I graduated yesterday. From college. With a B.A. in art history. With honors! That's all I can process at this point. Words and feelings and thoughts have not yet articulated themselves into anything intelligible in my mind. Too much packing and moving and sadness.
Will update more when my brain is functioning and my life is less chaotic. For now, let me just say I AM DONE!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
DONE WITH SCHOOL
FINALS ARE OVER
I have finally slept! Finally Finally Finally! I feel so well rested and not sleep deprived, it's an amazing and yet strangely unfamiliar concept.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I have finally slept! Finally Finally Finally! I feel so well rested and not sleep deprived, it's an amazing and yet strangely unfamiliar concept.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Saturday, May 14, 2011
finals
finals: tests, papers, projects, presentations, posters, all-nighters.....
ruining my life right now and spoiling my last week of college.
will be done on tuesday and hopefully recovered by wednesday after sleeping for first time in days.
LAST CYCLE OF EXAMS/ESSAYS EVER??? ---> if I go to design school, there might be exams and final projects, but i imagine in an entirely different format and in subjects i'm interested in. unlike medieval history, which i just finished a paper in about a dead language, or french agricultural development, which i wrote a paper in last week, en francais. byerk!
recent good things:
michael's fake surprise bday party was fun
art brigade field trips--- well i survived and i consider that an accomplishment after taking 60 poorly behaved hyper kids through an art museum without a docent/tourguide
j and a's birthdays- dinner at donna's, always successful, and then fancy dinner at pazo last night. wore my new high waisted fancy-pants (yes really im calling them my fancy pants) and a's shiny top and heeeels, and ate so so so many delicious tapas. love doing tapas with other vegetarians, makes it a lot less complicado, but man was that place expensive! will go back when have established independently wealthy status/married for money.
what we ate: haricots verts with sea salt and almonds, broccoli (how the fuck do you spell broccoli i never get it right, thank you spellcheck) with chili oil and pecorino, zuchinni cakes with mint yogurt sauce, manchego potato croquettes, crispy artichoke which turned out to mean battered and fried and was my favorite thing, a white pizza covered in spinach, peas, buffalo mozz, and garlic, and for dessert s and i split a brown butter apple tart that was like heaven.
basically ate my weight in fatty, rich, salty foods and then came home and pulled an all-nighter to finish this essay on medieval judeo-french and medieval jewry. professor said she really liked my research idea and outline and if the essay turned out well she wanted to submit it for the undergrad writing prize, but seeing as it was mostly written between 5 and 10 am on the due date, i doubt it will be that marvelous.
hopking to do just well enough to maintain my 3.5 this semester and graduate with honors, beyond that do not care about grades. just want to be donnnneee so i can celebrate and drink and go out and enjoy my last time here at hopkins!
ruining my life right now and spoiling my last week of college.
will be done on tuesday and hopefully recovered by wednesday after sleeping for first time in days.
LAST CYCLE OF EXAMS/ESSAYS EVER??? ---> if I go to design school, there might be exams and final projects, but i imagine in an entirely different format and in subjects i'm interested in. unlike medieval history, which i just finished a paper in about a dead language, or french agricultural development, which i wrote a paper in last week, en francais. byerk!
recent good things:
michael's fake surprise bday party was fun
art brigade field trips--- well i survived and i consider that an accomplishment after taking 60 poorly behaved hyper kids through an art museum without a docent/tourguide
j and a's birthdays- dinner at donna's, always successful, and then fancy dinner at pazo last night. wore my new high waisted fancy-pants (yes really im calling them my fancy pants) and a's shiny top and heeeels, and ate so so so many delicious tapas. love doing tapas with other vegetarians, makes it a lot less complicado, but man was that place expensive! will go back when have established independently wealthy status/married for money.
