i have a lot of good memories :)

• when i was five years old and my {now deceased} grandpa gave me an altoid and then pretended to steal my stuffed animal
• my first dance lesson when i was seven years old
• my first dance competition at the same age
• any one of the times that i sat outside on the playground with my elementary school friends and we told each other our jokes and dreams
• the moment when people in high school realized that i was a cutie
• that one time in 11th grade when kirsten and i skipped french and spent the time eating good food, exploring a creepy, abandoned house, and enjoying the day on the beach
• reading my english prof's recommendation letter for me
• when sharee asked me to sit next to her in class
• when i didn't sit close close to this kid and he was sad
• the day before the last harry potter book came out and i was excited because there was still possibilites in the story
• the phone call when sharee was crying and i loved her more intensely than ever
• seeing modest mouse for the first time that i could remember on their first tour after good news, and their first concert back in seattle. they played interstate 8 as their opener, which i found appropriate because of the lyrics:

"How have you been? How have you been? How have you? How have you?"

• the horrendous, heartbreaking moment when sharee let me down or i let her down and i said we shouldn't be friends anymore. i thought i would die
• when michelle told me she was pregnant in the parking lot of central market
• going out to the lake on a whim with keyan and bryan at midnight and jumping in the water. it was raining and not anywhere above 40 degrees outside and it was amazing
• any moment at the coffee stand during the summer of '06
• the time when i was eating dinner at this restaurant and this kid at another table gave me a note introducing himself and telling me that i was 'cute as a button'
• finishing anna karenina and feeling like i knew the meaning of life
• canoeing with keyan. we decided to start rocking the boat and ended up tipping it over...in the middle of the lake. and then swimming all the way back to shore hauling the canoe with us
• getting drunk and letting hayley run with me through the woods. then meeting up with jesse and gay joe and chain smoking a pack of cigarettes and telling each other all of our secrets
• same night: hayley and me sitting in the bed of some random truck we found parked on the road
• staying up all night with courtney in high school
• front row; center stage; modest mouse
• when i got drunk and decided to be a tease with brad. and the fact that we're friends because of it
• tuesday drive nights with keyan
• my goodbye party. seeing that i had a lot of great friends
• cuddling up with keyan and jesse. drinking some beer and watching the stars
• when i got my first tattoo. and my second tattoo
• having the perfect day with mike b. and his friend at a lake in tacoma. wanting him
• driving out to an abandoned road late late one night to watch the meteorite shower. laying on the roof of the car and eating ice cream until my lips were blue
• driving into seattle and smelling the puget sound for the first time in three weeks
• my first trophy in dancing when i was 8 or so
• meeting honus from man man. i was crying because i couldn't breath because some frat boy douche bag had elbowed me in the chest and honus came over in the lobby of the venue to see what was wrong
• driving to/from spokane/seattle with hayley
• when i found out that two of my poems had been published
• the moment i pulled up to betsy's apartment in olympia and she came running out and gave me a big hug.
• jumping a horse for the first time