okay, so today has been Eventful. in a good way. my last day in new york for a couple months and i went out with a bang. i talked with jocelyn (kailet on the brunching ubb) on the phone today. official first ever person i've met only on the internet, then talked to. she is really quite cool. we talked for an hour and i didn't even notice. :) (yes, so this is me and i talk--shouldn't be that impressive)
i even got comfortable enough to try out my absolutely pitiful british accent for her. she says i sound posh. oh yeah, boyee. posh and fake, too, i'll bet. =Þ i've been in such a good mood. i don't think i could fall asleep if i wanted to. add to that problem the fact that i have to be up in an hour and a half and i figured there's no point in bothering.
oh what a great day. talking with kai came soon after i said goodbye to my mother for the summer. after that i wasted some time on the internet and god bless i got to talk to jenna for a good bit. i love her so much, and i've missed her. she told me she's applying for peace corps in 2002 before she goes on to grad school. good for you jenna! learn some more insane languages. :) i hope i'll get to see her this fall or at the latest maybe over christmas break. and lisa. damn i miss them. still happy, though, 'cause tonight rocked.
around nine or so kathryn came by and kidnapped me. she brought her younger brother, rodger, too. he's so cute. heh. he was actually sad since he said he has no idea when he'll next see me. people really care! i feel all smushy.
so kathryn and i picked up her friend dave, who i haven't seen in maybe three years. nice guy, and he got more mature since i last saw him. i was surprised that i actually found him good company. the three of us were going for coffee at x and o (or "zando" as we all like to call it... or we did in dc... i miss dc.... i miss jenna... *sigh*). that place is way too popular for my usual sort of social life. okay, though, because while we were on the waiting list the three of us went to a local bookstore for a bit. neil gaiman is going to be at that store on the 20th! oh how i wish i could see him! oh well.
i think being around kat makes me do some things that are slightly uncharacteristic of myself, and so while i was at the bookstore i actually bought a full price hardcover book. it wasn't on a whim---i am still me, but i didn't really need to spend sixteen dollars. i'll have reading for tomorrow's flight, though, i guess.
it took quite a long time for them to seat us, and when they finally did i found conversation a bit hard, since it was a little loud in there. also kat was reading a newspaper, dave had some entertainment reviews, and i had managed to sneak up to page 80 in the book while we sat there. damn, we're so social, aren't we? in any case, when we finally were settled and served we did actually talk. too bad dave is most interested in movies, it seems. i had no idea what he was talking about the whole night. *shrug*
anyhow, our waitress was awesome, although we didn't see her much since it was so busy. when she came with kat and dave's beverages (cheapo over here stuck with water yet again) she told us that since things were taking so long she was serving everything we hadn't gotten yet for free. that was so awesome. nothing of mine had come yet, actually. we decided right then and there that she was getting a mighty large tip.
food was excellent when it did come. it was really easy to get a vegetarian option there, too. (you'll never believe how hard this can be until you go to places like applebees. *sigh* stupid fredonia has almost nothing else. i should get all my veggie friends to go at once... liz, rich, sarah, chrissy, morde'an, abigail and i. is that all? oh, kerry was too at one point. we'll clean them out of veggie quesadillas, just about the only vegetarian thing on their menu. =Þ) it was all really nice and the place cleared out so that we could even talk. :)
so when we finally were ready to leave we only owed four dollars for the tow beverages, but we gave a ten dollar tip. i hope that brightened our waitress' day since it seemed to be havoc in there. we all headed out and listened to morrissey on the way back and had some silly conversations. (starting with dave checking himself out--"i think there were some gay guys in there... i hope i looked okay!") that was so great. most fun i've had with kathryn this year, and such a great way to head off.
so nice talking with people in irc today, too. man, everyone likes me. it's so odd, but i should just be happy about it, i think. only downside is that the artichoke spinach dip i got with my bread (yeah, i was planning on being a real big spender, eh?) had parmesean in it, i think, and the taste is more recognizable three hours after the fact than it was then. ewww.
so now i'm just going to stay up until dad gets here and try and make sure i have everything covered. i'm sticking with my sure-fire stay awake method--obnoxious techno music. currently we're on front 242. whoo! and i've finally got a complete copy of digital allies-without you. right before i leave of course, so i'll have to listen to it umpteen million times right now. whoo! i really love that song. i'm just so happy.
my only regret is that i'm missing some things in ny. including mundane things like saturday night dance party. i love that. man, my fondness for bad dance music is so shameful. =Þ
i feel like dancing! i was dancing before when mom left. and singing loudly in a language i don't even know. i finally found a site with lyrics for all my favourite french artists only to find that i was correct in my suspicion that one of my favourite songs wasn't anywhere close to french. i'm still trying to sing along, though. i think comparatively i'm musically diverse and cultural. i have so many songs from foreign artists, songs in other languages, and things from all time periods.
my ed major may be a bust, but i've learned an incredible amount about music. bless dr. davis (and dr. smith, too), my music history courses were so incredible. they really helped my love of music continue to flourish despite stresses of schooling in it, and dr. davis especially really expanded my appreciation of other types of music. those music courses saved me, because our theory department really knows how to beat the joy out of music. if not for history and the theory i received in high school, i might have given up in sophomore year when we had neverending drills on augmented sixth chords focusing only on spelling and detail.
dr. smith really loves medieval and renaissance music, and it really translated well in class. i've even gone and bought cds of josquin and such. dr. davis really has great respect for composers, and the ones he introduced us to... man, i love steve reich and john adams. i never would have tried this stuff on my own. modern music is so scary. dr. davis really brought it all onto a much more accessible level.
god bless, i'm going to get my music major and i'm going to go do something i want! life is beautiful. wow, i haven't been this happy in months. when i get to utah i'm getting myself a phone card and i'm going to see if i can actually call people. i should really talk to jenna and lisa, and maybe to kat again before she leaves for europe. dear word i'm happy. well, i figure dad'll be here in another hour, so i should go shower then stick all my last minutes in my carryon. i don't know who reminded me in conversation, but bless the person who brought up deodorant. =Þ really something i can't believe i was going to forget. :)
i'm going to see debi! in less than nine hours! whoo!!!
posted by Unknown at 12:46 AM