a lot can happen in a year

i didn't realize it until now, but i've had this blog for a year.

a year is a very very long time. so much has changed since then, and i like to think it's changed for the better. this time last year i was looking forward to a summer and italy, and now it's a summer in new haven. my first month of public blogging (i've had another journal since the start of college) was filled with to-do lists, daily activities, and the like. i'm much more reflective in my writing now, a change that occured while in italy.

i could go on and on about how i was a different person a year ago, but i won't. i'm relatively happy with life right now (say, 86%), and that's all that matters.