1. singing in carnegie hall. and singing well in carnegie hall. and playing the steinway in carnegie hall. (p.s. this is only one that is ranked.)
2. inside jokes. so so so so so so so so so many
3. midnight deli runs and delusional boys
4. attractive, stoned belgian men
5. jet lag + sleep deprivation + illness + subway rides + boat ride + elevators = constantly dizzy
6. singing for impossibly enthusiastic old people and leaving my camera there
7. seagulls and pigeons
8. hilarious and usually awkward andre thomas
9. inflight trivia battles across airplanes
10. incredible symmetry
11. 9/11 tribute center, paper cranes, and writing a note that maybe no one will read
12. phantom of the opera and mary poppins. magical.
13. watching choir-tour-romances blossom from afar
14. times square = commercial dance, hard rock, trying unsuccessfully to ditch chaperone, $1 postcards, obama condoms salesmen, pupil dilation, m&m store "color mood" detector, starless
15. extremely loud and incredibly close/buying a journal "if i had an infinitely long, blank book and the rest of time"
16. awkward subway moments involving poles and ads and teresa the fortune teller
17. sandwiches the size of my dog and cheesecake the size of an infant
18. motivational graffiti
19. russian
20. failing ritmo, visually interpreting jinny git around, singing naked, no fig leaves, chocolate bar
21. shaving cream as an alternative to the hudson river. swenson now approves of my choice hahah
22. my stake president catching me with starbucks
23. beer bar?
24. strip polka "take it off, take it off..."
25. stranger to rachel: "you're adorable, you should thank your parents for doing it"
26. finding two secret floors on our hotel. MAD 46!
27. church in the beautiful manhattan temple
28. museum of natural history being nothing like night at the museum
29. chasing after squirrels, picking up pinecones, and trying to illegally climb trees like it was foreign and fascinating
30. admiring architecture
31. the met being closed. brings a tear to mine eye
32. gyro and falafel
33. neck cramps from looking up so much
34. missing tall things that aren't silicon and steel
35. zero facebook withdrawals because i was with my friends
36. but still missing the BFFN
37. absent sky, terrible wind
38. subway slime drips on face, subsequent shudders
39. hot pink stretch mini coopers with jacuzz and track lighting
40. buying souls at the ugly doll store. mine's wedgehead
i could go on and on and off and on. it was beyond... anything. AH! i can't believe i'm home.
but i am. that means going to school,
and having more responsibilities than not spending too much on one meal,
and unshallow drama,
and uncertainty,
and hiding every now and then,
and those dang boundaries that were so blissfully and easily circumnavigated over tour.
but life goes on.
blue lips -- regina spektor
symmetry -- mew
babys -- bon iver
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