Right now I’m sitting listening to Olga and Brianna talk back and forth in Brooklyn accents, which have been amusing since “dawg” and “tawking” slipped out of Olga. It’s like Carli’s “chawklet” issue. “What did your mutta tell you?” Brianna demands. I tried to join in on the teasing, but my “Is that a dawg? […]

I’m writing this in the time before dinner. It’s the first week back from spring break (too short!) but I seem to be keeping up with my work, despite a week of neglecting it. I’ve already gotten a paper revised, a German essay written, a pile of reading done, and some other things. Of course, […]

I’m sure more than this has happened since my last post nearly a month ago, but it’s hard to keep up.

On Friday I went with my friend Brianna to the American Museum of Natural History. It was great. She’s really into dinosaurs and bones and I like people (anthropology, of course), so we […]

I’ve probably had plenty to post about in the past weeks, but I had been either preoccupied, tired, or too apathetic. Actually, I’d rate last week as pretty bad overall for assorted reasons, but I suspect the lack of natural sunlight had something to do with it.
So I was pleased about this:

On Saturday I […]

Tonight I decorated two breast cupcakes as part of a cancer awareness activity. I do go to a women’s college, you know.

There might be another update of more substance soon, when I get in the mood to write one.

Today I participated in Barnard’s First Year Reach Out (FYRO) program. I was with about twenty other girls who helped out with a “farmer’s market” in the South Bronx.
Going into it, I was like, “Yay, farmer’s market. I love fruit!” City Harvest actually “rescues” food left over from restaurants, caterers, […]

Mike has helpfully set me up with this Wordpress thing, so once I figure out how to use it properly and conjure up some fascinating topic to discuss, we’ll have something interesting here. And, in time, maybe even useful.