Things I Did in 2019
(Prelude:
The Year of My Movie
This year has mostly been leading up to the making of my senior thesis short film Street Walking. Everything listed in here I can say “oh I was procrastinating my movie then.” except the one bullet point where I was actually making my movie.)
Got black Icebergs Ts
Slept in a sorority house
Introduced to frozen grapes by Emily Knoth
Visited OSU w/ tatum
Upgraded tommywaite.com pens
Made a “The 12 1/2” hat
Got to meet T.J. again (he remembered me)
Made a podcast. about meeting T.J.
Made a podcast about love
Got to do a podcast w/ Teens
Invested in a 9ft umbrella to walk people around campus in rain (used once)
Got published to WBIS twice
Got into MeUndies
Had to serve a grand slam to a girl on LU Crushes
Made tommywaite.com phone cases
Became close and personal friends with three cheerleaders (not really)
Got to meet T.J. again again & Cash Levy again
Got to go to DeeJay’s w/ Ricky
Got to go to a Penguins game w/ Sammy
Went back on and off tinder (never feel good on that thing)
Got to go snowless snow tubing w/ friends on my birthday
Made a tommywaite.com flask
Got to work as a production assistant and an assistant craft services on a pilot
Got to enjoy the fruits of making “The 12 1/2” hat
Got to watch a Childish Gambino movie, Guava Island
Went to the driving range spontaneously
Got to eat fried lasagna
On Cashing In they talked about meeting me after a show
Got to eat rolled ice cream
Someone made an Easter egg of one of rackleson’s tweets (Nolan’s wife, Bethany)
Got to do a podcast w/ Weston
Got to do a podcast w/ Garrett & Pete
Discovered that in my old youth group’s room “tommywaite.com” is written on a dry erase board for years
Played dominos for the first time
Got to experience the most surprising clock
Slept in the same bed as my friend, Pete
Shot a gun for the first time
Brought our beds into the living room for a sleepover w/ my roommates
Got to experience Chris D’elia on a song w/ Eminem
Went to a ballet and cried
Got to go to a Phillies game
Ate duck (don’t recommend)
Got to see the Rocky statue in person
Got to update my logo
Made the Dean’s list
Got to listen to I AM JUST A RAPPER 1 & 2
Got to put the business hours of Lin’s Garden on Google
Got to work with my uncle again as a handyman
Got to see Benny get confirmed
Got Donald Glover’s shoes
Got to play angleball w/ Nolan
Got to experience a fruit loops milkshake w/ Lisa
Fell in love with Mister Rogers
Got to release a parking lot talk pod I recorded in 2018
Went to Kennywood, rode one ride and got rained out
I read an entire book for the first time in Years
Got to have Hannah & Sammy over for homemade pizza
Got to spend fourth of July w/ Hannah & Sammy
Received a tommywaite.com bracelet in Morse code
Got to go to Costa Rica again
Opened my mind up to beans
Officially accepted myself as a person that likes spicy things
Reunited with my favorite drink Fanta Rojo
Got to do a podcast with Luke Whipple
Got to go to a hot springs
Seriously cracked my phone
Got my phone repaired for free
Got to listen to the Comedy Sex God audiobook by Pete Holmes
Smoked a tobacco-free herb from a pipe
Got to run games at Vacation Bible School
Got to watch/hear Donald play Simba
Wore a Batman onesie
Got to go to dinner overlooking the city with a very pretty girl
Went to a drive-in movie
Worked hard on my short film script
Got to sit by a lake eating an icee w/ Ricky
Got to move in w/ Pete
Got to go on vacation w/ Pete
Slept in the same bed as my friend, Pete again
Got a handwritten note from my former roommate
Got to become friends w/ Kendall
Got matching DENT shirts w/ Pete
Got to do a face mask for the first time w/ Kendall
Got to experiences T.J.’s famous tachos (instructions part 1 & 2)
Got to hike Sharp top Mountain at sunrise
Got to be the assistant director to my friend Dillon Black’s short film
Got to be the AD on another short
Got to do voice over for a short
Got to be the AD for my friend Christina Caston’s short film
T.J. said my script was “GREAT”
Got to do a sunrise hike around Oasis
Got to become friends w/ Kevvys
I made delicious chicken for my friends
Got to see Brett Farve in person
Got to see Jerry Falwell’s hairy chest in person
Bought a tequila shot for my professor
Got to watch Workaholics
Left an open can of sardines on our counter for weeks
Ate out of a dog bowl w/ Pete
I was listed as someone that makes them laugh the most w/ Son
Got to hear Ravi Zacharias speak in person
Got to watch Joker
Got to make a Tommy Waite mask
Got into salads
Got to hike Humpback Rock at sunset
Ate a homemade vegan meal w/ Son
Got to watch Benny start varsity football as a freshman
Threw parachute army men off of a tower
Got to play a bunny in an absurdist short film
Got to experience Kanye’s transformation
Got to watch Chance host SNL again
Put the open can of sardines in a fishbowl
Got to direct my movie
Pete & I got matching women’s PJs
Survived my ex telling me she’s getting married to the guy she left me for
Reevaluated my interpretation of a break up
Got to be interviewed for a vaping PSA
Had a PJ & pasta party
Got to record Pete’s church service
Got to be a leader for my former youth group’s retreat
Got to pick up 31 pizzas w/ MuskMan
I signed someone’s water bottle
Made a weird/uncomfortable white elephant gift
Wrote the first draft of a pilot script
Got to help make homemade ravioli
Was disappointed by Chance at how he handled this year
Won money in fantasy football
Got to go to the 31st floor of PPG
Ate at the Original Oyster House
Got to read a book to my baby cousin
Ate a family record 22 ravioli at Christmas
Got to do a podcast again w/ Boobie
Got to make a Tommy Waite mask
I signed someone’s water bottle w/ Abby