Yearbooks

I got my yearbook today. Everyone was signing each others and laughing and making promises that they have no intentions of keeping. No one wants to keep in touch, its just a nice thing to say. Yearbook signatures are really just punctuation on friendships. Some commas, mostly periods. I don't mind telling someone 'Hey kick ass at life!' or 'I'm sorry that i'll never see you again.'

So i got a ton of signatures on my yearbook too, but there is one that stands out:

"Liz - You've always been one to set
goals and to achieve them (Becoming
first chair clarinet in symphonic band
etc..i can't think of another example
right now, but i know that you always
have a plan) So when you told me
that you weer going to Community
College I was a little set back, but then
I thought about it and I realized that
you always know exactly what you're doing."

Robert INgram thinks that i am a girl with a plan. So I was feeling all proud of myself for about ten minutes.

then the list happened. It is dated 9/5/06. It was ten things that i was going to acomplish this year. I handed it in to my english teacher and then on the last day of school i was supposed to get it back and marvel at how dedicated i was all year:

1.) Get into IUP music program ((gave up on music))

2.) Make a documentary/short film ((i don't even know why i wanted to do that))

3.)Listen to better music ((i listen to CCM now...but i don't think that's exactly what i had in mind))

4.) Go back to Parsons for painting (( my best friend and I decided that saturday mornings were for recovering from friday nights, not drawing nudes))

5.) create my masterpiece (umm...didn't even try))

6.) Not get fired from my job (( quit my job))

7.) Pass my drivers test ((passed the second time...))

8.) knit a sweater ((i made a really cool scarf))

9.) Get exempt from 2 final exams ((posting on the ooze came before HW))

10.) Go see Cat Power, Ani Difranco or Jenny Lewis in concert ((umm...who? i went to a Hillsong United concert and i have Jeremy Camp tickets for august))

so maybe my plans don't always work. I'm pretty thankful right now that I'm allowed to change my mind.