If these bits of wisdom were pearls they'd be South Sea.

So here's a little list of things I've learnt this year (and a few fears/quirks I've overcome).

I am now over my fear of having a bedroom on the first floor (but that only applies to dorms - I still refuse to have my bedroom on the ground floor of a house).

No matter how nice a person is to you - if they are rude to your waiter they are not a nice person.

If Notre Dame Catholics had to vote on a favourite word you can bet your bottom dollar that "discernment" would win.

Radical feminism still exists and women who practice it are still morons. (Yes that means all you idiots who think you're doing a good thing by "reclaiming" the C word. No you are not. You are just objectifying yourself EVEN MORE).

Sometimes the best response really is to curl up under your desk and cry. Not only will you feel better but you'll be safe from earthquakes too.

Despite almost crippling arachnophobia events this semester have forced me to (wo)man up and kill my own spiders. However, I still do the weird thumb thing when I think of spiders (see Nicolas for details).

Work on primping your soul, not your body. But if you must primp your body might I suggest dishing the money on a good pedicure and flawless mascara.

If you like to read, don't become an English major. You're much better off staying home with a stack of books.

Glitter makes everything better, and I mean everything.

Traveling around Europe is best done when you only have a vague plan of what you want to accomplish. Having no plan at all results in a wasted trip and having too detailed a plan means you will probably find yourself freezing in a train station in Tralee waiting for the next train home.

After a while, all the churches in Europe start to blend together into a vague blur of mosaics and gold.

If you want to make someone stop drinking alcohol ask them why they do it.

You forget how powerful England used to be until you visit their museums and see how many precious artifacts they've stolen and refuse to give back.

It's only when you stop looking for a suitor that one comes along. This is precisely why, as most girls will tell you, dating is a series of dry spells followed by floods. Just when you're content to be single (or get a boyfriend) about 5 other potential candidates show up.

No matter how neat you normally keep your room, unannounced guests will always show up mere minutes after you've ransacked it.



Okay that's all I've got for you guys right now. Really I should have been in bed 5 and a half hours ago but I'm sick so I spent most of today in bed and now I just can't force myself to go back to sleep. That being said my heater is off for the night and I can no longer feel my fingers they're that cold...so yeah...under the comforter I go.

No trips this weekend but I'll prob be confined to my bed or dragging myself to birthday parties.

Love you all and miss you!

Let me know how the Beyonce concert was all of you who went!