in chronological order...

• earlobes- age 4
• 2nd holes- age 10(?)- claire's
  • these closed because i never wore them
• 2nd holes again- age 14(?)- piercing pagoda at coral square
• belly button- age 17- whole addiction in CS
• nose- age 18- place on the way to deerfield beach
• cartilage- age 19- piercing pagoda in quakerbridge mall
  • I got a keloid and ended up taking it out. word of advice: don't get non-lobe piercings done with a gun at piercing pagoda.
• tragus- age 20- inksanity in somerset, NJ

to be updated as i remember them. also, just for clarification, these also include summers/breaks but only if people FROM college were involved (this list doesn't include favorite moments with family or high school friends).

• 2007-04: trip to NYC with friends (to see bandcamp!)
• 2007-04-27: freshman formal
• 2008-01: intersession trip to california
• 2008-08: trip to D.C. to see babs, wes and raaj
• 2008-11-01: casey's bar mitzvah (leah & alex's visit)
• 2009-02-23: jimmy eat world clarity X 10 tour
• 2009-12: israel!
• 2010-04-12: thesis submit date
• 2010-04-30: senior houseparties weekend
• 2010-05: dead week trip to outerbanks

• Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill
• Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon
• Copeland - Beneath Medicine Tree
• Copeland - In Motion
• Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
• Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
• FM Static - What Are You Waiting For?
• Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl
• Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit
• Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
• Jimmy Eat World - Futures
• Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory
• Mae - The Everglow
• Metric - Fantasies
• Metric - Synthetica
• Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room
• Of Montreal - Cherry Peel
• Something Corporate - Leaving Through the Window
• Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
• Sugarcult - Start Static

• fake/store bought
  • "brown sugar and fig" from bath and body works
  • "moonlight path" from bath and body works
  • "pure seduction" from victoria's secret
  • coconut anything
  • Marc Jacobs- Daisy eau so fresh
  • stainless steel cleanser (I know... really weird)
• real
  • rain
  • the beach
  • winter/cold weather smells
  • the way boys smell

it's a pretty boring town, but there are places i will always be nostalgic for. sit-down restaurants will get their own list, eventually.

• fruity yogurt
  • boba tea. plain milk tea with yogurt pop boba = <3
• green street consignment
  • consignment store- found a few of my favorite items there
• mandalay
  • store that sells really neat stuff... clothes, accessories, candles, random decor...
• massimo's
  • italian restaurant- takeout but there's a couple tables. they have a really good p...

unscientific terms.

• regular crunches
  • side too
    • alternate knees coming in
• situps
• leg scissor thing
• laying down, legs at 90 degrees, kick straight up
• body in v shape, move upper body side to side holding a weight
  • my brother told me these are called "cherry pickers"
• curl/dig thing
  • also push throughs
• sit up holding weights w/ arms over head
• bicycle
• body in v shape, legs straight out, pulse...

• bachelor/bachelorette
• buffy
• criminal minds
• degrassi
• four weddings
• glee
• how i met your mother
• jeopardy!
• law and order: svu
• mad men
• weeds
• what not to wear

sometimes i'm offended by these, sometimes i just think they're hilarious.

• at the dentist:
  • hygenist: "What year are you in school?" me: "a sophomore" h: "oh, my daughter goes to taravella! where do you go??" me: "...a sophomore in college ."
• buying a car:
  • salesman: "are you a full time student?" me: "nope." s: "when do you start college?" me: "i just graduated."
• on an airplane with leah, on our way to california:
  • stewardess: "how old are you girls? I have to ask, because you have to be 15 to sit in the emergency exit row." I was 18, leah was 20.
• on a cruise:

• bad tippers
• big hair- specifically that poof thing
• chopped liver
• crocs
• explaining to people what i'm doing now that i've graduated
• fishy smells
• rainboots- mostly when people who DON'T live in south florida wear them
• these TV shows:
  • grey's anatomy
  • whose line is it anyway?
• republican social platform
• tomatoes. tomato products are okay
• traffic / slow drivers