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Happy New Year’s Eve!!!

31 Monday Dec 2012

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2012, 2013, books, Busy, College, Color Run 5k, EMU, Faith, family, holidays, Jukebox the Ghost, Matt Pond, Middle East, music, new years eve, Photos, The Lighthouse and The Whaler, WCSC, Writing

Dear Friend,

It’s finally arrived! New Year’s Eve. The best holiday EVER. I’ve been spending my day reviewing precalc so I’m prepared for my Calculus class next semester, and it’s amazing too me how much I remember… I mean it’s kind of like when you can read a language, but can’t speak it yet… when I look at it, it all make perfect sense, but if you had asked me to do some of it… I would have been a bit lost. Anywhoo, you may have noticed the new look! I really like this one… it feels right somehow. I’ve decided to do these final New Years Eve posts at the beginning of New Years Eve rather then at the end, because I plan on being a bit busy watching a pickle drop. As per the usual, I have assembled a list of things I want to accomplish this next year, and because it’s 2013… I’m going to be listing 13 things! Enjoy!

Lots of Love, Mandi Jo

2013’s list of 13

  1. Go to a concert. I love music, and it’s high-time I start enjoying it away from my computer and stereo. Currently I’m looking at a concert in Charlottesville on February 10th featuring “Jukebox the Ghost,” “Matt Pond,” and “The Lighthouse and The Whaler”… but I’d be open to others instead of or in addition too..
  2. Live in an apartment this summer. Hopefully, I will also be living off campus next year, but one this I really want to do is find a way to live on my own… Although if this doesn’t work out, I’m sure Mom would love to have her personal chef move back in.
  3. Train for and participate in the Color Run! This is a 5k run where every “k” you have a different color of edible pixie dust rain down on you… it’s pretty much the coolest thing ever. I read about it in a magazine this past summer and found out that there is one in Richmond in September. Lydia’s planning on running with me already, but feel free to join us!
  4. Learn a new skill. This past year… this past month actually, I learned to knit… why not take on the world and learn something else too!
  5. Read 24 books off of my book list. I’m actually hoping that I read more than that, but I want to make sure I read at least 24… I mean come on, it’s only 2 books per month!
  6. Take a picture of the moon… I finally have a lens that should work, I just need to find a good time to do it… I’ve been wanting to do this for a while too, which will make it all the more rewarding.
  7. Save my monies for the Middle East (it’s only a year away!!!)
  8. Post at least once a week. I kinda like talking to you… that is, after all, why I do it.
  9. Ace my Calculus class… because I can and no other reason.
  10. Figure out the Harrisonburg Bus System… because it’s about time.
  11. Continue working out with Jia… and even when she’s gone over the summer…
  12. Apply for the WCSC Program for my Spring semester senior year (2015). Applications should be available by the end of 2013… In case you didn’t know, WCSC is an internship program that EMU does, based in Washington DC. It works well as a Social Work practicum…
  13. Go to Convention… fingers crossed… I still have to figure out if it’s in my budget.

 

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It’s Coming to An End

30 Sunday Dec 2012

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2012, 2012 Election, Appendix, Babysitting, Bachlorette, Batman, Book Club, books, bucket list, Busy, College, Cupcakes, Dracula, EMU, Faith, family, Fasting, Food, friend, God, holidays, hope, Ice skating, love, Math, Middle East, Musicals, social work, stories, Thanksgiving, Topsail Island, Tour de France, Travel, Writing

Dear  Friend,

New Year’s Eve is almost here!  I told you there would be lists… and here is a long one!

Lots of Love, Mandi Jo

50 Things I did in 2012 (in no particular order)

—although the first thing really was first, and the last thing, really was last… —

