Zadie

I miss Zadie. I think looking at the pictures just makes matters worse though.

I'm procrastinating HARDCORE.

god help me.

is

it better now?

hope you have a good night :)

bad day

My first 'bad' day in college was today. It was pretty awful. I was just in a bad frame of mind which made things difficult enough already; the day was tainted by my attitude. To begin with, I wrote not a SINGLE word correctly on the board in Hebrew, with the whole class watching me. Seriously, it was humiliating because I totally know the difference between a gimmel and a zayin and a backwards dalet and a forwards dalet. Anyway. After that I had International Studies, which was fine. I feel enlightened. I need to get a book for that. Whoops. Aarushi, Jason, Baruch and I went to A8 China for a free lunch (yes, there is such a thing!) which went well. After that, I went to Baruch's house, and then came back to the dorm room to an equal, if not greater, unproductivity. At least I showered.
I ended up leaving my phone at Baruch's house. So I had to retrieve it after a somewhat grievious session with the chancellor at the ILC Roundtable dinner. It was awful. Everyone here thinks I'm super conservative or something, but that's not how I meant it. I feel like I'm so inwardly harsh that I appologize for my actions way to much. I need to act with decisiveness, and stop feeling so self-conscious. Hopefully this is part of the proverbial "finding yourself" in college.
I have econ homework that is like the elephant in the room.

Last night, I went to dinner with the cousins, and we had a really nice night. We went to Cafe Costa Rica and the food was quite amazing! I love my cousins.

And Zadie! Oh Zadie. The cutest little kitten that anyone ever did see. Baruch, Shaina and I went to go get Kittens from my uncle Brian's farm on Saturday. They're soo cute, but they have horrid earmites. And I'm worried about Zadie because she IS so tiny. She's half the weight of the others. I'm hoping that Baruch keeps the place airy and keeps her fed well so she doesn't develop any serious lasting health problems. I love her though. She's absolutely adorable, and reminds me of Muffy at a young age, purry, furry, and playful. She's more cuddly than playful though. Good enough for me. She cheers me right on up! Shaina's kittens are cute too though, not as fuzzy, but cute :) I doubt a kitten could ever NOT be cute. hah.
I guess my life isn't so bad. Today was just a rough day. we all have them, right?

the first week

I love that song. It's great. Anyway, the more literal meaning of the title is that it's the first week of class for me as a University student. Yesterday, I successfully navigated my way through classes, which was a bonus, but have yet to do any real homework. yesssss. Today I have only one class, as my International Studies professor is out of town or something. no class in that until tuesday. i really liked both of my classes, the professors were each pretty nice and seemed like they would be good teachers. Except econ. She seemed supremely boring, in a supernatural kind of way...like her words could magically put someone to sleep.
anyway. my hebrew professor looks like a nice old israeli gypsy. and my german professor seemed nice and very knowledgable about german.
I'm reading the book for the campus, "In Defense of Food" by Micheal Pollan. It's so interesting, and it evokes guilt in me because of the way I eat. But still, quality reading.
I've met some friends here, but I've also been hanging out with Aarushi, Jason, and Sasha. I see them alot. I like all the new people I'm meeting, even my roommate! She's actually quite nice and we have cooperative schedules, so it's not really awkward to be in the room together at the same time. I have yet to hang one poster. I guess that was random. It's that time, time for class.

bis spaeter.