what we ate: haricots verts with sea salt and almonds, broccoli (how the fuck do you spell broccoli i never get it right, thank you spellcheck) with chili oil and pecorino, zuchinni cakes with mint yogurt sauce, manchego potato croquettes, crispy artichoke which turned out to mean battered and fried and was my favorite thing, a white pizza covered in spinach, peas, buffalo mozz, and garlic, and for dessert s and i split a brown butter apple tart that was like heaven.
basically ate my weight in fatty, rich, salty foods and then came home and pulled an all-nighter to finish this essay on medieval judeo-french and medieval jewry. professor said she really liked my research idea and outline and if the essay turned out well she wanted to submit it for the undergrad writing prize, but seeing as it was mostly written between 5 and 10 am on the due date, i doubt it will be that marvelous.
hopking to do just well enough to maintain my 3.5 this semester and graduate with honors, beyond that do not care about grades. just want to be donnnneee so i can celebrate and drink and go out and enjoy my last time here at hopkins!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
whoooops!
So after making a fuss about coming back to this blog after neglecting it for so long, i then proceeded to forget about it for over a month. school has just been consuming my time recently, but in an effort to make up for it, here's a very abbreviated summary. cliff notes style.
- spring break was amazing and fun and sunny and full of good food and dancing and drunken sun bathing and the ocean and even a boy, for a brief blink of an eye
- coming back to school after being in lovely warm florida was awful. it was cold and there was work to do and sleeping became a much sought after luxury that i rarely indulged in.
- so many projects! i had a ton of midterms before break and then it seemed like the second i got back i had round two, but it was even more irritating because they were all like rough drafts or preparatory exercises or early versions of FINAL projects. please please please tell me why it's necessary to turn in an annotated bibliography, an outline with topic sentences, a rough draft, or a detailed plan of a final project which will not be due until mid May? Am i in seventh grade? NO. Do i know how to write a research paper? YES. do i need my TA to make me turn part of it in in MARCH or APRIL so i can get their worthless feedback on something i still have over a month to work on? NOOOOOO.
- passover! went to ohio for the first couple of days, saw my aunt and uncle, first cousins, parents, other aunt, and my dear old grandpa. it was pretty fun even though my aunt and uncle live in a small town in central ohio that is pretty boring, to put it nicely, spoiled city girl that i am. Lots of cooking, eating, synagogue, and seders! (and wine)
food highlights:
- radish salad: grated radishes, tahini, lemon juice, lemon zest, fresh parsley
- charoset: my favorite passover thing!
- lemon curd with dessert sooooo delicious
- potatoes, always so good. dependable and versatile, like a good pair of pants.
- BORSCHT! yeah baby. summer borscht. cold, lemony, beety, beautiful.
- my aunt's potato leek soup! creamy and wonderful.
- kishke! a very yiddishy thing which is hard to explain but it's like jewish stuffing and it reminds me of my grandma.
- lots of food memories and recipes of my grandma's, bringing her to the seder with us even though she's not here anymore. here's to you, grandma ruth!
- plenty of partying and drunken antics. including Smcinty's birthday smash! we threw a rubik's cube party in our house, it was highly entertaining and ridiculous. i ended up in all boy's clothes and B ended up in a pair of S's tiny short shorts (hilarious) and A ended up not wearing any pants and S was very very orange! crazinesssss.
- it really just hit me that there are only two more weeks of classes left. Two more weeks of school, possibly ever? My plan is to work for a year or so and then go to school for design, but if that doesn't end up happening, this could be my last educational experience ever! INSANITY. Also, I really don't want to graduate or leave Hopkins. These four years really have been the most amazing, fun, ridiculous, challenging at times, but rewarding years. I really know who I am now, which is not something I could have said four years ago as a freshman, or even as a junior. I don't want it to end!
- spring break was amazing and fun and sunny and full of good food and dancing and drunken sun bathing and the ocean and even a boy, for a brief blink of an eye
- coming back to school after being in lovely warm florida was awful. it was cold and there was work to do and sleeping became a much sought after luxury that i rarely indulged in.
