Yearbooks.

Thank you all for being such wonderful influences in my life. You are some of the most wonderful, talented, kind and amazing people that I've come across. I'm so blessed to call each and every one of you my friends and am so thankful to have met you. I know this isn't goodbye, but I wanted to tell you how much you all meant to me.

That first time we met was just gloriousness. We graduated high school and I crashed a date of you and your girlfriend at the time. You were the best SM an ASM could ever ask for. It's a shame we never lived in the infamous neighborhood in Boca Raton entitled Broken Sound at the same time. My silly family decided it was a necessity to move a whopping 3 blocks away. Nonetheless, we would have been just a couple of sub-communities away. Your knowledge of music and opera is astonishing. Your passion for life is invigorating and addictive to anyone who is around you. I strive to be more like you in your commitment and your astounding ability to follow through with a plan you've created. I don't know anyone else who could have conquered their fears, put together a trip to England, met so many influential people and come back with a project almost ready to go. And the most impressive thing - you were given scholarship to do this. I wish you the best of luck in the fall with your show - I know you'll be amazing. I can't imagine anyone else who would be able to accomplish this feat that you're already halfway finished with. I'll always be a phone call away and I PROMISE I will be awake at absurd hours for awhile. Remember, 3 hour time difference? Plus, I'll send you stickey notes in the mail if you would like showing 2 truths and a lie.


I find it so ironic that we were across the hall neighbors for an entire year before we solidified our friendship due to unfortunate living situations for the both of us. This then caused us to live in the same household. Apparently, putting us in the same building just isn't quite enough for us. We had to share some sort of communal living space for us to get to know each other and realize just how destined our fates were to be intertwined (I HAD to throw that in there for the dramatic appeal.) Then the fates decided to toy with our emotions by giving us virtually the same exact class schedule. What in the world are the odds of that in college? Slim to none. But girl, I have to say, if it hadn't been for you, I would have lost my mind and my gpa. You are SO talented it's extraordinary. You have managed to become such a star in a department that is sometimes hard to stay afloat in and I have no doubt that your senior year will continue on that trend. I look up to you in so many ways. Your perseverance and your strength is something that is sought after by many. It just comes so naturally to you. Not to mention you are one of the most beautiful and honest people - both inside and out. I could never have gotten through some of the most difficult times without you and I am so thankful for your presence in my life. I couldn't ask for a better best friend and am so blessed. When you come visit me in Boston, we will eat every meal at Panera. Don't you worry.

Let's thank heaven and earth and all the powers to be that this is definitely not goodbye for us. In fact, I'll be seeing you in a week from now. Again, thank the Lord. These past 2 weeks have been difficult enough. Besides, how cruel would God have to be to place us in each other's lives and then decide that it's time that we both move away? Thankfully, he was on our side. Who would have known I could have fallen in love with you in just 3 months. But because of you, I now love sucilicious, Twilight and bumper stickers. Besides, you totally single-handedly rekindled my AIM usage. If our work schedules had been more compatible, I think we would have been inseparable. Especially with our love of daytime drinking, lake ella dates, chinese food and awkward rendez-vouz in grocery store parking lots, the world would have been in trouble if we were spending more time together than we already were. Too bad we're moving to Boston together! I will spare you the tear-jerking statements, I just couldn't NOT put you in this little post. It's amazing how quickly we've grown so close, but I think we are the perfect example of how opposites attract. You are one of those best friends that I know I will keep in touch with for life. You are such a supportive person and have been through some rough times with me this summer. I have absolutely no idea what i would have done without you. I love you to death and basically pee myself with excitement knowing what is waiting for us in the fall. Don't have too much fun in August and September without me. And I hope that there is very little sobriety in store for us August 14th-19th. BFF4EAEEIOUZZZZZSEXXXZZZDKROEPAS.

I don't think you understand how mad it makes me that we didn't become close until this summer. Nonetheless, I am so thankful that it happened. Better late than never right? And thank GOD that Peabody is only a few hours away from NYC. We will have to reunite there many times throughout the fall, otherwise, I don't know what I would do. Our French Lit and Pitaria dates will always be a wonderful reminder of what a sanity you were to me this last semester here. Honestly, you have always had the nicest things to say, and I know that I can ever thank you enough. You have given me such faith in my abilities with your constant support and I always have appreciated that. Even if I didn't know how to accept them with enough grace, I held on to what you said and was more thankful than you'll ever know. You are so humble - I wish you realized just what you had yourself! Your talent, beauty, grace and kindness are astounding. People in this world strive to have just one of those qualities and you have all four! You have one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard and I cannot WAIT till the day comes when you are performing on a professional stage and I can say like a proud parent "I am her friend."




