Sunday, August 22, 2010:

Number of times I’ve woken up after

oversleeping and sprung out of bed like a ninja: 959

Number of broken bones: 3

Number of scars, physical: 4; emotional: 947

Number of funerals attended: 7

Number of friends, Facebook: 744, real: 9

Number of cavities filled: 0

Percentage of people I can stand in the world: 3.5

Number of times I’ve laughed so hard my sides would bruise: 2,972

Number of times I’ve wanted to bawl my eyes out: 320

Number of things I regret: 11

Number of things I know: 918,394

Monday, August 23, 2010:

Number of times I’ve woken up after oversleeping and sprung out

of bed like a ninja: 960

Number of broken bones: 3

Number of scars, physical: 4; emotional: 1,293

Number of funerals attended: 7

Number of friends, Facebook: 800, real: 7

Number of cavities filled: 0

Percentage of people I can stand in the world: 3.4

Number of times I’ve laughed so hard my sides would bruise: 2,973

Number of times I’ve wanted to bawl my eyes out: 321

Number of things I regret: 13

Number of things I know: 918,390

Claire Lee 

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Born in 1996, Claire Lee is the  National Student Poet for the  Northeast region. She currently  attends high school in New York  City.

The National Student Poets  Program was launched by the  President’s Committee on the Arts  and the Humanities, the Institute  of  Museum and Library Services,  and  the nonprofit Alliance for  Young  Artists & Writers. The  program is designed to elevate  and highlight the work of young  poets (grades 9-11) for a national  audience.

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on April 17 at Lincoln Center.

 Photo credit: Helen Ahn

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