Things I Did in 2018
(Prelude:
The Year of Learning
I’ve concluded this is “The Year of Learning” I’m finally learning stuff in college that isn’t general education, I learned so much handy stuff from working with my uncle over the summer, and was in & out of my first serious relationship.)
Got food for free because of Icebergs (3years after release)
Got to podcast with Tatum
Got Hannah Merhaut to write for my blog
Got to video podcast with Dre
Went to a Steeler playoff game
Belong to a black choir
Jiujitsu class for a whole 20 minutes
Speed dated
Rapped in church
Guided meditation effectively
Watched the Patriots lose in a VIP room
Performed stand up during my uncle’s open mic
Worked at T-shirt Explosion
Got 50 likes & 3,000+ views on Dre’s freestyle
Got to podcast with Ransom
Won my first game of chess ever
Took a philosophy class
T.J. Miller & Cash Levy liked my first masker
Met Rashad Jennings
Got to watch Donald host on SNL with Bino as musical guest
Got to watch This is America
Hung up tommywaite.com flyers all around campus
They used my masker at a live show on Cashing In with T.J. Miller
Peed off a bridge, twice
Ate a fried Twinkie
Wrote, directed, & edited my own commercial
Stayed up all night talking to a girl
Slept in a hammock overnight while camping
Dyni wrote for my blog
I broke the one month curse
Won a game of horseshoes
Got to watch Atlanta Robbin’ Season
My family moved from a townhouse to an apartment
Went on my old youth group’s mission trip as a leader
Got through diarrhea & throwing up at the same time (on the mission trip)
I wore a choker (ironically)
Played angleball
Had Bette’s homemade stuffed pork chop
Talked to T.J. Miller briefly one on one about philosophy
Drank Aloe Vera
A girl I love wrote me an eleven page letter
Got my first kiss
A girl I love said “I love you” to me
Wrote a rap as a Shakespeare character for a play
Played my 3rd year of church softball
I worked with my uncle for a summer as a handyman
Ate a donut ice cream sandwich
Got a 114 day streak on snapchat
Skinny dipped in the ocean
Built a RED camera
Fit 26 grapes in my mouth
Slept in a car
Got to watch Pete do his first sermon
Made my first real meal (thanks Blue Apron)
Played Intermural basketball
Went to D.C. alone
Got to see Childish Gambino perform in person
Sat at a bar at a fancy restaurant
Saw Sweeney Todd live by myself
Took a girl I love to get a massage
Got to listen to Tha Carter V
Brought my friend (Pete) to Pittsburgh
Got my heart broken (s’all good :)
Went to Philadelphia
Ate an authentic Philly cheese steak
Went to a NBA game
Had an Insomnia Cookie
Went TopGolfing
Finished a whole Chapstick
Made Christmas cards with my friends
The cruising range on my car got to 0 and I survived
Went as a leader on a church retreat
Got tommywaite.com pens
Went to a Gala for no reason and was way underdressed
Wore a dress and Definitely pulled it off
Someone put me on “LU Crushes”
Got a JuJu Jersey
Used VR for the first time
Got money for playing fantasy football