Word: summers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...These summer days, however, never cease to be slightly strange to me, as I often struggle to keep up with the most commonplace details of my friends' lives. What cities do they live in now? Are they in college yet? And what about their career goals? I am always disturbed that I would often not know the most basic facts about their ever-changing lives. Almost a decade after we had spent our days battling the evil forces on campus, these friends and I would do all the things that best friends would on hot summer days, all the while...
Then, after the summer is over, we would go back to our schools in different countries, vowing that we would keep in touch. But once we go back to our separate lives with our own sets of friends and experiences, we would inevitably lose touch again, forgetting birthdays and misplacing phone numbers. Each of us would again look forward to the next summer, wondering how much more we would seem strangers to one another when we get together again...
Dawn Lee '01, an East Asian Studies concentrator in Leverett House, is interning at MSNBC Interactive this summer...
...This summer, I'm following a dream, rubbing elbows with musicians who inspire me and learning more about the music industry than I ever knew. I'm working for a record company, Aware Records, here in Chicago. Though I could do many of the tasks I'm doing it in an environment that is making me very happy. I'm not working 100-hour weeks, I'm not wearing an uncomfortable suit, and I'm not working for people I detest. I could, in fact, work that way if I so needed, but I don't think I--or anyone...
...This summer, I'm surrounded by people who like the very same things I do, enjoying myself. I'm being exposed to the type of music that of late has seized my brain and not let go. It's terrific, and I don't want it to end. And as far as I know, should my burgeoning plans follow through to the letter, I'm going to be an entertainment lawyer when I finish with my education. The work I'm doing now is forming stronger and broader foundations in an industry I hadn't really considered. I once thought...