• A surprise party with all of my friends. Not just one group of friends but tons of people, but if i had a friend that took the initiative to throw me a big bash that would make my life. probs will never happen but its on my wishlist
• a lucky charm, I really want the wishbone necklace by a company called dogeared that comes on a string and when the string breaks your wish comes true
• to live in NYC
• to either attend Juilliard or Ailey next year or have an apprenticeship
• to know for sure that my future is bright
• to have happiness no matter what I am doing
• a blackberry
• to make shirts with Julia Riva and Sadye tomorrow
• to get into college

• Library- get senior project books back, and return Julia's book.
• Buy the book Branded
• See Dark Play (7;30 ?)
• Buy a pair of jeans
• Senior Paper!
• 19 Chapter concepts
• 20 Chapter concepts
• Math Worksheet
• Online Activities
• Read more in 1984
• Work on advertising profile

• Being in my room when its so quiet I can only hear my watch ticking in my jewelry box
• The sound of snow falling (it has a sound-listen next time)
• my friends' voices on the phone
• "you've got mail"
• piano music
• tap shoes
• heels on a marble floor
• my cat purring
• new pointe shoes bourree-ing really fast
• rain falling on the leaves
• Planes flying overhead mid afternoon on a warm mid-summer's day
• people talking in different languages
• water gently boiling
• the sound of my mom unlocking the door-signifying her coming home
• key cards being accepted in a hotel room door

• Call all of my colleges to make sure they have everything
• Georgetown!
• Prom Dress (or get the one on hold)
• cut my fingernails
• visit sms
• brunch with cam
• journal
• make sadye's belated birthday card
• finish the laundry

• Sushi
• Chocolate
• Cookies (all cookies)
• Carbs
• Crepes
• Latkes
• Pineapple
• Tofu
• Apples and Caramel
• Tea
• Seaweed
• Ricola Coughdrops
• Reeses
• Pad Thai
• Fish Tacos
• Upper Crust Pizza
• Crab Rangoon
• Hummus
• Veggies and Ranch

Many more..

• gone to a concert in times square (broadway on broadway, and hanson)
• visited MOMA
• seen the georgia o'keefe exhibit at the whitney (breathtaking)
• gone to a party at the Metropolitan museum of art (so gossip girl)
• ate lunch on the roofdeck of my building
• made many pancake breakfasts (my saturday morning routine)
• seen an "up and coming" dance performance (marathon 75)
• had celebrity sightings ( gillian murphy and ethan stiefal)
• Attended a talk with Judith Jamison (most amazing thing!, so inspiring)
• been to the harkness center to hear linda hamilton etc speak (very informative)
• gone on a two hour walk in central park (bliss)
• picnic-ed in the park

• Taxman- The Beatles
• Mailman, bring me no more blues- the Beatles (arg college)
• Solidarity- billy elliot soundtrack
• Wouldn't it be nice- the beach boys
• Break Even- The Script
• Time of your life- green day
• lay me down- Hanson
• Crazy beautiful - hanson

• meeting new people
• adventures
• seeing an old friend again
• hugs
• good food (and good wine?)
• No matter what anyone says I can always dance my heart out
• There is no one right answer
• Having friends that support you always
• I have a roof over my head (knock on wood, im superstitious, and for good reason) , am relatively comfortable, well fed (too well fed?)
• For all that we complain, our lives are pretty damn good
• There are countless opportunities to seize in life, they may not be the ones you initially wanted, but they are great, you just have to look for them
• keeping good friends, being able to let go of the not so good ones

• Habitat for Humanity in the gulf
• A TOMS shoe drop in ethiopia
• Send a girl to school in Nepal!!! (currently raising money for this)
• More Tutoring
• A Rally for Darfur
• Pass legislation to make the certification of gymnastics coaches obligatory
• Work in or run a self esteem program for girls
• Something with Partner's in health
• Something to do with the arts

• The Comfy Chairs in the Starbucks on Thames in Newport
• My bed
• The beach early in the morning in the summer when the tourists aren't there yet
• The Barrier reef in mexico
• The tiny cafes near the Sorbonne in Paris
• Our hammock in the trees in Newport
• Yesterday's restaurant in Newport
• Houston
• Airports
• The stage
• Empty Theaters
• Backstage/dressing rooms/greenrooms
• Newport Academy of Ballet
• Boston Ballet
• New York City
• Sardie's in New York
• Trains
• sleeping bags

• good friends will remain good friends even when they aren't there
• goodbye doesn't have to mean good-bye forever. If they matter enough they or you will find a way.
• be the bigger person
• encouragement yields more results than criticism
• I'm not the only one who notices how hard I work
• sometimes hardwork does pay off
• being homesick means that there is something at home worth going back for afterall
• sometimes your closest "family" doesn't have to be the people you are related to
• it doesn't matter if you're making lots of money if you're cold and tired and hungry (mom taught me that after my long day on a movie set)
• You can't always please everyone. At the...

• The feeling of being utterly alone onstage with thousands of people watching you
• Performing
• expressing joy and pain through dance
• the freedom it gives you, freedom of movement, freedom of interpretation
• The music
• improving- seeing how far i've come
• getting accepted to summer programs, getting scholarships
• Fun auditions (MET)
• Corrections, positive feedback
• Backstage
• getting ready for show, doing hair costumes and makeup
• being unique
• getting attention for being a ballet dancer
• staying fit
• being artistic
• i'm decent at it

• People who pick their nose in the car and think no one can see them
• When people bite there nails/pick at their nails
• When I'm having a conversation and the person I'm talking to is more interested in something happening on their phone than in the conversation
• People sucking up to teachers
• When people are always late to class and don't respect their teachers
• People who think their lives are more important than everyone elses
• People who act fake
• The sound of fingers on newspaper
• spitting- its gross, its unsanitary, do it in the sink of the bathroom or don't do it
• When people don't give up their seat to tbe elderly or impaired on the train
• Orange people who fake bake

• fog horns
• my fingers on the keyboard
• the hum of the computer
• my mom packing in the other room
• my own breath

• Cookies Baking
• Yeasty Bread
• The Beach
• Sunscreen
• Rain falling on hot asphalt
• Fresh Cut Grass
• After the rain
• When you walk by people's houses and you smell laundry in the dryer
• Christmas Trees
• Hamburgers/ grills in the summer
• Leaves on the ground in the fall
• Hot Coffee
• Old Spice deoderant
• shampoo
• White Tea hand lotion from the Westin
• The smell of the Westin in general
• New Clothes
• Vanilla
• Burnt Marshmallows
• Burgers on the Grill