home stretch. **fire king dance ( Read more... )

Well, it snowed for the first time yesterday, and new roomie Rachel's like Sarah in that she gets all excited and jumps up and down when it snows. It stayed most of the day then melted this morning ( Read more... )

Oh what a week. Too much to really write all down. Crazy plane delays and people getting engaged (and sick, go figure), vaccinations and cousins mysteriously pregnant and not pregnant at the same time, homework out the wazoo and a thousand movies to watch, Pachabel's Rant and Mario Galaxy and Beautiful Katamari (beat it in 3 sittings, you better ( Read more... )

instead of bowling, last night i ended up playing pool with Rachel and the Italian boys. I actually won the last game *gasp ( Read more... )

I slept halfway through yesterday (since I was up until 4 the night before) and did relatively boring stuff besides. Rachel and I had a chinese/greek leftover dinner (in which we had the last 1/2 a glass of two different bottles of wine) and watched the newest episode of the Office. Shile went to a wedding and came back with some strange unknown ( Read more... )

This evening we wandered downtown in search of homeless people to whom we could give warm clothing for the (bitter) Chicago winter. No luck, unfortunately, but I got to meet a lovely girl named Daniella who reminds me of a friend of mine from grade school. She lives downstairs, so that's another person (of very few) I know from my building ( Read more... )

Just watched "Marie Antoinette" for the second time. I'm not generally a big Kirsten Dunst fan, but this was a stylized historical piece with constant reference to candy and the occasional rock and roll song in the background. I also really like how Louis XVI (her husband) develops as a character. ( Read more... )

Ay tios mios ( Read more... )

So, I'm over halfway through Wicked. I had to let go of my preconceived notions I got from listening to the soundtrack--the book is from a different slant altogether. But, the more I read it, the more engrossed I get. And there're these occasional reoccurring references to the ambiguity of Elphaba's sex. Fascinating ( Read more... )

Ah, que tal, my dears ( Read more... )