- so many projects! i had a ton of midterms before break and then it seemed like the second i got back i had round two, but it was even more irritating because they were all like rough drafts or preparatory exercises or early versions of FINAL projects. please please please tell me why it's necessary to turn in an annotated bibliography, an outline with topic sentences, a rough draft, or a detailed plan of a final project which will not be due until mid May? Am i in seventh grade? NO. Do i know how to write a research paper? YES. do i need my TA to make me turn part of it in in MARCH or APRIL so i can get their worthless feedback on something i still have over a month to work on? NOOOOOO.
- passover! went to ohio for the first couple of days, saw my aunt and uncle, first cousins, parents, other aunt, and my dear old grandpa. it was pretty fun even though my aunt and uncle live in a small town in central ohio that is pretty boring, to put it nicely, spoiled city girl that i am. Lots of cooking, eating, synagogue, and seders! (and wine)
food highlights:
- radish salad: grated radishes, tahini, lemon juice, lemon zest, fresh parsley
- charoset: my favorite passover thing!
- lemon curd with dessert sooooo delicious
- potatoes, always so good. dependable and versatile, like a good pair of pants.
- BORSCHT! yeah baby. summer borscht. cold, lemony, beety, beautiful.
- my aunt's potato leek soup! creamy and wonderful.
- kishke! a very yiddishy thing which is hard to explain but it's like jewish stuffing and it reminds me of my grandma.
- lots of food memories and recipes of my grandma's, bringing her to the seder with us even though she's not here anymore. here's to you, grandma ruth!
- plenty of partying and drunken antics. including Smcinty's birthday smash! we threw a rubik's cube party in our house, it was highly entertaining and ridiculous. i ended up in all boy's clothes and B ended up in a pair of S's tiny short shorts (hilarious) and A ended up not wearing any pants and S was very very orange! crazinesssss.
- it really just hit me that there are only two more weeks of classes left. Two more weeks of school, possibly ever? My plan is to work for a year or so and then go to school for design, but if that doesn't end up happening, this could be my last educational experience ever! INSANITY. Also, I really don't want to graduate or leave Hopkins. These four years really have been the most amazing, fun, ridiculous, challenging at times, but rewarding years. I really know who I am now, which is not something I could have said four years ago as a freshman, or even as a junior. I don't want it to end!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
midterms = huge time suck
This past week, my midterms started and I have another one on Monday.
I hate exams. I don't feel like they're necessarily a good measure of what you've learned, not for everyone anyways. For exams I just memorize and regurgitate facts and numbers and key points, but if the midterm assignment is an essay, I can actually express what I've learned and show that I'm thinking about the topics of the class on a level beyond flashcard memorization. luckily so far i've had essays or projects for midterms, but tomorrow i have a real test with short id's and a longer essay. and of course it's for the class i HATE because it is sooooo boring and unstimulating intellectually- Medieval Culture & Society. I haven't been doing the readings all semester because I had no need to, I went to lecture and took notes, and I went to section and listened to my stupid TA blather on and on, not really teaching us anything new, thinking highly of herself and making snide jokes which she thinks are funny, ironic, or make her seem "cool." she is very, very canadian. So now i'm cramming; struggling to do 6 weeks worth of reading, typing and organizing all my notes, trying to make an outline or something. not going so well. i'm just so unmotivated!
shmeehhhhh. the one thing keeping me going is that spring break is so soon! by friday afternoon we will be on our way, heading down the coast, me and my 3 dear roommates. so excited! hopefully we'll make it to key west by saturday evening/night but it all depends on traffic and driving exhaustion and whatnot. Going to Target later today, even though I really do need to study for this exam, to get a bathing suit and other spring break necessities. i can't believe i forgot all my bathing suits at home! i brought them home at thanksgiving and forgot to bring them back after winter break. whoops!
good excuse to get another one though, but will i get a one piece or a bikini? two pieces are still a relatively new concept for me, as i didn't even own one till i was about 19. I'm so pale and I've always been very self-conscious of my skintone and complexion, especially with my scars on my shoulders and now my new scars on my back from having shingles last nov-dec, so i guess i'll try things on and see. as always, julianne moore, evan rachel woode, nicole kidman are my celebrity confidence boosters as they are famously gorgeous, fair-skinned ladies! and now that i dyed my hair a gingery shade of strawberry blonde, (i was aiming for a far more gingery, reddish blonde look but the dye didn't have a huge effect on my seemingly dye-resistant hair) i can liken my paleness to their redhead/ivory skin example.
