After 9 weeks: 34 Things I've learned

1) Florida is a little cheaper than NYC

2) The subway system in NYC is a lot more advanced than Orlando

3) Haven't used the phrase "taking midterms" in many years

4) In this short time, a few professors have changed everything I believe in with my craft and challenged me to become a better actor, teacher, artist, and person.

5) I haven't read this much since high school

6) I've learned about more plays and authors in 9 weeks than my entire life combined

7) I can't remember any of them right now

8) Living by yourself and choking on something is one of the scariest feelings ever

9) Going to the pool in November and having to wear sun screen is pretty cool

10) There are people who have never seen snow

11) Local news here is as boring as anywhere else

12) Sometimes a postcard from your mom saying "I hope today is better" makes you cry

13) Drivers suck down here as much as anywhere else

14) I live in a state where people don't hide the fact that they're Republicans

15) Haven't used the phrase "it's in my 3 ring binder" in many years

16) If you don't own a computer, you will fail out of college

17) If you don't have a facebook page, you will fail out of college

18) I didn't utilize my resources at Otterbein as much as I should have

19) I can't talk about pop culture in the 80's and early 90's as freely as I'd like

20) Compared to Trevin Cooper, I know as much about theater as a biology major

21) Haven't used the phrase "I can't find my syllabus" in many years

22) No matter how hard you look, overhead projectors aren't accessible.

23) I miss when my mom and dad used to wake me up for school

24) I'm obsessed with human behavior and love meeting someone new every day

25) I miss my niece

26) I hate hearing about Lebron James all the time down here

27) Haven't used the phrase "I'll download the assignment off of the internet"...ever

28) I miss my gym buddies in NYC, especially my NYPD contact

29) I have the greatest group of MFA friends in the world

30) If I had it all over to do again, sometimes I would change every single thing, and sometimes I wouldn't touch a thing.... well, some things

31) No matter what I accomplish and collect in my possessions, I'm going to die someday and it just doesn't matter

32) I should buy stock in Target

33) Haven't used the phrase "Can't tonight, I have to grade papers".......ever

34) I feel like I've only accomplished 20% of everything I want to do before I die and every day gives me an opportunity to make that number higher, and no one is going to get in my way of achieving that. No one.