take your time

It's Friday! The countdown to classes begins. My bed looks a lot more cozy now, as I have three pillows instead of 1. Yesterday I put up my purple lights and they rule. I wish I brought my posters because the walls are gross. Whoever lived here before me was lame. There are tape stains all over hte wall from using improper tape and nails and stuff. :( I printed out some quotes and a picture I like to put up, but it's not doing the trick. How sad.

Hmm, so this week I decided I would like to never move things again. I have made so many trips between the closet and various dorms this week. Too much sweating. Lame. But getting things put back into place is excellent, and my friends rule, so I suffer. haha.

On Tuesday night I had a cupcake making party with Bree, Sam and Jonathan. I would post another picture from it to prove that I have friends, but I promised not to put ridiculous faces on the internet. How sad.

BUT, the cupcakes were delicious. Everyone else had already eaten dinner, so I made a hummus and sprouts sammich and carved it into the shape of an elephant. I was going to do a dinosaur, but I thought an elephant would be easier. It has a dried cranberry for an eye. Clearly this is a maniacal elephant.


Wednesday was the underground tour for band, so I got really sweaty and had a great time talking to freshpeople. You should ask me about Wednesday night the next time we speak--it's a great story. :)

Yesterday I woke up at noon (hey now, I went to bed at 3am after running all over Columbia). Awesome. Bree and I took the water taxi to the Brooklyn IKEA. We had to take the 1 to the bottom of Manhattan and then took the taxi over to the IKEA. I don't think water taxi is a very good name for this mode of transportation. I think water rollercoaster is a little more accurate. It ruled.

I got a lot of neat things from IKEA, like a rug and a really nice pillow and kitchen things. Bree and I bought a lot of the same things (because we have good taste/are cheap).
When we got back we did some errands and made shells pasta with peas. It was delicious. Then we took the last of the cupcakes over to Katharine and Hilary's suite to watch Project Runway. We were pretty pleased with the person they kicked off. It was fun.

Today I got my package from mum, so it is a good day. I have awesome plans for tonight, so you should ask me about those later. :)

Love love love!

i put one foot forward

Last Thursday got into NYC and took a cab over to Amy's apartment in Brooklyn. I was rather concerned in the cab because the driver was like "is this is Manhattan?" When I said it was in Brooklyn he looked concerned and went and spoke to the dispatcher for several minutes. Somehow we managed to arrive safely.

Amy's apartment is ridiculously nice. We hit up Crumbs and Red Bamboo in Greenwich Thursday night, which was delicious as always. We sat next to this major dbag in Red Bamboo who was complaining about studying for the GRE. He couldn't understand why the English section was so hard and had so many useless words. He was like 'you can learn math--it's a process. but English? Whaaaaat?' except with more ignorance. It was quite comical.

On Saturday we went over to Prospect Park to go to Spike Jone's Michael Jackson birthday celebration. We had to walk quite a way through Prospect Park to get to the location. As we walked through the constant drizzle and thick trees, the bass from the party got louder and louder. It was rather ominous. We saw a lot of great dancing at the party, but left after like 40 minutes because we were quite wet.

A bar that Elliott Smith, one of our favorite musicians, used to frequent was nearby, so we walked over there and took tourist pictures. There were tons of bars in that area, so we can totally see why he lived there. When I am 21 we are totally going back.

While we were at the bar we realized that an ice cream shop we wanted to try was pretty close. We called Rubot and made her look up the address and walked over toward it. We got a delicious brunch (my third of the week, haha) at this place called Atlantic something. After that we went to the Salvation Army and I got 8 Crate and Barrel plates for $7. I also picked up a muffin pan, a twister (the game) mug and a variety of silverware. Amy got a really cute ceramic plate set for super cheap also. It was pretty heavy to carry home, but totally worth it. The ice cream place we went to (Marbles) was pretty good, but way overpriced. The server was a total failure though. I ordered a large iced coffee au lait and I got an iced cappuccino instead. It was definitely the second strongest coffee I have ever had. I decided to save it for the next day, when we had to get up at the crack of dawn to take the subway over to Barnard.

Moving to school was an interesting experience. I would not recommend lugging three suitcases across 12 blocks, 2 subways and far too many stairs. But, we made relatively good time and my room is really cute. Ok, not really. I haven't found my posters yet. But it is on its way. I also have an excellent view.






On Sunday night I went to a Kid Nation marathon. The show is horrifying and hilarious. I figured it would be good because it would involve bratty kids crying, but little did I know what would unfold. I don't feel like explaining the series, but I highly recommend it. :) I left after 9 hours of the marathon due to excessive sleepyness. We resumed Monday night and saw the epic ending. haha.

While I miss Madison already, it has been absolutely lovely to see some of my college friends again. I have eight million things to do to get ready for classes on September 8th, but I am well on my way.

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