Monday, December 28, 2009

My 2009 Experiences


0.
Complete a degree at Vanderbilt University
1. Be accepted to study abroad
2. Design and get a tattoo
3. Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans and flash for beads
4. Go to Las Vegas for spring break
5. Receive the 2009 Dr. Tommie Morton-Young Award for Community Service
6. Win the 2009 Vanderbilt University Community Servant of the Year Award
7. Live and Study in Barcelona, Spain
8. Travel to Seville, Spain
9. Travel to Granada, Spain
10. Travel to Madrid, Spain
11. Travel to Valencia, Spain
12. Travel to Lisbon, Portugal
13. Travel to Amsterdam, Netherlands
14. Skydive (over the coast of Spain)
15. Live and work in New York City
16. Date a white girl
17. Be part of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. for 2 years
18. Be part of a fraternity that wins the 2009 Chapter of the Year award
19. Have an art exhibit at Vanderbilt University
20. Travel to Washington, D.C.
21. See and Meet K'naan in concert
22. See and Meet Wiz Khalifa in concert
23. Live during Barack Obama's first year as president
24. Attend my last Posse Plus retreat
25. Act as president of Vanderbilt's Multicultural Recruitment and Retention Committee
26. Dance salsa in Cafe con Leche's Performance show
27. Turn 22
28. Go to the top of the Rockefeller Center
29. Go to a Broadway show (Billy Elliot)
30. See the Wiz on Broadway
31. Take a shot of authentic Absinthe
32. Cook tortilla de patatas and patatas bravas
33. Bring in the 2009 year without remembering the countdown
34. Go to Coney Island and eat an authentic Nathan's hot dog
35. Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
36. Start One Life Brand
37. Go to the Puerto Rican Day parade in NYC
38. Attend a New York Yankees game
39. Go on a boat cruise
40. Ride the Staten Island ferry
41. Stay in the presidential suite of the Trump Towers
42. Go to Sitges, Spain
43. Work for University of Dreams
44.

Goodbye to an absolutely incredible year. Blessings for the future that awaits us.