Woke up at 6:30 am for class today. I rode my bike there...I'm not re-adjusting well to this bike thing after my accident. I should mention that I hit trolley tracks, a pothole, and an intersection flooded with sewer water all at once. So, yes, I fell into pure filth and had a traumatic trip to the hospital. Thank god Matt was with me! I had some ( Read more... )

Walking along Market St. today, a cab sped through the biggest puddle of flithy melting snow and dirt I had ever seen. The giant splash it created succeeded in soaking me completely, from head to toe...even in my mouth, ugh. It was truly outrageous. Matt was there to witness this (and also got soaked, but not quite as bad), and people on the street ( Read more... )

Good weekend. Started out bar hopping, only to end up back at my favorite place, anyway. Delicious food and cocktails + Matt's company + lots of smiles = a wonderful Friday night. Saturday brought me to Jersey to see my bunny, with the bonus of a random shoe shopping trip, courtesy of my mom. Matt went out to a weird party and Alex totally ditched ( Read more... )

Ehh, the birthday was good, nothing special. Typical birthday stuff, plus a funny "college" bar where I got full after one drink. Matt took me to Cuba Libre, and my mom's taking me out to a classy place at the Bellvue tomorrow. Today I was super responsible and went to all of my classes, then explored my new home at the Penn museum. There's this ( Read more... )

Matt owes me $900. Christ.

I finally found where to buy Magners in this city. It only comes by the case, and it's super expensive. I'm not sharing it with anyone!

The break was pretty nice. Nothing special, I went home to Jersey for a few days, then came back and enjoyed the nice weather. While searching for apartments, I discovered parts of the city I'd never seen before. I ate at a cute little cafe somewhere around the art museum. I got caught in some kind of Greek Orthodox parade on the Parkway. All the ( Read more... )

Drinking tea, listening to 20th-century avant garde music, and studying at 5 am because what else would I be doing on a Friday night/Saturday morning?

I would really like to know what the difference is between the following animals: reindeer, caribou, elk, moose. Are they all kind of the same thing? (This is clearly very important.) I actually ( Read more... )

Hello, first track bike ever. It's fun learning to ride you so far. Your neon pink handlebars make you even more glorious ( Read more... )

My mom just sent me an email in which she tries to come to terms with her imminent death. She's ready to retire and wants "a real adventure" before she dies. (Don't worry, she's not THAT old and shouldn't really be worrying about this yet.) I wonder what she'll do, though. If I knew I had about 20 years left to live, I wonder what I'd do with it ( Read more... )

Busy, busy. Last weekend was crazy...a little too crazy for my liking, but enough funny things happened to balance it out. I saw another flamenco show on Sunday...amazing! I don't care what anyone says, I love it. It makes me want to study ethnomusicology even more, and my anthropology teacher is trying to set me up with some people at Penn for co- ( Read more... )