Fearless

Wow, it's been ten days. I think that is the new longest I've gone without a post. And let me tell you, it was difficult. There were so many times where I though, a blog post would be so appropriate right now, but I had no time for one. Between November 9th and now, I've registered for spring courses, seen Joseph Gordon-Levitt, studied meticulously for and taken a neuro exam, and studied meticulously (may be an understatement) for and taken an orgo exam. That brings us to this morning. And now I feel like I can breathe. So registration for spring classes was last Wednesday for me and even though I was the last registration window, I have SUCH an amazing schedule. Zero classes that begin before 12 AM. Zero. LIFE <3 As for now, I'll be taking Organic Chem 2, Intro to Psych, Intro to Arts of the Moving Image (Film), Writing 101 - The Varieties of Compulsion, and a Research Practicum in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. So good. Can't wait. But ...

So, I'd like to diagnose myself with seasonal affective disorder. Yesterday was one of the most wonderful days that I've had in a while and I'm going to attribute that to the beautiful weather. Sunny and somewhat warm, unlike it has been for the past couple weeks. A slight breeze but lots of vitamin D. I can't express to you how happy I was. I smiled at each and every person that I passed yesterday and was delighted to see that many of them smiled back too! And then many of the others just looked at me like, what the hell? Warmth and light are so important to me; going to Texas in November will be super nice. I guess that's one of the advantages of no longer living in Jersey, along with not having to experience hurricane Sandy...  But actually, yesterday was the first day that, after a really long time, when people asked me how I was, I said "Fantastic." It is days like this that you realize that any problems in our lives are not important enou...

Both the shoes I ordered came in! So much happiness. I've got my black sweater slouch boots and my dark brown mocassins and I'm a happy girl. Unfortunately, as you know, I lack a good camera right now, so I had to use my phone camera which does not capture the full essence of the shoe.  There isn't a picture of the boots on my feet because MY CAMERA SUCKS and there were too many light reflections all over the place. It just looked like my feet were being eaten by a black blob. They're not as shiny as they were in the picture online, but that's really okay because they still look nice. Regardless, both are super comfy and super soft. I think I need leg warmers to go with the boots now though... The mocassins fit perfectly but the boots are half a size too big because they didn't have it in 9.5 and I had to order a 10. Yep, big feet. Come at me. Regardless, that just means I wear an extra pairs of socks and my feet stay warmer. Boom. I know what you...

Hola world. Rather, NJ friends and Duke friends and select friends from other places. Only two and a halfish weeks until Thanksgiving break. And then I can go "home" to Texas, exploit it for its heat, sleep in a super comfy bed, decorate my new room, watch movies, eat real food, and relax. A lot. It sucks that I can't see friends though, but I miss my family too.  I have a Neuro test next Tuesday. I don't actually know anything. I have an Orgo test two Mondays from now, not including today. The amount that I don't know things exceeds the amount that I've ever not known something. Except like, Chinese. I don't know Chinese at all. You would think I would with my yellow fever and too many to count Asian friends, but I in fact do not.  I realized today that although I don't feel that much different than I did at the end of high school, if I step outside and look in for a second, I am a lot different. When I do see my friends from high school again, I...

To my female community, I'd like to introduce you to an epiphany that I had about boys. It's one of those things that has probably already been discovered and I may have even known it before this week, but only recently verbalized it and applied it. So here goes. So you know how there are those times when you're in that crack between liking a guy, knowing it won't work out, and accepting him as just a friend? When it's like, I know this isn't good for me, but there's still that drop of acid in water that you can't get rid of no matter how much you try? I hope this is making sense. Well, here's a solution: pursue another male.  Yes, I'm objectifying males. No I'm not, just kidding. But actually. I don't mean it in a objectifying way; all I mean is that finding qualities or personality traits in another person that seem like they would match with yours or are attractive to you helps you get over this guy that probably wasn't right fo...

Dang, almost a week. This might be the longest I've gone without a post. No worries though, it only means that life has been rather uneventful. Except I got my orgo test back, but we're definitely not discussing that. I do have some stuff to talk about though. Right now I'm at my family friends' house in Raleigh because I really needed to get work done and knew I wasn't going to get much done back at the dorm. Also, I wanted good food. And booy did I get it; dosa, sambar, idli and hot chai. I'm so grateful for connections. But anyway, the family is actually my sister's friend's mom's sister and her husband and son. I've only met them twice but they really made me feel at home. It's a strange feeling, spending a night somewhere other than on campus. I don't think I've done that a single day yet. Not a single night have I not slept in the bed in my dorm. It's good to get out. But at the same time, it's super weird. I miss m...

It's a beautiful day at Duke University. Absolutely beautiful. It's even better now that the Orgo test is over. But that's something that we are not discussing.  Taylor Swift's new album Red came out today. I can't say I'm very impressed, but there are select songs that do kind of still sound like her and some of the other ones, though they aren't the greatest lyrics, are super catchy. She's still one of my favorites regardless.  My sickness is beginning to recede which is always a good thing. Just a strong cough and a little throat tickle every time I swallow. I wouldn't call it a tickle though, more like... needles pricking my esophagus. But it's not as bad as before, don't worry.  I had lunch with a senior friend of mine here at Duke who was my camp counselor at Gov School last summer. I can't believe I haven't seen her since now. It was super nice and we just talked about how our years have been going so far and how ...