in brief- vodka tonics, dream smart-guy boyfriend fakeout, 4 am on the mall, FIRED UP-READY TO GO!, saving hypothermia victims, personal frostbite symptoms, the perfect speech for this moment, weird adult university party buses, and fuck school on wednesday. 

a nice blip in an otherwise mundane senior year, but even more importantly a chance to remember how proud i am to be an american, and the fact that faith, hope and love will always triumph over anger, manipulation and fear.