Ophelia learns to swim

So for the past couple of days my ipod has been dead and I have been to lazy to recharge it. Generally I would consider this to be a bad thing but it has some interesting side effects.

 Maybe its just that I'm oblivious when I  have my headphones on or maybe I am in a more people friendly mood lately but I've actually been way more social with people from my classes on the street and after class. 

Its kinda nice, maybe I should let my ipod die more often.

Down the Hillside

In my humanities class we just finished reading Don Quixote and somethings about him really struck true with me. 

Something about taking what you are dissatisfied with in your life and completely chucking it out.

 That everything you have read in books and have daydreamed can be more real to you than your day to day existence.

That even though others may call you mad, you can just running with your fantasies.

Of course this is not advisable if you have aspirations to take over the world or do some mass murdering.  The rest of humanity though,  should do it more often. Of course if I took what I read in books and ran with it I would be a space explorer which isn't possible to even pretend to do. Though maybe I can build a cardboard rocket in my backyard. 

Brown-eyed girl

I have now drunk a full box of sweet and spicy herbal tea in less than a week. Its so good its like big red but in tea form and it tastes better than big red.

I just thought I would clarify in case anyone was wondering where my blog titles come from, they are almost all song/ cd titles. This is because I lack all originality.

Saltbreaker

Sometimes I feel like my heart gets so big it swallows me whole.

the perpetual self

I am determined to make today a fabulous day. I feel like I might be on my way to accomplishing that  goal.

I got a package from home which is always good, it had dark chocolate, pistachios and my winter coat. The chocolate was so good, it was that 85% stuff so it was super rich and just a little bit bitter, just perfect. I ripped it open as soon as I saw it was in there, talk about self-control.

Later today I am going with my friend Megan and Im gonna see if I can get a part time job at her work. I have money in my account right now its just that I wanna save money so that I can go backpacking through Europe after college.It sounds like a really unrealistic goal especially with the way the economy is right now but I have wanted to do this for forever.

Then I have to go run errands, go pick up a cake and clean my bathroom and vacuum today. Why do you have to get this all done today you may ask? Well because its megan's birthday weekend! That means my girls from home are coming up!!! I am so excited I havn't seen some of them since the summer, it has been way to long.

I want to be this man when I grow up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_A._Norton

Upward Over the Mountain

Right now I'm just trying to catch my breath. 

The past weekend was super busy for me. On Thursday my roommate Heather and I went to the Black Kids show which was a ton of fun. Very dancey and they sounded fabulous! Though I felt slightly awkward because throughout the show I was trying to practice flirting ( i.e. eye contact and smiling) because I'm not really good at it. Well I was trying to think flirty thoughts and make eye contact with the guy standing next to us. Absolutely nothing. Oh well, he was ether gay or not interested and I can't do anything about both of those things, so I can't dwell on it even though it was kind of a confidence crusher.

Then Friday Heather and I were supposed to go kayaking but it started to rain, so that nixed that plan. Instead I went to the library ( which absolutely my favorite place in Boston, everyone should go there) and got some book that I really don't have time to read. I got two Ursula K. Le Guin book and remembered why she is one of my top three authors. Everything about her books are wonderful, the plot, the characters, the writing style, everything. Later that night I hung out with my friends Megan and Edyna and that was interesting to say the least but I don't wanna go into it on a blog.

Saturday Heather and I decided to climb a mountain. Literally, we got up ridiculously early in the morning and took a bus with a bunch of other students from our college and went to Mt. Monadnock. It was beautiful, the leaves were all changing colors in NH and it was great to be away from the hustle and bustle of the city. I would definitely do it again even though my muscles still havn't recovered from it yet.

Sunday we got up ridiculously early yet again and went to the breast cancer walk here in Boston. We got over half way through and then decided that we should go to IHOP instead. So I got pancakes, and outside of the IHOP was a farmer's market ( one of my favorite things ever). So we got apples, roasted almonds and APPLE CIDER DONUTS! The rest of the day was spent laying around my room pretending to be productive.

In comparison my weeks seem relatively tame and very sedate that's for sure. I've been mostly studying for a Spanish test I've got Friday. Tonight I have Irish Step Dancing so that should be fun.