Hello, everyone.
Well, since it is officially summer, I figured I would post something to the blog. I've actually just started taking a course through the Yale Summer Session, so more realistically, this post is a way to procrastinate on my reading. Anyway, I'm studying abroad in Dubrovnik, Croatia right now, which is an amazingly beautiful city, but the weather is very, very warm, even for Dubrovnik. I've started having to put on sunscreen twice a day, but it's worth it to be able to go out and explore the Old City. Eventually, I will upload my pictures to facebook or something, but for right now, you'll just have to take my word for it.
This is the first time that I have traveled outside the U.S./Canada, and I have to say, I have enjoyed it immensely so far. I went to London beforehand, and the area where I was (Bayswater) was great. There were people there from all over the world, and I even got to speak Czech to a couple women (of course, it turned out they were Polish, but that's beside the point).
Anyway, that's about it for what I've done this summer, but I'd love to hear what everyone else is doing. And if any of you happen to be in Croatia between now and August 2nd, you should stop by Dubrovnik and see me (and the Old City, which really is fantastic).
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Thursday, May 01, 2008
If you're British and loyal, you might enjoy...
(royal marine?) ME! ^_^ To piggyback off Grace's post: HEY FOLKS! ^_^
Brown is still fabulous. Spring is making lots of magnolia and cherry tree bloom and bringing gorgeous days of people out on the Main Green. The weather was warm for a week or so, which I was semi-annoyed with, but now it's chilly again. Right now it's in the 50's. I like colder weather. :)
Summer plans are still undefined. I'm going back home, possibly to work and possibly to travel at some point--either somewhere in South America or the U.S., so we'll see how that goes. Right now I'm just procrastinating like a mofo. I have 2 response papers overdue and I should DO them and put them in my TA's box, but I just...don't want to. XD I'll get them done tonight, probably. I also have a buttload of papers and finals and work...but...I'll do it. Eventually.
Anyway, I'm still undecided about my major, though I've narrowed it down to Gender & Sexuality Studies, American Civilization, and/or Anthropology.
Today I saw Paul Huang from UT Austin/Deep Springs and another Deep Springer called Jesse. We talked about life, love, sexuality, Deep Springs, Don, food, and random shit over delicious food from a Thai restaurant called Spice. It was good times. I also saw Nick Rosenbaum a few weeks ago, for his Spring Break. I have a class with Joy Liu...and...that's more or less my Telluride fix here. OH. I also spent some time with Hayley Kossek (an amazing TASSer/now TASPer) when she came to visit Brown with her mom.
As far as living next year, I'll be in a co-ed fraternity full of awesome, hilarious, attractive people. ;) It's going to be exciting. I'll be in room 203, which is nice. Oh, and I have recently developed a huge crush on one of my fellow pledges (i.e. people who are gonna pledge during Fall and be official "brothers" in the Spring term), so wish me luck. Nothing will probably happen, haha, but oh well.
Well, with all that said, I'm off to go to the fraternity with a friend so she can watch some Grey's Anatomy and I can just chill there with people. More to come later. Post, people! I wanna hear about your lives! <3
Love,
Aida!
Brown is still fabulous. Spring is making lots of magnolia and cherry tree bloom and bringing gorgeous days of people out on the Main Green. The weather was warm for a week or so, which I was semi-annoyed with, but now it's chilly again. Right now it's in the 50's. I like colder weather. :)
Summer plans are still undefined. I'm going back home, possibly to work and possibly to travel at some point--either somewhere in South America or the U.S., so we'll see how that goes. Right now I'm just procrastinating like a mofo. I have 2 response papers overdue and I should DO them and put them in my TA's box, but I just...don't want to. XD I'll get them done tonight, probably. I also have a buttload of papers and finals and work...but...I'll do it. Eventually.
Anyway, I'm still undecided about my major, though I've narrowed it down to Gender & Sexuality Studies, American Civilization, and/or Anthropology.
