stuff

-Housing is over and I have a kitchen and a window in my bedroom. Plus apparently, parquet floors. All is well. I just hope Yasmeen finds somewhere good to live as well.
-The fam I babysit for is moving in 2 weeks = longer commute for yours truly = waking up at an insane hour (like 7:30) 2x a week.
-Saw excerpts of Toni Morrison opera. Can't say I really liked it, but I've now offish seen her in person twice. She is my roommate for next semester.
-Still don't know what I'm doing for Summer, or for life.
-The weather's great. I know no one's supposed to talk about weather because it means your a boring person who has nothing else to say, but I think this is notable. It's been sunny and pleasant, or foggy and pleasant, or rainy and pleasant for almost a whole week now. I went out with the kids for the second time since spring break and hung out with them on the lawn outside of Lehman Library at the Nard. Little girl took this pic:





She's pretty talented if you ask me. I'm almost equally talented, as you can see:




See you all soon. I can't believe how quickly this year has gone.
Love you!

Me!!!!!

Shopping list for when I get my fat paycheck Friday:

-mammory card and cord for camera (finally)
-new razor (i think my current one is a serious tetanus risk)
-crazy high-waisted faded denim garage-worker jeans from h&m
-mu shu pork

Here are like a million pictures of your number one favorite gal!!! just so y'all don't forget how cute I am...



At "Anna's favorite lesbian cafe", Diesel, in Cambridge. This was on St Patty's day/Bam's b-day.



Snakeskin bag AND skirt. Yup.



We tried on outfits at "Poor Little Rich Girl", a vintage shop near Anna's house. I don't think they would have approved of us snapping pics in the dressing room.



Fer Cute!!!

....
And Anna



Wearing my (actually Ing's) fur coat and her shamrock sweater.




....
And a lady with cat ears



Anna didn't think she was that cool, but I really appreciated how her bag matched the inside of her cat ears.
Gotta study compound verbs for a few minutes before I go to bed now. Looking forward to the Indian dance showcase on Fri!

Canterbridgia

I've only been here 4 days and I love it already. The streets are narrow, the houses are old and the wood paneling on the outside is painted green or purple or yellow. There are parks every 5 blocks or so, and Anna lives blocks away from Davis square (cafes, second hand stores, an amazing taqueria), an amazing Greek restaurant, and an adorable old bakery (pics will come later).
Some highlights:
1. Stuie and Big D/Donna (Anna's parents). Donna is so thoughtful and interesting--she works in a hospital training young and at-risk mothers read behavioral signals and take care of their babies for when they return from the hospital. Stuie is hilarious, and constantly tells stories of his past in "the movement" at Columbia.
2. St. Patty's day feast--steamed cabbage (I've always been skeptical when dad made this in the past, but I felt obligated to eat it this time and was very glad I did. Dad, I will never poke fun at your penchant for cabbage ever again. But I still won't like Kim Chee), corned beef with mustard, etc.
3. Cranberry nut bread with brie melted on top. I've had approximately one million slices of this. Also, strawberries with gruyere.
4. Meeting Anna's friends and their crazy families. Waffles with her friend Eliza and her friend's dad, introduced to me as "DFic" and her aunt, cousin, sister, and mother.
5. Walks around Cambridge--almost everywhere we've gone so far in Cambridge we've walked to. It's been pretty nice out, and the houses and buildings are so quaint.
6. The luscious bed I've been sleeping in--it's a struggle every morning (or, to be quite honest, every afternoon) to get out of it.

I will post pictures later. Hope you all are enjoying your spring breaks (or lack thereof) as much as I am. Just kidding--love you all.

Things

1. Even though I'm really sad not to be seeing the fam over break, I'm ecstatic to be going to Cambridge with Anna and Julia.
2. Attempting to place Truth in the friend zone.
3. Saw Yasmeen in a student-directed play today. Love that lady.
4. Didn't change out of my pajamas until I got dressed to see said play (still went to class...)
5. Watched Made of Honor. Hated it.
6. Hated the sour-cream-and-onion pringles that I ate anyway.
7. Loved the "deep chocolate peanut butter" haagen dazs.
8. The room is a mess again.
9. Still don't know what I want to do with my life.

To Do/I Heart

Mama Locust did this on her blog, and I need a break from paper editing, so:
2 Lists

To Do:
*Visit Museum of the City of New York, Museum of the Tenement, Museum of Natty Hist
*Revisit the Noodle Bar
*Bring extra clothes to Salvation Army
*Take solitary walk in Central Park
*Lose 10-15

I Heart:
*Pump-up music
*Stir-fry station at Hewitt
*Studying at Butler Library (who knew?)
*Elastic waistbands
*My new computer!!!
*The photos I got developed the day before I left for college that are now taped up on my wall
*Writing lists

I don't heart MLA format or in-text citations.