I don't even know where to begin with you. Even at the first Yahtzee retreat when I was overwhelmed with what I had just gotten myself into, you were so kind to me. As the years went on, we continued to grow closer. With all of the drinking, the Yahtzee trips, the car rides listening to CDs of a cappella, the drinking, the music directing, Caroline's Corner, and the drinking, I feel like I've known you forever. I mean, who else yells at me, I cry like a baby about it and then a week later, we laugh about it? And when I was supposed to be the next leader of ANY, you were such a strong support. You always pushed me to try to succeed with the thousands of arrangements I never finished and the prospective of being music director. The fact of the matter was, I didn't feel like trying because you are so gifted at what you do already. Your brilliance astounds me. You accept any subject with open arms and soak in the knowledge like a sponge. You could conquer the world, do you realize that? You accept people the same way - with open arms. You are open to everyone and accept anyone you meet without bias and with love. That right there is something that many people will never begin to succeed at and you have mastered it. People are drawn to you. I honestly feel like you are the brother that I never had. I look up to you in so many ways. I just hope you begin to realize how talented you are as well and how you have the God given talent to succeed at almost anything you try. I better see you in October. And you better move to Boston, stat.

Until you reminding me on my last night in town, I actually didn't remember the first time we met. Now that I realized that I immediately self-proclaimed myself as the bad SAI sister, I'm surprised we even became so close as we were! I mean, come on, you had to judge me. You were president at your chapter and now, here I am, strolling in late and introducing myself as the "failure" to the sisterhood? My first memory with you was actually at that party in the picture above where we jumped around the room singing Bohemian Rhapsody. It only got better from there. With the spring Mikado, pad thai, the car rides to South Florida, boating trips, singing Jasmine, talking about "stupid whores" with you, and analyzing our past relationships, I don't know how my life was completely fulfilled without you before this. We MUST reconvene in south Florida at Christmas time so we can continue to tan at the pool in color coordinated floaties. I cannot WAIT for you to sing the doll aria for someone important. I mean, honestly, that right there is your ticket to success. It's been one of those performances from Seminar that's remembered, and that says something. Somehow whenever I'm with you, I feel so comfortable. I know that I can laugh and be silly and be stupid but not worry about you judging me. You're an amazing listener - one of the best. Your guidance throughout everything has been such a blessing. You've been such a great friend through this crazy summer and I don't think you realize how much you helped me with the problems that I encountered. I'm so glad I was able to spend the time with you that I did this year. Although it was so unfortunately short, I'm so glad we were able to become so close so fast. I cherish our friendship more than you know, I think. I cannot wait to see you in October! Keep an eye on my apartment.

First of all, kudos to you for hanging out with the girls! You managed to survive being the only guy in our little group of extremely loud, outgoing and enthusiastic close friends. That's not to say that we definitely appreciated your presence! You are one of the smartest people I have ever encountered. An intellectual conversation with you is almost overwhelming. I have never in my life met someone so young, so well versed and so knowledgeable in/about their field, and all aspects of that field. You also happen to be one of the most hysterical human beings ever. It's clearly such a small world for me to have come across your arrangement a year ago and be such good friends with you now. I wish you hadn't "held up the cards" for so long when you first got here, but I am thankful for the friendship that's developed despite your distance at first. (And I'm sure my disdain for you for that short period of time earlier this year didn't help much either...) I honestly think you're one of those few singers who actually looks comfortable acting on the stage and that is simply one of those things that can't be taught. That and your photographic memory. You're off to do great things and that's clear to anyone who has spent any substantial time around you. I mean, seriously, how many people can claim that they'll have a DM by the time they're 27 or 28? Exactly. As with everyone else, I better be seeing you in Boston this fall.

Last but certainly not least. In ANY way. Seriously, how many people can actually pin the day down in which their relationship was solidified? April 13th, 2008. (Happy Birthday Tess.) We cooked, we drank, we went to a recital, we drank, we shared secrets, we fell in love, we drank, we had a sleepover, we cuddled and we got bagels. Honestly, what else is necessary in life? You are one of those people who lights up a room when the walk in. How cliche sounding, I know, but it's true. I have yet to meet a single person who doesn't like you. You are one of the most loving and carefree girls in the entire world. I mean, look at you at the end of July! You come back from Europe, get acclimated to the time change and then immediately help every single one of your friends move out of their apartments in Tallahassee. I don't know many people with such loyalty. You are the life of the party and I feel so special in saying that you are one of my best friends. For all the stories and secrets that I've shared with you, you have NEVER once judged me for anything that I've done or felt. And let's face it, I've probably done a couple of things that are judgement-worthy. In such a short span of time I felt like I was able to pour my heart out to you and that is both alarming and awesome. It's amazing as well that I know you will continue to be that to me and I hope you will feel the same. You've been there to see my cry, hug me and tell me that it's all going to be fine. That's something that is so simple and that should never be underestimated. Don't even get me started on your voice. It's just gorgeous and you make singing seem so easy. I can't wait to see what life has in store for you. This is just the beginning of an awesome journey for you, I have no doubt. And, of course, I best be seeing you this semester.