Afternoon Sister - Air

The other day, I decided that my favorite ice cream flavor is peppermint, like the special holiday edition kind. Not only that, but that the only dessert I care about is ice cream (er, frozen yogurt). And for some reason, I really wanted that in writing. I'm not sure whether it's from the recent monotony of break or whether this was built up over the entire semester, but I'm in one of those states of mind where I seek out those awful surveys, perhaps to validate something about who I am. Sometimes I feel as if I need to reevaluate what I like and...stuff...just so I can be familiar with myself. Whenever I figure out something about myself, I feel like I'm unearthing some buried treasure, which is honestly more of an indication of how little I know myself than it is an indication of how I value my own identity.

So, without further ado, some hand-selected survey questions from various things I found. On facebook.

1. Favorite Album of the Year: Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane over the Sea. This album combines energy and genuine feeling, which I've realized are two of the strongest indicators that I will like certain music. Plus, it has an overall theme, which I can't resist in albums. Runners Up: Moon and Antarctica (though I think I listened to that last year), Seven Swans

2. Favorite New Show of the Year: Freaks and Geeks. Not new, but new to me. I love everything about it. Runners Up: How I Met Your Mother, Firefly, Slings and Arrows.

3. Favorite New Movie: Hmm. Freaks, No Country for Old Men. Did I see The Thing for the first time in 2008? If so, that's it. Man, The Thing!

4. Favorite Book of the Year: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. I still laugh thinking about it and find new ideas. Also, I reread Steppenwolf.

5. Best Event of the Year: Israel, no question. Ghana as well.

Other questions:
Favorite candy: I don't eat much candy anymore since Israel. Juju bees, wallaby licorice, caramel. Things I can't eat easily with my new tooth. Also, this isn't candy, but my new favorite thing are those passionfruit popsicles I had in Israel.
Goals for the year: To be organized enough to balance school, reading, music, and work, get an internship this summer (hopefully that one...), plan a trip for myself to San Francisco
Job I most want: Explorer. That's why I'm drawn to astronomy.

I could have very well done these things not at the expense of my poor blog. However, I think the whole point is that I wanted these things in writing and this was the easiest way to do so.

I'm incapable of writing an entry that I feel like publishing once it's written. I don't know if it's that I'm dissatisfied with what I'm putting out here, or if it's that I'm rebelling against having a blog. Well, the point of this entry is finished. I want to write another entry right now on a new subject. Here goes.