineering supervisor just gave me his card and told me to call him after a couple of years at TAMU

June:

goodbye windows mobile & sprint. hello android & t-mobile.
An engineer is upset that I want him to reboot. He doesn’t want to close his 43 windows that are open. No, I’m not exaggerating
Chilling by the pool with all the interns. Good times
Just drove 7 hours to surprise maggie at work. She was surprised/shocked/happy. Worth the drive after working 9 hours for sure
Chevron is starting a team for the local Indoor Soccer League. Way excited.

July:

Indoor soccer with all the other athletically gited interns. Well athletically gifted for engineers anyway
The IT Manager set me up to meet with the head Facilities Engineer for Gulf of Mexico. Meeting starts in 12 minutes
dear monday, i hate you now and forever.

August:

presentation at 1:10 today. little nervous, need to flush out a couple of slides between now and then
Presentation went great, thanks all. Supervisor told me I was fantastic
At the helicopter hangar in Picayune. No wifi or cell coverage here. With another IT guy, we don’t appreciate feeling this disconnected
final performance review in 15 minutes
nailed it. ranked in the top 15%. supervisor is sending off recommendations to all of the places i’m interested in working in.
wow, can’t believe it is the 2nd to last day of my internship already. come home on saturday, then college!
Just saw District 9 with Shane. Movie of the year for sure.
Last day in katy before leaving for Fish Camp at 6am tomorrow. Bought a bike, now to finish up packing.

September:

Engineering 111 is going to be fun but hard. The professors are awesome but disorganized. That is what I get for doing honors
finished my physics homework early. this means i should get a jump start on my english assignment due tuesday. ugh… i liked physics better
I feel so sorry for the poor souls in this class who have never seen calculus and are so confused. But they will make my curve better :)
what a day. doctor appointment on thursday. breakaway was awesome. working in bakersfield, CA next summer. new north face backpack came.
Nothing like vector calculus at midnight to get the brain in a state of utter stupor. Time for bed, more work tomorrow - busy week ahead.
i always get super organized on the weekends, just so i can destroy it all throughout the week.
I know this is sacreligious to say in this town but a)I don’t like football & b)the best part of these games is the band & 3)our team sucks
Girls: no matter what your friends tell you it is not cute or attractive to wear rain boots around campus when it is barely sprinkling
Volleyball game - check. Tutoring others in physics - check. Engineering team homework - check. English paper ———
Am now in the running for Class of 2013 President. Campaign will start next Tuesday, stay tuned for more and spread the word!
Dear Mondays. You are the bane of my existence as a college student. Please go away.

October:

road trip was a massive success. now to study for a couple of hours, then bedddd
Campaigning is done. Even if I don’t win at least I have more Facebook friends now. That’s secretly all I wanted anyway. (Sshhhh…)
Studying math. Math prof told us: the danger is not that it is difficult, it is that you think it is easy.
Student to math prof: How did you know to add that derivative into the equation to make it true? Math prof: because I am freaking brilliant.
I swear if I find the person who stole my bike they should fear for their life. Just walked 20 mins in the biggest downpour we’ve had.
RT John Mayer: If you think “Party in the USA” is ironically awesome, go home. If you think it’s authentically awesome, let’s dance.
One of those nights. Waking up in 5 hours, still have 400 words to write. Glorious.
Ouch. That was a surprise.

November:

Brian Gill: (very matter of factly, about me learning to snowboard) Well a lot of it is confidence so you might be good at it since you think you’re amazing at everything. Eric Reese: Oh so truthful. — This is when we all crack up in the library. Great, honest, friends, good times.
1st basketball game of the season tonight at 7pm @ Reed Arena. An all sports pass gets you in. Be there!
Spontaneous prayer vigil at cain park with over 400 people is reminding me why I chose TAMU. Praying for those families
Apparently Skype is set up to show what song I’m listening to - a friend IMed “Please tell me you aren’t really listening to Taylor Swift..”
What was a mediocre evening turned eventful after Eric stepped into a manhole, gashed his shin, & needed to be taken to the Emergency Room
Now about 95% ready for the engineering test, getting that last 5% would take me the better part of 5-6 hours. Sleep wins. Goodnight all.
Loving this cold weather. On the other hand, not loving realizing I have to make an 89 on my Econ final for an A due to the way its weighted

December:

Slowwwllly getting the hang of this college thing. Engineering final run for grade went exactly as it should have.
This weather makes me feel alive. (Also, SNOW!)
Me: Food? Eric Reese: Nap. Ahhh the joys of no classes.
Dance like the photo’s not tagged,love like you’ve never been unfriended,tweet like nobody’s following.
In love with David Gray’s new album - “Start to believe That we can rise above Our pettiness and love Like we ain’t loved before”
Destroyed the econ final. Even found an ambiguous answer and caused the teacher to change her answer key. Now for a scholarship application
Probably got an A on that calc final which means I just *might* end up with an A in the class. Now to study physics!
Survived my first semester, relatively sure I kept my 3.5 at least (phew). Finals are over!!!
Anyone in Katy doing anything exciting tonight? I miss CS…
In plano! Bringing in the new year with eric and whoever else we bring along

seriously not serious

My Year (In Twitter Updates)