in the past week

i have...

-prepared food at a shelter and served it to the homeless of innerboston on boston commons
-packaged winter coats with goodiebags and homemade cards for underprivledged children
-tutored and spent time with a 6th grader in the boston public school system

... and it feels pretty good.

rep south high

so i met two guys from worcester at bc this weekend. the first was was chill. the second one, not so much. me, liz, and her friend from back home were walking to the bus stop in the rain and these three guys are like
"ladies dont have an umbrella?"
and we were like "we wish"
and they were like "well i guees you're just not as pompus as the rest of bc"
... guess not?...
then they asked if we were from mass.
i am, i reply. where you from?
worcester.
i'm from woosta too!
casual chit chat, chit chat.
ya i dont even go here, i go to i-wont-drop-names-mediocre-school-in-NH,
oh cool where'd you go to highschool?
i-wont-drop-the-name-stuck-up-private-school
oh ya i know this random kid there
oh cool, where'd you go?
i went to South High
south?
pause. awkward glances.
you did?
yea... i did.
REALLY?
umm, yes. i went to South.
how'd you geh-?
excuse me?
nevermind
no, what? were you REALLY just going to ask me how i got in to bc?
well, umm, i mean, umm
no, really, were you?
well, yea, i mean it's a really bad school. it's south high.
its obviously not that bad, i'm here.
well youre obviously a smart girl, you must know your shit.
yeah. i do know my shit.
were you like the only one from there to actually go to college?
actually no. all my friends are in college. one girl in my class got into all but one ivy. 2 kids in my school are in princeton. one's at columbia. and others are at other good schools.
oh.
hey liz, this guy is from worcester too. i told him i went to south and he asked me how i got in.
well i mean, you cant blame me.
turn my back and ignore.



SCREW YOU STUCK UP PRIVATE SCHOOL KIDS.
i went to public school and i'm at a better college than you.
not all of you, obviously. just ones like this jerk.
but i can rise above circumstances.
i know how to deal with diversity.
and not being handed everything in the world.
i know what it's like to work with what i have.
and appreciating people of all walks of life, including the underprivledged, the poor, and the urban.
and how to have deep, utter sympathy for ignorant assholes like you.

it snows in october

welcome to new england, no big deal.


i was weirdly happy when i saw those first few fluffy flakes of snow. yesterday slash this whole weekend was pretty not good. i was kinda homesick. i missed my friends. it just happened that i talked to like a majority of my besties from back home in one day and it made me sad. and other things happened too, on top of school stresses and such. but then i realized, hey, i have a handful of really good friends at home, a handful of really good friends at bc, a wonderful family, and everything else necessary for happiness. i shouldnt let silly things bring me down, yanno? but sometimes it takes feeling like hell and maybe a few tears to make you realize how much a funny conversation or a hug or a random text message from a friend or a call from mom or a snowflake really means.




annnnd today i got a term paper back. 94 baby. and i did a business presentation, killed it in the best way and got to dress like a pro which i always like. and its sunshiney and happy. and somethings just may be working in my favor... soon enough.

come visit me, k? love.

dear columbus,

thank you for a three day weekend. it was super fun. the bc hockey game was the first of many, i'm sure. even though we didn't make our britney spears music video, the planning for it was im sure equally as fun. hanging out with my family is always fun, espesh at Big Papi's Grille (sorry red sox that you got beaten out of the playoffs, you'll get em next year <3). and boston is always fun! espesh twice in a weekend. whether with ten other people at night for dinner and adventures or with one good friend to the MFA to take in some monet and reoir, it's always a good time. and it's always great not to stress over homework and have enough hours in the day to have fun and get ish DONE. and its great not to have 2 papers and 3 midterms to look forward to in one week. and its also greattt to start my week off on a tuesday! for more than one reason. oh and goal 3^3 is underway.. i hope!

;o) ;o)

true life: i'm a newton kid

so i truly feel like a college student today. last night i stayed up til about 3:30 a.m. doing two papers, both of which were due today, both of which i started yesterday. this morning i hit snooze for my alarm that went off at 7:40 a.m., but didn't wake up again until 8:24... for a 9:00 class. See, this wouldn't be as big of an issue if i didn't live on newton campus, an approximately 15 minute communte to BC's main campus vis bus. But, being a newton kid, i handled this obstacle with some immaculate amount of tact and grace, if i say so myself. I managed to spring out of bed, sorry for waking you up dear roomie with my freakout screaming "SHIT I'M GOING TO MISS MY F****NG CLASS" at exactly 8:24, throw on a pair of sweats and a t and flip flops and a track jacket, but a clip in my hair, put on a single sloppy coat of mascara, brush my teeth, throw my books in my backpack, shove a granola bar in my mouth on the way to stuart dining hall to buy a large coffee (which at stuart is kept behind the counter so you have to wait in line for it unlike the decaf coffee which is self serve also which no one wants in the morning, go figure), speed walk to the bus, gulp down my coffee en route to main campus, speed walk to class, and have my butt seated in a chair at 9:03, right before my history teacher began lecuring on the Protestant Reformation and in time to pass in my 5-7 page paper that i worked so dilligently on last night (or this morning?) on Lutherism and Hans Behem, look it up.

GOTTA LOVE IT!
i'm taking a nap, then going to another class, then studying for the three midterms i have in the next three days. bye.

p.s. college game day was absolutely, insanely, magnificently amazing and fun. that's why all this hell is 110% worth it, kiddo's.

so ive been in college a month

exactly.

been to 3 football games, all of which bc won
seen akon in concert
been on a ridiculous dance boat cruise
met some new best friends
kept in touch with some amazing old best friends
made some ties with some upperclassmen
severred old ties that were bringing me down
called my mom every day
went on a camping retreat
gone into the best city in the world, boston
cried but not because i was sad
stuffed my roomie in a suitcase with my friends and asked a boy for help carrying it
laughed enough to extend my life quite a while
been on the newton bus approximately a million times
danced in my dorm to britney spears, etc. more than i can explain
havent missed a class
read about a zillion pages
stayed up past midnight every night, i believe
joined a bunch of clubs, most of which i have yet to do anything with yet
signed up to go help unfortunate people in appalacia over sprin break
gone to church with kids my own age, stop traffic
was a varsity athlete for two days
grown to love my bed here even more than my one at home
been home once and found myself wicked sad to leave
fell in love with this place

among other things.
on the horizon for next month? oh, you have no idea.