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As i was walking back to my room tonight there was this random cat sitting on the stairs outside. For all you Pepperdiners i live in Towers to it was on those long stairs up to towers from Banowski. It was so weird to see a cat just chilling on the steps outside. I got really close to it and it didnt even move. It was just chilling. then i meowed at it and it looked up at me. Then me being me i start talking to the cat. like "why you here?" and "what you doing cat?" it must have not been in the talking mood. So i kind of just sat there next to it for a while just chilling. I thought by now it would have scampered off but it just sat there. So then i decide i would pet it. i thought maybe it wasnt the best idea because i could like scratch me or sumthing. but it just let me pet it. its probably a domesticated cat that just goes out. it was neat but then i had to go back to my room and i dont like cats that much ne ways. But then after coming back from running i saw the cat again. this time it like jumped out in front of me from the bushes. i petted it some more and then i went my way. it was a cool experience. it kind of reminds me of my old cat now. even though it was just fat and lazy i still liked having it i around. i was one of those cats that would go outside all the time and then come back later. my parents though didnt let it come back in the house before we washed it. but since it was such a hassle washing it we left the cat in the garage. eventually i never came back. it either died or got really sick of the garage. |
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| CALIFORNIACATION Yeah yeah yeah so i used a cheesy song title to head my xanga entry. not the most original but give me a break im not a machine. Anyways as the heading points out i have returned to California. After a summer at home and then a semester at DC i will admitt i really missed this place. And really really missed the weather. I mean really! Coming back school is usually a drag to most people. I mean classes start and you have to study your brains out. But for me, I was really looking foward to it and still am looking foward to it. Over the past semester all ive been doing is working. Seriously, working is more of a drag then studying. Therefore i have decided to go to law school and extend my academic career. But that is a different entry for another time. One thing that is a huge super drag is living on campus again esspcially when you dont have a car for transportation. Which is why i love the DC area by the way. Metro can take you anywhere. Another drag is having to meet my new roommate. It has been 3 days in and we have yet to meet. The thing is when i moved in he had yet to come. He moved in the next morning but i was at class and didnt see him. By the time he retruned from whatever he was doing i was passed out on my bed because im still on the East Coast time and i was just tired. So it wasnt that he came really late but i was alseep really early. I gave him a groggy hello but that doesnt constitute a meeting. Then i woke up super early because i sleep super early and left before he woke up. So day 3 and still never meet my roommate. I wonder if i can go the whole semester without meeting. lets see how long the countdown continues. most likly it will stop at 3 so dont get your hopes up. But whose actually reading anyways and even more who has their hopes set on a countdown of how long i can go without meeting my roommate. What can i call that ne ways? THE DK ROOMMATE NON-MEET. that actually has a good sound to it. |
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| New York I went to new york this weekend with two of my friends from the DC program. One's from CT and the other is from CA. We drove up to my friends house in CT where they graciously opened their house for us and even made us pancakes in the morning. We got there late friday night and went into New York early saturday morning and spent the whole day there. Went back to CT late sat night and left for DC at noon on sunday. It was a good trip and thanks Lauren (friend from CA) i was able to go to the statue of liberty. For some reason when you are at a place you never go to the sights nearby. For example when i spent the semester in CA i rarly went to the beach even though it was across the street. Same way i have never been to the Statue of Liberty. It was never on my things to do list. Anyways we took the ferry in the blistering cold and say the giant women. Afterwards we tried to navigate the most complicated subway system ever. If you come to DC the subway system is very simple and easy to use for everyone. We found are way and it's not that complicated im just over reacting because i think the DC metro is amazing. So we walked around Times Square. Played ROCK BAND at the MTV store. Side note: that game is just great. then watched Rent. it was good but not great. the guy who played the drag queen stole the show but he was really talented. also the girl from american idol season one Tamayra Gray was really really good. Otherwise the rest of them were whatever. i didnt really want to spend the money on the show so i could be a little bias. overal great trip. I realized that i wont be able to study when i get back. I barly touched any books this semester. kind of worried about getting back to school. |
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| FREAKONOMICS I have been reading this book called Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and this other dude. Sorry guy i forgot ur name. I would do the cool thing where its like currently reading but honestly i dont know how to. I've been meaning to read this book for a very very long time now. I have always looked at in when i go to the bookstore. Please dont think I go to the book store often and read a lot because i dont. The only reason why i didnt read it yet is because it hasnt been released on soft cover yet. the price was to steep for a book. I guess i could have just gone to the library. But i take so long with my books that i know i will never finish it in time and i hate the feeling that i have to finish a book so i can return on time. I mean im more than capable of doing it but i just dont like the feeling. I want to enjoy not rushed. I'm not even a quarter way through yet and i bought it last week sigh. I should really read more when i have down time. Even though i'm just a quarter way through it has been by far the most interesting thing i have read thus far. The ideas and comparisons are witty and at the same time probable and eye opening and neat. I just got to reading about crack dealers and how they run their business of selling crack is identical to the McDonalds mega franchise. Unfortunatly i didnt finish before my metro ride ended but now i want to get back on that metro so i can finish reading how a Big Mac and Crack are marketed the same way. It's rare for me to find a book that grabs my attention and keeps it till the end. I think its mainly because when im reading somthing that doesnt grab my attention from the start i tend to wander off. Not even like thinking of other things but just not thinking. Im just reading words that doesnt get processed. Like my brain just switches off. But i've been thinking maybe it has to do with the fact that i never read with my parents as a child. Reading was never introduced to me as something to do for enjoyment. I wonder if that has anything to do with my lack of interest in novels. But all i really wanted to say was Freakonomics is interesting and that you should read it even though economics bores you to death. |
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