Number Ten.

I'm out of project updates and I have no more antics, bus-related or otherwise, to tell about. So just a few closing thoughts...
I'm not the sentimental hallmark card type, but I just want to say that I am so happy I had the opportunity to take the Global Environment cluster, and spend my entire first year with an awesome group of people. All of the professors and TA's and everyone else who worked on this cluster are so passionate, and I think it's a really lucky and rare thing to encounter that. And it was really cool to have the same classmates for a year as well. Even though I didn't get to know everyone, I have made a lot of really great friends through this class, which isn't something that people can say of a lot of other classes.
Environment and I for sure had a love hate relationship. I was definitely convinced for the majority of the class that global warming is a conspiracy. (Secretly, I still don't know how much of a big deal it is. Shhh.) And when I picked my seminar for the spring, my choice was based on the fact that Brian was a cool guy and his time slot was convenient for me. Little did I know. I can't believe how much I have taken from this seminar. I always recycled and whatnot, but I never fathomed the impact that our lifestyles have on the environment. Warming or no warming, people are shaping the earth, and not really in a positive way. Brian inspired me to do my part to make a difference, and also to do what I can to share with others the information that I now have. I always thought that one person would never make a difference, so why try, but now I know that it only takes one person. The difference might not be huge or immediately noticed, but with time and effort that one person can turn into a million people working to make a difference.
Great. Now I've gone all peace love and granola. I better go kill some trees before I turn into Merkel.
Hehe...just kidding.
But really, this has been an amazing experience, and thank you to everyone who has been a part of it. Especially you, Brian.