2008 New Years Predictions!!!

That's right, it's that time of year again! Since my plans to be at Denison for New Years ended up not happening, I had some extra time today to be bored (and make these predictions)!

1. I will graduate from Denison, and it will be an incredibly messy slew of emotions.

2. One of my friends will have a difficult time adjusting to life after Denison.

3. One of my friends will be presented with an amazing and unexpected opportunity.

4. Reyan will finally finish something (I’m not giving up on that one)!

5. I will show interest in another girl, but I will remain single the whole year.

6. I will go on an amazing camping trip and finally see a large predator in the wild.

7. I will come to a realization about my future which will inform my grad school search.

8. Someone I know will decide to live in a different country.

9. I will have distressing financial troubles.

10. I will spend my “time off” after graduation meaningfully.

Review of last year's predictions

So as anyone who kept up with my Livejournal should know, last year in continuing a tradition I made 10 predictions about 2007.

1. One of my abroad friends will contact me with some interesting news.

Simonne wins this one.

2. I or one of my close friends will have a near death experience.

Well, this certainly never happened to me. Or maybe it did and I don't know about it. Or maybe it happened to someone else and they decided not to tell me. We'll just go with it not being true (unless evidence to the contrary presents itself).

3. More of Reyan’s predictions will come true than mine.

Shit, I don't know. Reyan should comment on this and tell me.

4. I’m going to get an apartment :)

Haha, this one was kind of a freebie but it was true!

5. I’m going to decide if I will take time off before grad school.

Wow, again, I obviously HAD to have made a decision by now! Well, sort of. I'd be cutting it damn close if I hadn't. And at least my decision (to take time off) is the opposite of what I was leaning toward when I made the prediction.

6. I’m going to discover something interesting over the summer.

Well, stream breeding salamanders sometimes breed in Spring Peeper pond, that's interesting, right? Haha, most of what I consider "interesting" is along those lines...

7. I will go backpacking or camping at least 3 times.

Exactly three, I believe. Arizona over spring break, NC + The Smokies over the summer, and then the little overnighter at the Wildcat Hollow trail in October. Man, I really hoped there'd be more...

8. David will finally read 1984.

Haha, yeah right. But I guess he read much of the Harry Potter series, so that's something...

9. Reyan will finish writing something.

Damn it, looks like this prediction wasn't enough of a motivator. He had some cool internships though :)

10. Either I or one of my close friends will go out with someone that they really like.

Man David, you really grabbed the bull by the horns here. It was only February when you and Jen started dating. Of course I was hoping this prediction would apply to me, but what are you gonna do?

It's interesting to look back on these. I probably won't have time to post new predictions for 2008 by New Years, but David and Reyan were late as all hell last year, so I should get around to it eventually. It'll be interesting, what with graduation and who knows what the hell else afterwards.