Today I saw Paul Huang from UT Austin/Deep Springs and another Deep Springer called Jesse. We talked about life, love, sexuality, Deep Springs, Don, food, and random shit over delicious food from a Thai restaurant called Spice. It was good times. I also saw Nick Rosenbaum a few weeks ago, for his Spring Break. I have a class with Joy Liu...and...that's more or less my Telluride fix here. OH. I also spent some time with Hayley Kossek (an amazing TASSer/now TASPer) when she came to visit Brown with her mom.
As far as living next year, I'll be in a co-ed fraternity full of awesome, hilarious, attractive people. ;) It's going to be exciting. I'll be in room 203, which is nice. Oh, and I have recently developed a huge crush on one of my fellow pledges (i.e. people who are gonna pledge during Fall and be official "brothers" in the Spring term), so wish me luck. Nothing will probably happen, haha, but oh well.
Well, with all that said, I'm off to go to the fraternity with a friend so she can watch some Grey's Anatomy and I can just chill there with people. More to come later. Post, people! I wanna hear about your lives! <3
Love,
Aida!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
HALLO
Hello, children! It's Grace.
And it's spring/summer outside today, but I am inside dreaming on computer screens. Life is surreal. Today (4/20) is a bad day to have had admitted students' day. I'm straight edge, so I'm not participating in "the holiday" (Passover, of course, pfft) but I'm still affected by the carnival atmosphere. This weekend was full of night hyperexcitement and some kind of strange streetlight beery magic that I only shared tangentially. Strangers sat beside me in the mist on cold benches and laughed.
The rest of the week won't be like this. The rest of the week will be filled with the solidity of handheld drills and wordreference.com translations and films for taking notes. So I'll write you kids, you who are now strangers to me, on the weekend, while I'm still asleep.
I'm doing well here. Summer came really quickly, and that helped. Everyone stays outside for hours on end these days, lying half-naked in the sun, juggling on the lawn. I shaved my head over spring break, but it's already growing out, so I'm simply a lot cooler these days. (Physically.) I'm close to declaring as a film major. I've got my schedule worked out for the rest of my career here, basically. I still waver, though, between wanting to stay here, transfer to a different school, and drop out completely. What can I say? Some days I just want to go live in the country.
As for the future, my sister and I are going to Iceland for a month this summer to work on organic farms. I'm also going to do everything I've always wanted to do. A rigid schedule of classical guitar, jewelry-making and screenplay-writing. And hopefully a garden.
Life is good, right? Do you guys still read this?
love,
grace
And it's spring/summer outside today, but I am inside dreaming on computer screens. Life is surreal. Today (4/20) is a bad day to have had admitted students' day. I'm straight edge, so I'm not participating in "the holiday" (Passover, of course, pfft) but I'm still affected by the carnival atmosphere. This weekend was full of night hyperexcitement and some kind of strange streetlight beery magic that I only shared tangentially. Strangers sat beside me in the mist on cold benches and laughed.
The rest of the week won't be like this. The rest of the week will be filled with the solidity of handheld drills and wordreference.com translations and films for taking notes. So I'll write you kids, you who are now strangers to me, on the weekend, while I'm still asleep.
I'm doing well here. Summer came really quickly, and that helped. Everyone stays outside for hours on end these days, lying half-naked in the sun, juggling on the lawn. I shaved my head over spring break, but it's already growing out, so I'm simply a lot cooler these days. (Physically.) I'm close to declaring as a film major. I've got my schedule worked out for the rest of my career here, basically. I still waver, though, between wanting to stay here, transfer to a different school, and drop out completely. What can I say? Some days I just want to go live in the country.
As for the future, my sister and I are going to Iceland for a month this summer to work on organic farms. I'm also going to do everything I've always wanted to do. A rigid schedule of classical guitar, jewelry-making and screenplay-writing. And hopefully a garden.
Life is good, right? Do you guys still read this?
love,
grace
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Since all the cool kids are doing it...
