The rain has finally let up and I can hear the ice cream trucks again. I had my big practical exam on friday which went well - there was a written part and then I had to decorate a cake circle and cut up an apple into 1/4 inch slices and then make a perfect chocolate flourless soufle. it was nearly perfect - it didn't fall but it did crack a ( Read more... )

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So I've started classes ( Read more... )

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I divide my time between watching copius amounts of bad sitcom re-runs, cleaning, and playing video games. also walking around my neighborhood and trying to find various amenities. today as an added bonus I am making lemon bars but I've also got to eat up all the leftovers in my fridge before I go home for the weekend - my father is having a send ( Read more... )

I went to castine, ME for a few days, and then moved here - a non-airconditioned hellhole (for the moment ( Read more... )

so I found an apartment!

129th and 5th - the building is bright blue and red painted in that thick outdoor paint that kind of melts in the heat but it's on a nice block that feels neighborhood-y and is close to the express train down to my school and it's essentially a closet but it's all my own and I can bring my cat and honestly I'm just glad I ( Read more... )

back from a week or so in Finland where the sun sets around 12 a.m. and the dogs pant "kahh kahh kahh"
tomorrow i'm heading out to the bronx/inwood/harlem/washington heights to look at apartments.
any advice?

also why can't i download limewire onto my mac?

moving to nyc . . . wish me luck

up in rochester after a somewhat shitty drive and a night of whiskey and catching up - now trying to find a diner with an excitable and exciting girl - the beautiful anna white! (who we all know and love) . . . the ability of this girl to forgive and keep on - well ( Read more... )