I hate exams. I don't feel like they're necessarily a good measure of what you've learned, not for everyone anyways. For exams I just memorize and regurgitate facts and numbers and key points, but if the midterm assignment is an essay, I can actually express what I've learned and show that I'm thinking about the topics of the class on a level beyond flashcard memorization. luckily so far i've had essays or projects for midterms, but tomorrow i have a real test with short id's and a longer essay. and of course it's for the class i HATE because it is sooooo boring and unstimulating intellectually- Medieval Culture & Society. I haven't been doing the readings all semester because I had no need to, I went to lecture and took notes, and I went to section and listened to my stupid TA blather on and on, not really teaching us anything new, thinking highly of herself and making snide jokes which she thinks are funny, ironic, or make her seem "cool." she is very, very canadian. So now i'm cramming; struggling to do 6 weeks worth of reading, typing and organizing all my notes, trying to make an outline or something. not going so well. i'm just so unmotivated!
shmeehhhhh. the one thing keeping me going is that spring break is so soon! by friday afternoon we will be on our way, heading down the coast, me and my 3 dear roommates. so excited! hopefully we'll make it to key west by saturday evening/night but it all depends on traffic and driving exhaustion and whatnot. Going to Target later today, even though I really do need to study for this exam, to get a bathing suit and other spring break necessities. i can't believe i forgot all my bathing suits at home! i brought them home at thanksgiving and forgot to bring them back after winter break. whoops!
good excuse to get another one though, but will i get a one piece or a bikini? two pieces are still a relatively new concept for me, as i didn't even own one till i was about 19. I'm so pale and I've always been very self-conscious of my skintone and complexion, especially with my scars on my shoulders and now my new scars on my back from having shingles last nov-dec, so i guess i'll try things on and see. as always, julianne moore, evan rachel woode, nicole kidman are my celebrity confidence boosters as they are famously gorgeous, fair-skinned ladies! and now that i dyed my hair a gingery shade of strawberry blonde, (i was aiming for a far more gingery, reddish blonde look but the dye didn't have a huge effect on my seemingly dye-resistant hair) i can liken my paleness to their redhead/ivory skin example.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
this semester has become so busy so quickly. between schoolwork, endless amounts of less-than-thrilling reading, waking up early for class every day, weekend shenanigans, art brigade responsibilities and teaching, working at the library, and dealing with other issues, i've hardly had a minute to think, much less blog or do my laundry.
i took some time this weekend to just relax, i stayed in friday night and slept for 13 hours, i baked bread yesterday (delicious baguettes which made yummy toast this morning), i tried to find some time to sew or crochet which i haven't been doing much lately due to the onslaught of work. i contemplated my life, my future, my friendships, my relationships. it's kind of been annoying me lately, on an entirely selfish and ridiculous level, that all of my roommates and i are single for the first time EVER in college, since both s and j broke up with their former bf-s in february, and within like 20 seconds they all have romantic interests. i've been single for almost two years, and nada. i know that i can be wall flower-y and it's really hard for me to put myself out there, and that's part of the reason i haven't dated anyone else. part of it is also that hopkins is not the ideal environment to find the kind of guy i'm attracted to: the poetic, creative, artsy, dark-haired boy who dresses well (no sweatpants! no frat t-shirts!), wears thick framed glasses (my weakness), and above all, is interesting to talk to. it seems like everyone here is an engineer wearing pajamas to class. and while i love pajamas and there's nothing wrong with engineers, it's just not what i'm looking for, clearly. of course i'm beyond happy for my 3 roommates in their new romantic pursuits, i like the guys they're seeing now and i'm glad they're enjoying themselves, but i can't help but feel a tinge of envy. it's lonely to be single for this long, to have no prospects, and to watch as all your friends go about in happy couples while you stay home. sometimes i feel profoundly alone, isolated, unattractive, mopey and sorry for myself, which i hate because UGH who likes feeling that way?