I guess it's time to post a little update (and time to procrastinate-- I have 3 midterms next week)... I can't believe how long it's been since I've seen most of you guys. Almost 2 years now! Well, just so you all know I'm still alive, here's some of what Ive been up to.
I am LOVING Yale. It is seriously the best place for me. I have a lot of amazing friends, and the classes are super interesting (even with all the work...). I'm still planning on majoring in Art history and am currently taking a survey course that has been really interesting. I'm also taking a class on cultural anthropology, Intermediate French, and a Political Science class on Nationalism (some things never change.) For Nationalism I have to write a 20 page term paper at the end of the semester, and I'm obviously going to write it on Puerto Rico... yeaaah.
As for extracurriculars, I'm very involved in the International Student's Organization, particularly in the Social and Financial councils. I might be running for the executive board next year as well. I really love the ISO and all the people in it, and we get to organize interesting events and fun dance parties ;) I also work 10 hours a week at the Department of Ancient Art in the Yale Art Gallery, where I've learned a lot about what it means to work in a museum. Love it!
As for summer plans, I recently heard that I was accepted at a Yale-sponsored internship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at a really important Latin American art museum. I'm super excited! I've never been to Argentina, but have heard from everyone that Buenos Aires is absolutely beautiful and looots of fun. Spending 2 months there should be a blast.
As with romance-related news, yes, I have a boyfriend. We've been dating since the beginning of December, and I'm so happy with how things are going. He's a sophomore, from Berkeley, California, and he plays bass in a jazz combo AND in a salsa band. He also speaks Spanish, so, unfortunately for him, he gets to listen to my loud Spanish rants about random things. I love the way he lets me pass out on his bed when I come back from the library at 2am and am too tired to go back to my own dorm (about 2 blocks down the street.) It's great.
Well, that's pretty much my life in a nutshell. I'll badger Levent the next time I see him so he posts a little something as well (can't guarantee anything :P). I'd love to hear from you guys, so drop me a line on Facebook or something. Much love.
PS- I saw Freya last weekend when she came to visit. It was a lot of fun!!
I am LOVING Yale. It is seriously the best place for me. I have a lot of amazing friends, and the classes are super interesting (even with all the work...). I'm still planning on majoring in Art history and am currently taking a survey course that has been really interesting. I'm also taking a class on cultural anthropology, Intermediate French, and a Political Science class on Nationalism (some things never change.) For Nationalism I have to write a 20 page term paper at the end of the semester, and I'm obviously going to write it on Puerto Rico... yeaaah.
As for extracurriculars, I'm very involved in the International Student's Organization, particularly in the Social and Financial councils. I might be running for the executive board next year as well. I really love the ISO and all the people in it, and we get to organize interesting events and fun dance parties ;) I also work 10 hours a week at the Department of Ancient Art in the Yale Art Gallery, where I've learned a lot about what it means to work in a museum. Love it!
As for summer plans, I recently heard that I was accepted at a Yale-sponsored internship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at a really important Latin American art museum. I'm super excited! I've never been to Argentina, but have heard from everyone that Buenos Aires is absolutely beautiful and looots of fun. Spending 2 months there should be a blast.
As with romance-related news, yes, I have a boyfriend. We've been dating since the beginning of December, and I'm so happy with how things are going. He's a sophomore, from Berkeley, California, and he plays bass in a jazz combo AND in a salsa band. He also speaks Spanish, so, unfortunately for him, he gets to listen to my loud Spanish rants about random things. I love the way he lets me pass out on his bed when I come back from the library at 2am and am too tired to go back to my own dorm (about 2 blocks down the street.) It's great.
Well, that's pretty much my life in a nutshell. I'll badger Levent the next time I see him so he posts a little something as well (can't guarantee anything :P). I'd love to hear from you guys, so drop me a line on Facebook or something. Much love.
PS- I saw Freya last weekend when she came to visit. It was a lot of fun!!
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