I suppose this is what I get for wasting
all week and not using time efficiently..
After 5 hours of art history cramming just now:
endless amount of note cards,reading 80% of Roman art last minute,
a bit of tearing up, and waves of panic..
I just have to start physics now(... . . !!@!#%&!)

except Saturday was very productive( I have to admit)
After academic-ness for 8 hours straight,
being brain dead for a few hours felt nice.

plus, it was a special day of great significance
that got the celebrating that it deserves :)
oddly empty Pacific at sunset(that glowed pink).
being warm in a fuzzy blanket & the 50 degree night air.
dancing/stumbling around deliriously in the strangely temperate water under the
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in this universe
(according to imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov).

I didn't take a single note today, no one did.

The reconstructed villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum
was exotic, magical, and full of identifiable Greek and Roman styles!
The sun was blistering and the air was uncomfortably warm.
We got to wander the entire villa ourselves and encountered some pretty exciting things:

Kouros!
archaic.conventionalized hair.thunder thighs.
I could go on, but we've already done this on the essay.

religious offerings

cycladic idols!

black figured amphora

high relief sarcophagus

dramatic lighting

hehe

we made our own:
(not even close to Euthymides' talent though)

i'm overjoyed.
I made pot roast again this afternoon(same recipe) for the 3rd time.
And it turned out fantas-tic!
The first time wasn't that great(but I thought it was great at the time)
(because it was the first time I had ever made MEAT by myself)
Then the 2nd time was a disaster(all burned and weird tasting), so that went in the trash.
today.. was a success!

well, I had everything ready, except something orange was missing.
Carrots!
"hi, um, can i borrow a carrot?"
"yeah"

So I ran the 18.5 seconds to ellen's house and borrowed a carrot.
whee! getty villa tomorrow! :)

a few months ago, a free sample lady at costco kept on repeating in a monotone voice:
"dee-no buddies. come and try our dee-no buddies".
IT'S pronounced DIE-NO.
I almost told her, but decided not to.

time to take out Christmas robot!

I was so productive yesterday,
but whenever i'm about to start Physics,
a feeling of dread surfaces and I end up doing something else.
(which explains why i'm here right now)

an injured mosquito was fluttering around.
So I put it in my multi-purpose lantern:

"sweeter yet shall blow its breezes
on the day that sets us free"
You should have seen the way he zoomed out when I unlatched the door

leaf collection, found with some help :)

gahh, this heat. dryness. bloody noses(which i'm sure will happen very soon).chapped-ness.

I dreampt of an apocalypse full of :running, hiding,
not being able to reach people,goodbyes, and finally "being saved".
it was a nightmare.
then there was part II:

murderous dolls(chucky and friends) on a rainy day.

"y a n b o v o
s o m.
y c c a h a
b t a y o.
a f t r, y a i n t t g y
c f"

When the blackout occured, I sat there smiling in the dark because it only meant one thing.

I ran/stumbled to get my lantern,lit it and put it next to my homework.
I actually got more accomplished than I would have with normal lights.
--
once upon a time,
there occurred a 4.5 earthquake.
After the discovery of the fossil hanging over the edge of the bookshelf,
I gasped and saved it from falling completely off.
My mom gasped and said, "That was a close one!"
I said, " I know! My 300 million year old fossil almost died"
She said, "what? i meant my floors almost got scratched by it!"

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