Friendship

I always love going to my friends' performances. Not just because they're all insanely talented and it's a joy to watch them perform, but because I want to be there to support them. My parents never really came to my performances or awards ceremonies, so whenever one of my friends showed up, it really made me insanely happy. I just want my friends to feel that way too.

Game Plan

If I get my orgo pset and WRI draft done in the next two days, I can study for multi over the weekend. And do my orgo lab report. Then I can shove in laundry, read some classics, read some more sources for my research paper... Oh boy.

Simple Pleasures

Amid my insane workload and wanting to get/make nice Christmas presents and having a ton of awesome events I could potentially but probably won't have time to go to, I really do just have to find time to appreciate the simple things in life.

~ Feeling awake and refreshed at 8:00am
~ Looking out the window during precept to see it snowing
~ A fun and fast adviser meeting
~ A nap between classes
~ Having a nice conversation with random people on the way to class
~ Shopping for Christms presents
~ Browsing a record shop
~ Getting my graded labs from Frick, finishing corrections, and turning them in all within half an hour
~ Working on a ceramics piece
~ Chatting with people at the ceramics studio
~ Watching Aladdin
~ Scooby snacks!
~ Washing my feet (hey, after a day in rainboots...)
~ Reading some good old Greek tragedy with a cup of hot chocolate

Despite the orgo pset/lab/test, math quiz, and 10-page writing sem essay due within the next two weeks, life is good. I'm really lucky. =]

Holiday Season!

It's fast approaching! I need to figure out Christmas presents... Oh dear. I'll probably end up buying some stuff. I might make a few things. We'll see. 

 I still won't have a white Christmas... I can't wait to see my family and friends though! One of these years I need to spend like a week of winter break on the East Coast. Chill in the snow and actually experience the typical idea of winter.

Tiger Compliments ♥

On Passion and Debate

Having opinions on things is good. Being passionate about them is also good. But what's really amusing and sort of sad is how people get so emotional about what they're championing that 1) they're deaf to everything else presented to them and 2) they're no longer forming a cohesive argument and rather resorting to everything (even slightly altering their argument) and being contradictory just to prove a point. Even when that point no longer makes any sort of sense.

Thanksgiving!

I'm thankful to the Fitzpatricks for taking me in this Thanksgiving Break and giving me a family with whom I can celebrate this holiday. I'm thankful to have met all of the amazing people that I have in my life, and to be among some of the nicest and most brilliant people I've met in my life at Princeton. I'm thankful to have a loving family, supportive friends, and enough happiness to last my lifetime. I'm thankful for the help I've received to make it this far in life, from all of those around me. I'm thankful to be where I am, with the opportunities that I have. Life is good; I'm thankful for that.

I got to send a personal text to every single contact in my phone list. It felt amazing and really helped me realize how lucky I am to know so many awesome people.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Thanksgiving Break!

A super comfy bed, a cozy room in the attic, a delicious homemade meal, and adorable puppy... A super big thanks to Rory and her mom for inviting me over for Thanksgiving!

Ankle Mustache!

Tiger Compliments!

We have this thing called Tiger Compliments, where Princeton students can submit anonymous compliments about one another that then get published. I got one today, and I have to say that it actually made my day. =]

Hands-On

I really love making things. Actually working with my hands and doing something. Friendship bracelets, decorating pillows, ceramics. I just love physically working with something.

Fire It Up!

Bonfire today, and a really packed schedule in any case (none of which was really productive). Turned in my lab report. That was about the extent of the academic portion of my day. Helped build the bonfire from 8:00-9:15am, headed over to Target and got a sweater/gloves and Wegmans for applesauce/Danimals!/fruit cups, had about an hour for lunch, went to a TASA meeting, grabbed dinner and organized some things in preparation for next week, and went to the Bonfire! 

It was super awesome - being right up against the fence was completely amazing until the whole thing went up in flames and it was insanely hot. We got some intense pictures though. Have to admit, when the Harvard effigy started burning and it spread to the bulldog, which promptly fell off the outhouse, it seemed a bit like a cult. Well, there are worse cults of which you can be a part haha. 

Grabbed some ice cream from Halo Pub and a samosa from Mehek. Omnomnom. I really don't want to do work, so I think I'll just take a nap until the "Arch Sing" (read: frat initiation) at 11:30pm.

I just want to live a simple life.

So why the hell am I writing lab reports about 3-methoxybenzaldehyde? xD

I'm an idiot.