of course i know my life is full of amazing friends and family, i'm so fortunate and privileged not to have any major problems in my life, i'm healthy and young and getting an awesome education.... i just wish i had someone to share it with. it's harder having to watch others happy in their coupleyness, it's like i feel more single when my friends are dating. and then i feel like such a pathetic prune for letting my happiness be dictated, well no not dictated, but affected by whether or not i have a guy in my life. i don't need male attention, i'm not seeking male approval, i'm a strong, independent woman, so i feel completely ashamed and silly that i feel sad about being lonely. i just miss romance, i miss being looked at in that way, i miss flirting, cuddling, someone calling just to see how my day was, i miss going on dates, i miss being cared for and feeling loved.
but alas! life does indeed go on. i'll find it again, eventually, and in the mean time, i have my friends, i have my books, i have my art.
i took some time this weekend to just relax, i stayed in friday night and slept for 13 hours, i baked bread yesterday (delicious baguettes which made yummy toast this morning), i tried to find some time to sew or crochet which i haven't been doing much lately due to the onslaught of work. i contemplated my life, my future, my friendships, my relationships. it's kind of been annoying me lately, on an entirely selfish and ridiculous level, that all of my roommates and i are single for the first time EVER in college, since both s and j broke up with their former bf-s in february, and within like 20 seconds they all have romantic interests. i've been single for almost two years, and nada. i know that i can be wall flower-y and it's really hard for me to put myself out there, and that's part of the reason i haven't dated anyone else. part of it is also that hopkins is not the ideal environment to find the kind of guy i'm attracted to: the poetic, creative, artsy, dark-haired boy who dresses well (no sweatpants! no frat t-shirts!), wears thick framed glasses (my weakness), and above all, is interesting to talk to. it seems like everyone here is an engineer wearing pajamas to class. and while i love pajamas and there's nothing wrong with engineers, it's just not what i'm looking for, clearly. of course i'm beyond happy for my 3 roommates in their new romantic pursuits, i like the guys they're seeing now and i'm glad they're enjoying themselves, but i can't help but feel a tinge of envy. it's lonely to be single for this long, to have no prospects, and to watch as all your friends go about in happy couples while you stay home. sometimes i feel profoundly alone, isolated, unattractive, mopey and sorry for myself, which i hate because UGH who likes feeling that way?
of course i know my life is full of amazing friends and family, i'm so fortunate and privileged not to have any major problems in my life, i'm healthy and young and getting an awesome education.... i just wish i had someone to share it with. it's harder having to watch others happy in their coupleyness, it's like i feel more single when my friends are dating. and then i feel like such a pathetic prune for letting my happiness be dictated, well no not dictated, but affected by whether or not i have a guy in my life. i don't need male attention, i'm not seeking male approval, i'm a strong, independent woman, so i feel completely ashamed and silly that i feel sad about being lonely. i just miss romance, i miss being looked at in that way, i miss flirting, cuddling, someone calling just to see how my day was, i miss going on dates, i miss being cared for and feeling loved.
but alas! life does indeed go on. i'll find it again, eventually, and in the mean time, i have my friends, i have my books, i have my art.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
this week was a bit of a fail
so this week went by both rapidly and very slowly in weird ways, and two days of it were spent lying around sick, but also in different ways.