  1. Choreographed a dance for a EMU student written, directed, produced, performed, etc musical!
  2. Took a day trip to Charlottesville for ice skating, cupcakes, and general merry-making with Megan, Kelsey, Everett, Jia, and Malinda over Thanksgiving break.
  3. Spent the summer babysitting two fun and adorable girls Claire and Evelyn.
  4. Had my appendix removed.
  5. Finished my first year of college!
  6. Moved into a suite with three awesome people: Morgan, Lenore, and Alyssa!
  7. Celebrated Christmas with Morgan’s family.
  8. Started my second year at EMU.
  9. Finished my third semester of college with an improved GPA!
  10. Got accepted into the Middle East Cross-Cultural for Spring of 2014!
  11. Participated in a book club, reading Gary Thomas’ “Sacred Marriage.”
  12. Spent the summer buying groceries and making dinner for my family.
  13. Went to see the Dark Knight Rises with Christophe.
  14. Took a trip to the Topsail Island with my family for the week over my birthday.
  15. Voted in my first Presidential Election.
  16. Learned how to drive manual.
  17. Officially Applied to EMU’s Social Work Program.
  18. Put together a book list, and actually started reading books off of it.
  19. Started working out with Jia (and sometimes others) on a regular basis.
  20. Made a Christmas dinner for my suite.
  21. Took a quick trip back to Kettle for the wedding of my dear friend Heidi!
  22. While in WA, saw and visited with people who will always be my non-biological family…
  23. Had dinner with my friend, Ethan Zook, at the Bowl of Good.
  24. Got baptized! So did my phone, but unfortunately for it, this did not bring everlasting life…quite the opposite in fact, immediate death.
  25. Watched the Bachlorette with my friends… every week. I’m not sure why, but it was a great way for us to get together regularly.
  26. Watched Bradley Wiggins win the Tour de France! Well, we watched the whole thing, not just the last little bit.
  27. Surprised my sister, Lydia by convincing my dad to renovate her room and then painted it a bright (but rather dark) red… it looks awesome! And her new closet is pretty sweet.
  28. Started a bucket list!
  29. Said goodbye to an adored family menace, Aang, the adorably psychotic dog.
  30. Said hello to the adorable Shih Tzu that now sprints around our home, Po.
  31. Took picture’s for EMHS’ Jr.-Sr. Banquet.
  32. Traveled to Roanoke with my dad to take pictures of some potential work sites, stopping by Staunton on the way home for some Gelato at the Split Banana…
  33. Took a quick trip with Megan and Kelsey to visit Melinda! We at Chinese, got coffee at Starbucks, fed baby swans, and even saw Christophe for a little bit!
  34. Fasted for a week! Except for juice…
  35. Participated in a faith discussion with people who attend my church.
  36. I visited my friends Gennie and Carissa for an afternoon on JMU’s campus.
  37. Took a spontaneous trip with Christophe and one of his friends, Erwin, to go Bowling!
  38. Changed my program from Social Work with minors in Art and Peacebuilding to Social Work with a minor in Math.
  39. Went to the Annual Relief sale!
  40. Went hiking on Massanutten Ridge with Lenore, Morgan, and Ryan.
  41. Had brunch with Christophe over at JMU.
  42. Went to Rally in the Valley… a conference for Social Work majors at Virginia Universities.
  43. Worked at the Fair handing out T-Shirts for the Shout Out project
  44. Was a “rock” for Halloween… which would have been weird except that it was in conjunction with my suite mate’s “paper, scissors, and shoot”
  45. Went to Rehoboth, Delaware for spring break with the girls on my hall… In an attempt to find live music, we may have unknowingly found ourselves in a Lesbian bar…
  46. Was hired for the first time!, but then never actually started working because I had appendicitis and there was a lack of good communication (admittedly,from both ends… but mostly theirs)
  47. Read Dracula cover to cover… this makes the list because it literally took me half the year to do it, I don’t know why but I couldn’t ever be reading, JUST THIS BOOK… so I was always reading Dracula AND something else.
  48. I celebrated my 20th birthday… two decades down… hopefully, many more to come.
  49. Decided I want to become fluent in ASL
  50. Watched the Pickle drop in Dillsburg, PA with Lenore… technically, I’ll be doing this tomorrow night, but I wanted to include it.

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The Playlist of 2012

29 Saturday Dec 2012

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2012, 3rd & Union, Bon Iver, Chelsey Scott, Jukebox the Ghost, Leagues, music, Pablo Alboran, Ra Ra Riot, The Civil Wars, The Temper Trap, William Fitzsimmons

Dear  Friend,

I’m so excited for New Years Eve to finally Happen! So to celebrate I will be posting a short series of lists… you know “the best ___ of 2012” lists… except these are my own compilations… Hope you enjoy!

Love, Mandi Jo

10 Songs I loved in 2012

—Links go to Youtube music videos… —

  1. “Can You Tell” by Ra Ra Riot 
  2. “Holocene” by Bon Iver
  3. “Follow You” by Chelsey Scott (there is no youtube for this, or even her, that I can find… good luck)
  4. “Poison and Wine” by The Civil Wars
  5. “Somebody” by Jukebox the Ghost
  6. “Solamente Tu” by Pablo Alboran (Seriously, you don’t even need to be able to speak Spanish to appreciate this song)
  7. “My Love” by 3rd & Union
  8. “Beautiful Girl” by William Fitzsimmons
  9. “Safety” by Leagues (You won’t be able to find this song, but maybe 2-3 others by them)
  10. “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap

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