2011

I feel like so much has happened this past year that I can’t remember. Or maybe it’s because all I can think about is pledging and it’s like nothing even existed before then. Well, I guess I’ll try my best. Remember the old, and begin with the new. Um, that’s not the expression, is it? 

Spring

Visiting China over break, externing at EY, freaking out because I had to buy an $85 reader, Ra Ra Riot, taking on a part-time job during the semester, Noise Pop Festival, Film 50 (still my favorite class at Berkeley so far), Crystal Castles, writing a 10-page paper the night before, rearranging my dorm room, lead music critic, ES boy (his old nickname), Cut Copy (aka my favorite concert EVER), being adopted by Davidson 8th Floor <3, boat dance, Fleet Foxes, becoming addicted to CKB classes, apartment searching (@HillegassCASS, sorry I was such a slave driver hehe), Netflix taking over my life, saying goodbye to Unit 3 and freshman year

Summer

Bumming around for the first month of summer, taking on 3-4 jobs and 12-14 hour workdays, leading the arts section with my super amazing assistant <3, too many movie screenings and concerts to count but highlights were definitely interviewing the Glitch Mob and covering Outside Lands, various complications/drama, exploring Botanical gardens with the roommates, Alice’s Summerthing, meeting Foster the People, best birthday ever and getting all the attention I could ever want, Neon Indian, Sleigh Bells, Washed Out, Sondre Lerche, Death Cab, endless bonding with my roommates, visiting Pixar studios, interning at ShopSquad and loving the people/the work I was doing (possibly the best internship experience I could ever hope for), HP7 midnight premiere. I wish I could relive summer 2011 :(

Fall

Staring off the semester with ambitious goals and confidence, deciding to accept the bid and pledge AKPsi…honestly pledging is all a blur now but looking back, it was certainly life-changing and I cannot imagine life without my AGs or AKPsi. Despite all the challenges (balancing school, interning at UBS, and all of the pledging commitments was a nightmare), I’ve come out of the process with not only a renewed sense of my abilities but also knowing that I’ve met some of the best people I know. I can’t even begin to describe how much my pbros mean to me and how grateful I am to have found them (especially my twin <3). Of course, I also love my fam and my tooly big <3…I seriously have no idea how they put up with my neediness and attention whore tendencies .__.

2012

So 2011, even in light of all the disappointments that you have brought, I guess you were pretty good to me. Here’s to an even better 2012.