Day 15: A picture of you last year and now. How have you change since then?

This is me in June 2009 (so a little over a year ago):

THEN,
I was a senior at Worthington Kilbourne High School.
I was on the honor roll, and would graduate with honors.
I had never taken a college class, only AP's.
I had four best friends.
I had been to one or two midnight movie premieres.
I had just seen Franz Ferdinand in concert!
My house was a mess because my crazy family was remodeling.
I was worrying about what my roommate would be like.
I went to church, but hardly ever went to youth group.
The farthest I had driven at a time was an hour away to my grandparents'.
The only thing I'd bought online was a beanie baby on eBay.
I only cut my hair for Locks of Love, and was sure I'd never dye my hair.
I'd almost always wear my hair up in a ponytail, out of my face.
My best work was the 100-page novella about dragons.
I hated poetry.
I was much more naïve about the world.

and this is me more recently (let's say, November 2010):


NOW,
I am a college sophomore majoring in Creative Writing and minoring in French and Business at Bowling Green State University.
I made the Dean's List last semester and am hoping to be on it again this semester.
I have taken and excelled in three semesters' worth of college classes, many of them Honors.
I have six best friends.
I have been to five or six midnight movie premieres.
I just saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1!
My house looks great, but the family in it is still crazy! ;)
I consider my roommate among my closest friends, and I'm going to miss her when she moves out next semester.
I am involved with H2O and consider myself a strong Christian.
I drive 2 hours each way to come home some weekends.
I've developed a nasty habit of shopping online... :/
I cut layers and bangs into my hair this past summer, and I'm considering dying my hair.
I usually wear my hair down or half-up, unless I'm studying hard or working out.
I know that my best work is yet to come, with the new story I'm working on.
I still don't particularly like poetry, but I've come to appreciate it.
I know that I don't know everything about the world, but I'm eager to learn more.

Moving, Writing and Reading

I'm feeling kind of regretful today... one of my best friends, S., is moving out of state in a few days, and I probably won't see her again for awhile. It was kind of inevitable, since all of my friends are moving away to college, but it would've been nice to have the summer together.

I met her my freshman year of high school-- I had taken Enriched Physical Earth System Sciences (PESS 9), and was getting a D in the class (while not learning anything), so I got my counselor to transfer me to a regular PESS class. My teacher assigned me to sit right next to S., and we got to be fast friends by forming an alliance against a mean girl in our class. We've been friends ever since... but our senior year, S. and I didn't have much time to hang out with each other. After all, we don't take the same classes (she takes the regular classes and I'm usually in the enriched stuff), and we were both busy with our lousy amounts of homework. I regret not spending more time with S. then. We're planning on spending time together every day this week (yesterday, my friend K. and I went over to her house and we played board games and stuff). I love spending time with my friends, 'cause they're awesome! ^o^ 

But I digress; S. is a very good friend, and I'll miss her terribly. I have her new address and I plan on writing her often, but it's not exactly the same as hanging out on the weekends or whatever. Still-- I think we can preserve our friendship that way. I've never had a real pen pal before-- well, I wrote to my favorite uncle when I was a kid, but that really doesn't count.... ^^;

On a lighter note, I'm going to see Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian today, and I heard that it's supposed to be funny. And today, I'm starting the Pride and Prejudice audiobook I borrowed from the library. I decided to read it for two reasons:

1. I really enjoyed the Kiera Knightly version of the movie, so I thought I'd like the book (because the book is almost always better than the movie), and
2. Unlike most of my AP Literature class, I enjoyed reading Wuthering Heights, which was written around the same time (only a 34 year difference in publication dates), so maybe the styles will be similar.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to that. Besides, it will make my tasks today not seem so bad if I'm listening to Pride and Prejudice on CD.  :D