The Book of the Year

Several years ago, faced with a daunting school year that seemed like it would never end, I decided to think of it like a book. In books, time passes neatly and quickly and you only hear about the really important events. You get to skip over all the homework and other icky stuff. Each month, I decided, would be like a chapter in my "book" and each chapter should have a witty name. So, for each month of that year school year, I came up with a name. I did it as the months were going by and then in June, when school ended, I wrote them all down. This turned out to be so much fun that I did it again the next year and it became a tradition.

Another school year has just ended (well, it ended a while ago, now) and I've just added another twelve "chapters" to my list, so I decided to post them here. Some of these names will have meaning only if you know me well enough. Some of them have meaning only to me. I've forgotten what some of them meant. Some of these names refer to specific events, some refer to the general "character" of the month in question. So here they are, in all their very strange glory.

Sophomore Year (2005-2006)
August: A Very Bad Beginning
September: Troubles
October: Work and Words
November: Happened that Way
December: Christmas Choir
January: Song of Hope
February: But What is This
March: Just Like Last Year
April: Finally
May: Ordered Balance
June: And in the End

Junior Year (2006-2007)
July: Fast Food on the Way to Summer School
August: Countdown to Choir
September: Back Again
October: Selectively Permeable Membrane
November: The Rolling Stones and the Renaissance
December: My New Life
January: Church Thieves
February: Ginger Kisses
March: Mona Lisa Meets the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B
April: Passport Catastrophe
May: What Did Meg Say Today
June: Things are Different Now

Senior Year (2007-2008)
July: The 1950's: Now in Black, White, and Pink
August: Keep Your Hands off Red Haired Mary
September: Senior
October: Becoming a Modern Person
November: Abraham Ate So Many Eggos
December: Welcome to Facebook
January: Destroying the Sanctity of Monday
February: New York, New York
March: O Latin
April: Rock Band
May: High School Graduate
June: The End and the Beginning

2008-2009
July: Counting Starbursts with Edward Cullen
August: Phelps the Fish
September: Fram, Fram, Christmen, Crossmen
October: Refrigerator Noises
November: The Day that History Happened
December: The Twelve Days of Christmas Fest
January: My New Life: Version 2.0
February: NCIS, and Other Methods of Living Vicariously
March: Thursday Brain
April: Adventure
May: Another Early Sunday Morning
June: Back to Being Never the Same (Again)

2009-2010
July: The Missing Superlative
August: Mezzanine and Lobby
September: Something Old and Something New
October: Bacche Bene Venies or The Return of the Prodigal History Freak
November: History Test of Doom
December: All Out of Darkness
January: 21st Century Breakdown
February: Fiasco of the Week
March: Fight the Good Fight
April: An Unexpected Victory
May: Pointing at Warhols
June: Higher Ground