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.