-monday: after medieval culture class (boringgg) and work, i had a long long serious talk with amanda about life and so many other things. catharsis x infinty. then we went on a valentines day date! minus celeste, who bailed on us in favor of actually doing her job as a ta and holding office hours. how utterly responsible of her! went to lebanese taverna which was so so delicious! we shared spinach pies, roasted garlic humus (complete with whole roasted garlic gloves on top which were kind of too roasted and brown in color, which made me think they were dates or prunes and i was very confused), felafel which was decent but not the best, and haloumi cheese which was the best thing ever. i am a haloumi addict for sure! and everything was consumed in conjunction with enormous amounts of their pillowy, puffy fresh-baked pita. the staff and other people at the restaurant definitely thought we were lesbians on a valentines day dinner, and were giving us weird looks. even if we were a gay couple, what's it to them!? we had excellent luck with the bus schedule timing though!
- tuesday: french class was boring, we're learning about the political system of France which i already know all about and so basically, the theme of that class seems to be doodle while the professor tells me things i already know. then i had poetics and politics of sex, which is an interesting class, and we discussed casina and lysistrata which we had read for that week, but by discussed, i mean he lectured and occasionally posed questions which he then answered himself. he definitely likes to talk, but what he was saying was interesting at least. he didn't give us a break though and that class is from 1:30 to 4 so i had to run out in the middle so i could go to the loo. i wish someone would speak up and be like hey nils, we should have a break in this 3 hour long class no? then i came home and started my laundry and lazed about the house a bit, if i recall.
- wednesday: didn't go to medieval culture class, just didn't wake up and that class is a major waste of my time. ughhhh. i know i should go, but i didn't. who owns culture was very interesting this week, although rodini also spent most of the time talking to us instead of having a discussion. it was very interesting though, we talked a lot about UNESCO and the relationship between the art market/art dealers/art collectors and the art or cultural objects themselves and also the relationship to archaeology. a few archaeology majors in the class definitely enlightened us on some really interesting concepts, like the art historical provenance concept versus the archaeological provinience concept. Then i taught at Tench for Art Brigade! it was great, we did a civil rights themed project since its black history month, we didn't have too many kids and the volunteers on my day were great. Harley and Ham were there too and it all worked out quite well. then i went home, did work and made pasta.
- thursday: woke up with a ginormous ginormous sinus pressure headache. could hardly see straight and felt like my face was exploding from within. took a bunch of meds and skipped french, thought i would be ok by the time for anthropology and fiction but i was still miserable and in so much pain, so i missed that too and spent the day on the sofa. at night i felt well enough to go to this senior cocktails night, which was fun and weird. we got slightly dressed up, myself embodying both mary poppins and hermione granger while amanda looked like joan jett in her all-black ensemble and rockstar hair. the event was fun, and there was free alcohol, but the food was shmeh and i hadn't really eaten dinner before hand which turned out to be a huge mistake. i thought there would be more food there, but it was all pretty gross and what was good was minimal in amount. i had 2 glasses of wine and then weston's roommate nick asked me to hold his beer while he went to the bathroom i think but when he came back he had another beer so i kept the one i'd been holding. weird beer exchange// he's a weird guy, though he seems nice. then we went to pjs and ginger lunberjack followed us there so he could put the moves on A. s j and i found this incredibly amusing. drank 2 more drinks at pjs --- biggest mistake ever. i'd now mixed 4 types of alcohol: wine, beer, gin and vodka. at some point at pjs, i blacked out.... i don't remember leaving or coming home or getting into bed. woke up at like 7 am in my dress, tights, cardigan and COAT. oyyy veeyyyy.
- friday: spent the entire day INCREDIBLY HUNG OVER. never ever have i had a hangover like this. i couldn't believe i had blacked out and didn't remember the last quarter of the night. luckily i didn't do anything too embarassing, according to jen, except dance wildly in the pub where no one really dances, jovially greet someone i was friends with freshman year but haven't talked to in 3 years, and try to help jen flirt with a tall dude. apparently i also ran around and was hyper and cheerful, and no one could tell i was black-out which is good. sarah was also super hungover so we comiserated and spent the day dying on the couches. eventually i had to go to work at 5 and that was a huge struggle. i have seriously never been hung over this way. it was like extreme hangover: lightweight edition. went to work, rented some dvds and had a movie/pizza/chill night with jen.