Hercules + Tangled

I got absolutely nothing done today, but I watched Hercules and Tangled with Matt! Infinitely more enjoyable than orgo lab reports or reading books about the Chinese cultural revolution.

The thing is, I'm not even technically screwed for work either - I'm pretty much good for math in terms of homework (though I should start studying), I read classics (and no IDs have been posted + no precept next week), lab reports and writeups for orgo are due Monday,  and my writing sem predraft 3.3 is due Sunday. The only thing sort of "imminent" is my final revision of essay 2, which is due Friday, and I've worked on that and can't really see anything super lacking in my revision (though I'm probably overlooking something and I'll be working on that tomorrow).

Well today was a really nice break. =]

I need to learn to stop trusting you.

But it's hard, because at one point, you were one of the people whom I trusted the most.

Note to self: People do care. =]

Buying Structures

No buying structures for me! Of course, that doesn't mean I got the structure... But last 10 minutes of class, like 15 people got up and ran outside to get the structure. It would have been pretty amusing if not for the fact that I probably bombed that test. 

Moving on. -sighs- I really wish I could have one math/orgo test that I can take, and not come back feeling like crap and thinking, "Well, it could have been worse, I'll still graduate." I'd just love to walk out of one test knowing I did well.

Edit: I'm sort of doubting my ability to do well in orgo. Basically there's no statistical way for me to get an A now.

Oh Life

Tomorrow's going to be interesting. Two birthdays and an orgo test. Exciting, exciting. I feel slightly more comfortable with NMR and a bit less stressed, but still pretty nervous. Also, drawing structures sucks. 

I love how the thing I miss most about home apart from the people is how I always had craft supplies on hand. Or pretty much having anything on hand, or being able to walk to Target and get something. I have an insane urge to make a pillow right now, but I don't have felt or a pillow to decorate... 

I suppose origami will suffice for now. =P Maybe I'll make a few pillows over winter break...

BONFIRE TIME!

Boom. Harvard and Yale, defeated. First bonfire in 6 years! =D

Drunken Rages

There were two guys fighting in our hall, just completely wrestling with each other and slamming each other into walls and stuff. Lots of cursing and onward. PSafe came to break it up after one of the guys got shoved rather violently into our door. 

I wasn't really expecting this to happen at Princeton. I mean, I sort of knew it would, since it's college, and people get drunk and so on, but at the same time, I wasn't expecting to actually see it happen, especially in a sub-free dorm. It was more like, I thought I'd maybe hear of a really intense argument every few weeks or months. 

This is part of why I don't drink... Not because I'd get to the point where I'd lose judgment, or because my friends would, but because I'd be around people who do. You got into Princeton; you'd think you'd be smart enough to know not to do stupid shit.

TASA

Shaved ice study break was a huge success - we served over 100 people! All of the food was gone within half an hour though; it was absolutely insane. I haven't had homemade shaved ice in a while - we used to make it every summer. In any case, it was amazing.

Hung out with TASA people afterward - Holder is super pretty. TASA people are super awesome to hang out with too.

I don't think I'm getting any more orgo done today... I'm just tired. -sighs- Sleep, then an orgo-infused weekend! Yay! Also, a picture.

Wherever these tracks may take us...

Snow!

I looked outside during classics lecture, saw that it was snowing, and freaked out internally for the next 10 minutes. Walked back, totally not dressed for the weather, but was way too excited to notice. I'm going to get snow guys! Snowball fights, snow angels, snowmen... And hot chocolate inside while it's all white and gorgeous outside! Rory and Matt insist it's not real snow yet, but hey, when you're from California... 

I'll probably hate the snow after a few weeks of it, and especially when it turns to slush, but for now, I can't wait! =]

Yeah Obama!

If only this applied to all my midterms...

Cards Galore

Two hours of Palace (also called Shithead interestingly enough), 99, and Scat with Maegan and Rory. Quite a few random exclamations, including "Are you fucking me?" from yours truly. Definitely one of the most colorful and nonsensical interjections to have come from my mouth in my life. Super fun. =] We need a deck of Uno though.

In any case, must study for orgo and revise my essay 2 for writing sem (and do some research for essay 3) in the last two days of break. I forgot my next org test was so soon - I definitely feel screwed. Ah well, I'll survive (hopefully). xD

The Best of Break

Cards Against Humanity, Hearts, Spades. No-Bake Cheesecake followed with Cup Noodles. Insanely racist jokes and clips of Family Guy. If only this were all that college involved. =]