eXCALmATION poiNTS

I DON'T HAVE A JOB BUT I HAVE AN APARTMENT!!!
AND A BOYFRIEND!!
AND I'M ALMOST DONE WITH COLLEGE!!!!
I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS RIDICULOUSNESS.
!!!

What's Love Got to Do With It?

F-ing spring, popping up and all screwing with my emotions. What is it about fresh air and flowers that turns your heart to butter? At the time you need it to be the strongest?

Especially great timing for more drama, what with the already overwhelming anxiety that is the end of college. I have a thesis to write. I have homework to catch up on, an internship to attend. Jobs and places to live to figure out. Am I moving back to Minnesota next month? Am I staying here? What am I DOING with my LIFE is the main question bobbing around these days.

I've applied for 3 jobs, one with a tutoring organization and one with a elementary school in Harlem as a teacher's aide, and one with a youth retreat group back in Minnesota. I'm also going to be applying for a job as a leader with People to People Student Ambassadors. If I don't get a job I can't stay in NY. If I stay in NY, I'll miss out on skinny dippin' season in Minneapolis.

My entire block has been taken over by the movies. Well, a TV show I guess. It's called Bored 2 Death. I don't have TV so I don't know anything about it but apparently Jason Schwartzman is supposed to be in it although I haven't seen him today. They're filming at the coffee shop on the corner and there have been hipster kids hanging around all day.

TOday I also met Jimmy, Tina's 45 year old Saudi Arabian friend who lives around the corner. He is weird and creepy and has always chatted me up when I walked by before. But tonight we had pizze with him and watched a bellydancing DVD. Still weird and creepy. He definatley jerks off to that video. "Ya, you go, look at you."

Awkward.

Spring "Break"

More like, Spring Work Week. Thesis writing and internship, woo! There have been a few things to do. Actually, last night was the first time I went to bed before midnight in about 4 days. Blame it on Kayla's Birthday Margarita and Dance Night on Thursday, Birthday party for a high school from on Saturday night, Holi on Sunday (pic), date on Monday, and St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday. A favorite musician of mine, That 1 Guy, played last night and I had planned on going, but plans change and I was passed out really early.

New York weather... I thought Minnesota was random. The last 2 days have been beautiful, and today's it's rainy and gross. I can't wait for NY in the spring. And everyone is saying NY in the summer is even better. Not going to lie, I kinda want to be around for it. I'm leaving my options open. If something comes up here... maybe I'll stick around for a bit.

St. Paddy's day was disappointing. The parade was more a procession of all the Irish people in the city. And the streets were full of drunk high schoolers drinking beer "secretly" from Starbucks cups and trying to pick fights. We left pretty quick and got a Guinness at some Irish pub on 2nd full of suits and ties. Pretty rad. I got to see my friend Ian from Hopkins that night, celebrate his 21st in the Village before I ducked out early to go sleep for once.

Speaking of sleep, now that I've done that, I need to get some work done.
Peace!

Borscht and other things good

I made borscht last night and I can't help but show it off cause it was fuckin' amazing. It also took forever between our hotplate that barely gets hot enough to boil and our 2 cup blender.

Look at the delicious redness!!







We were fat and happy afterwards with Tina's NYC Garbage Conference stolen fruit and cookies.

My apartment almost caught fire today

I suppose it's ok since Tina got a NYPD officer's phone number out of it.

The rest of the world is ignorant

"There have been over 9 million refugees and internally displaced people from conflicts in Africa. Hundreds and thousands of people have been slaughtered from a number of conflicts and civil wars. If this scale of destruction and fighting was in Europe, then people would be calling it World War III with the entire world rushing to report, provide aid, mediate and otherwise try to diffuse the situation. This article explores why Africa has been largely ignored and what some of the root causes of the problems are."

I think it's worth taking a look at.

Give My Regards to Broadway

Ya baby! Saw a Broadway play yesterday after orientation where I meet a bunch of awesome Friends Worlder peeps. The show was In the Heights, which apparently won best Broadway Show last year. It was an interesting story, and the set was really well done. And we get to go see it again since the website had the wrong times and about 40 people were late. So ya!

Times Square last night was really, really cool. It's so bright and flashy. I have to say that all the billboards and advertisements are more for asthetic. Seeing a 100foot Bud Lite does not make me want to drink a Bud Lite. And the 10foot Yahoo! sign does not want to make me use Yahoo! But it's all about flashy lights and the reputed atmosphere of Times Square. I wish I could have been there for the inauguration. We watched it in the student lounge. It's strange to think that most of my academic years have been reigned over by Bush. And now most of my post-academic years will be a completely new rule. A better one. Wooo Obama! Obamarama!

I really like Brooklyn so far. Our apartment is really great, it's a cute nook in the wall. The floors are creaky, everything is slightly slanted. The kitchen is tucked under the stairs. It's very bohemian. I can hear our neighbors either behind us or above us watching TV all the time, and their cig/pot smoke drifts through my vent. Our landlord Glenn is really nice, too. But it's weird that he wants rent in cash...

I really like the center staff, and I think my classes are going to be fun. My African Lit professor is smart, obviously, but I can't really tell if he's all that into teaching us, cause he rolls his eyes a lot. I like my advisor and senior thesis teacher. I have to pick a thesis topic still, and get my internship set up. I was really hoping I could get a part time job this semester just to have some pocket change, but I don't think that's going to be a reality. I have enough to get me through the semester, pay for rent and groceries and have some leeway with fun stuff, but I'd like to have a little bit coming in.

I was going to post video of my Japan dorm and center, but I can't find the cord to my camera... so those will be up soon, and also of NY!