- saturday (today): compared to yesterday's total unproductivity, today i am super woman. woke up early and went to the farmer's market with sarah around 10:45/11:00. We got some beets, olive bread, tangerines, green beans, and i got a veggie empenada for lunch/brunch/whatever. delicious! when i asked the guy what was in the veggie empenada he said "the veggie empenada..... it contains.... veggies." UM THANKS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS. "right... what kinds of vegetables are in it?"- me. "ohhh..... *reads lists of ingredients off a piece of paper where he had them all typed out* and cheddar cheese." - empenada man who had ginger dreadlocks. he then proceeded to flirt with sarah. barf. but the empenada was delish. then we went to the bank, i deposited my paychecks (wooooo monayyyy), and then to eddie's to get milk and cereal and a few other things. and then starbucks, because, well just because. accomplished all this before noon! hyper productivity! once we got home we started cleaning the apt because we're having a party tonight, or rather jen is hosting the volleyball teams mixer and its then opening up to an open-party at about 10 or 10:30. im going to a potluck at the ginger lumberjacks house tonight, which i imagine to be covered entirely in rust-colored corduroy and buffalo plaid. trying to get A to go with me, but i think she's hesitant to show up for a communal meal at his house.... awkwardness potential very high. started cleaning my room but it's still a HUGE HUGE mess. oyyyy.
so now i'm just sitting at work, blogging instead of doing the readings for poetics/politics. need to come up with a way to shorten the name of that class, a la maniere de "anthro-fic" for anthropology and fiction, for which i have readings to catch up on. ayyyy. but it's the weekend and i survived a massive hang over so REJOICE.
-monday: after medieval culture class (boringgg) and work, i had a long long serious talk with amanda about life and so many other things. catharsis x infinty. then we went on a valentines day date! minus celeste, who bailed on us in favor of actually doing her job as a ta and holding office hours. how utterly responsible of her! went to lebanese taverna which was so so delicious! we shared spinach pies, roasted garlic humus (complete with whole roasted garlic gloves on top which were kind of too roasted and brown in color, which made me think they were dates or prunes and i was very confused), felafel which was decent but not the best, and haloumi cheese which was the best thing ever. i am a haloumi addict for sure! and everything was consumed in conjunction with enormous amounts of their pillowy, puffy fresh-baked pita. the staff and other people at the restaurant definitely thought we were lesbians on a valentines day dinner, and were giving us weird looks. even if we were a gay couple, what's it to them!? we had excellent luck with the bus schedule timing though!
- tuesday: french class was boring, we're learning about the political system of France which i already know all about and so basically, the theme of that class seems to be doodle while the professor tells me things i already know. then i had poetics and politics of sex, which is an interesting class, and we discussed casina and lysistrata which we had read for that week, but by discussed, i mean he lectured and occasionally posed questions which he then answered himself. he definitely likes to talk, but what he was saying was interesting at least. he didn't give us a break though and that class is from 1:30 to 4 so i had to run out in the middle so i could go to the loo. i wish someone would speak up and be like hey nils, we should have a break in this 3 hour long class no? then i came home and started my laundry and lazed about the house a bit, if i recall.
- wednesday: didn't go to medieval culture class, just didn't wake up and that class is a major waste of my time. ughhhh. i know i should go, but i didn't. who owns culture was very interesting this week, although rodini also spent most of the time talking to us instead of having a discussion. it was very interesting though, we talked a lot about UNESCO and the relationship between the art market/art dealers/art collectors and the art or cultural objects themselves and also the relationship to archaeology. a few archaeology majors in the class definitely enlightened us on some really interesting concepts, like the art historical provenance concept versus the archaeological provinience concept. Then i taught at Tench for Art Brigade! it was great, we did a civil rights themed project since its black history month, we didn't have too many kids and the volunteers on my day were great. Harley and Ham were there too and it all worked out quite well. then i went home, did work and made pasta.
- thursday: woke up with a ginormous ginormous sinus pressure headache. could hardly see straight and felt like my face was exploding from within. took a bunch of meds and skipped french, thought i would be ok by the time for anthropology and fiction but i was still miserable and in so much pain, so i missed that too and spent the day on the sofa. at night i felt well enough to go to this senior cocktails night, which was fun and weird. we got slightly dressed up, myself embodying both mary poppins and hermione granger while amanda looked like joan jett in her all-black ensemble and rockstar hair. the event was fun, and there was free alcohol, but the food was shmeh and i hadn't really eaten dinner before hand which turned out to be a huge mistake. i thought there would be more food there, but it was all pretty gross and what was good was minimal in amount. i had 2 glasses of wine and then weston's roommate nick asked me to hold his beer while he went to the bathroom i think but when he came back he had another beer so i kept the one i'd been holding. weird beer exchange// he's a weird guy, though he seems nice. then we went to pjs and ginger lunberjack followed us there so he could put the moves on A. s j and i found this incredibly amusing. drank 2 more drinks at pjs --- biggest mistake ever. i'd now mixed 4 types of alcohol: wine, beer, gin and vodka. at some point at pjs, i blacked out.... i don't remember leaving or coming home or getting into bed. woke up at like 7 am in my dress, tights, cardigan and COAT. oyyy veeyyyy.
- friday: spent the entire day INCREDIBLY HUNG OVER. never ever have i had a hangover like this. i couldn't believe i had blacked out and didn't remember the last quarter of the night. luckily i didn't do anything too embarassing, according to jen, except dance wildly in the pub where no one really dances, jovially greet someone i was friends with freshman year but haven't talked to in 3 years, and try to help jen flirt with a tall dude. apparently i also ran around and was hyper and cheerful, and no one could tell i was black-out which is good. sarah was also super hungover so we comiserated and spent the day dying on the couches. eventually i had to go to work at 5 and that was a huge struggle. i have seriously never been hung over this way. it was like extreme hangover: lightweight edition. went to work, rented some dvds and had a movie/pizza/chill night with jen.
- saturday (today): compared to yesterday's total unproductivity, today i am super woman. woke up early and went to the farmer's market with sarah around 10:45/11:00. We got some beets, olive bread, tangerines, green beans, and i got a veggie empenada for lunch/brunch/whatever. delicious! when i asked the guy what was in the veggie empenada he said "the veggie empenada..... it contains.... veggies." UM THANKS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS. "right... what kinds of vegetables are in it?"- me. "ohhh..... *reads lists of ingredients off a piece of paper where he had them all typed out* and cheddar cheese." - empenada man who had ginger dreadlocks. he then proceeded to flirt with sarah. barf. but the empenada was delish. then we went to the bank, i deposited my paychecks (wooooo monayyyy), and then to eddie's to get milk and cereal and a few other things. and then starbucks, because, well just because. accomplished all this before noon! hyper productivity! once we got home we started cleaning the apt because we're having a party tonight, or rather jen is hosting the volleyball teams mixer and its then opening up to an open-party at about 10 or 10:30. im going to a potluck at the ginger lumberjacks house tonight, which i imagine to be covered entirely in rust-colored corduroy and buffalo plaid. trying to get A to go with me, but i think she's hesitant to show up for a communal meal at his house.... awkwardness potential very high. started cleaning my room but it's still a HUGE HUGE mess. oyyyy.
so now i'm just sitting at work, blogging instead of doing the readings for poetics/politics. need to come up with a way to shorten the name of that class, a la maniere de "anthro-fic" for anthropology and fiction, for which i have readings to catch up on. ayyyy. but it's the weekend and i survived a massive hang over so REJOICE.
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