MOON ROCKS.
after a communal garden dinner under little hanging lights & sheets
with fresh wildflowers and hoards of wonderful people,
some friendly fellow Picans including an exchange
student from Australia asked if i wanted to go to moon rocks with them.
i've always wanted to go the limestone mountains
with carvings and sculptures in bonny doon.
so we all piled in a car, drove down a windy forest road,
and turned on a street called Ice Cream.
"should we stop for snacks or some berries?"
(no one said anything, for we didn't know
what the aussie meant by berries)
"i love berries. you guys eat those here right? i love raspberries."
"ooooh, i thought berries was some Australian term for something"
i said "santa cruz is really great because it's super easy to eat healthy here"
"i'm having a hard time. i've just been eating so much American candy..like reese's pieces"
i learned about violet crumbles.
he kept on calling the flashlight, "torch"
but corrected himself and said
"i mean...flashlight."
and when a car drove by as we were walking down the road,
he asked "should we hide?"
after lots of hiking, we all laid down and admired the milky way.
there were so so so many stars. i saw a shooting one.
no one said anything for 30 minutes, we were all
lost in some kind of trance gazing at the twinkling,blinking stars.
jupiter smiled
at us.
after a communal garden dinner under little hanging lights & sheets
with fresh wildflowers and hoards of wonderful people,
some friendly fellow Picans including an exchange
student from Australia asked if i wanted to go to moon rocks with them.
i've always wanted to go the limestone mountains
with carvings and sculptures in bonny doon.
so we all piled in a car, drove down a windy forest road,
and turned on a street called Ice Cream.
"should we stop for snacks or some berries?"
(no one said anything, for we didn't know
what the aussie meant by berries)
"i love berries. you guys eat those here right? i love raspberries."
"ooooh, i thought berries was some Australian term for something"
i said "santa cruz is really great because it's super easy to eat healthy here"
"i'm having a hard time. i've just been eating so much American candy..like reese's pieces"
i learned about violet crumbles.
he kept on calling the flashlight, "torch"
but corrected himself and said
"i mean...flashlight."
and when a car drove by as we were walking down the road,
he asked "should we hide?"
after lots of hiking, we all laid down and admired the milky way.
there were so so so many stars. i saw a shooting one.
no one said anything for 30 minutes, we were all
lost in some kind of trance gazing at the twinkling,blinking stars.
jupiter smiled
at us.
5 comments:
i was having a pretty rough night, but reading this lifted my spirits.
i love your postscript. couldn't have said it better.
i met an australian exchange student. he was in my chinese class winter quarter :) didn't say nearly as many interesting things as your aussie friend did though. hehe
i hope you feel better and i'm glad that it lifted your spirits!
i was sooo tired when i got back to my room but i had to update my blog because i didn't want all the funny things that happened to slip away and become lost in my memories.
he was really funny. he had a thick accent. we talked about New Zealand.
NEW ZEALAND!!!!
is there an option to get email notifications if you post a comment after? i always forget to come back to your posts and read what you reply.
when do you leave again?
and i am feeling better. i went to sausalito/sanfran yesterday and it was absolutely wonderful. such a good restful day away from davis. exactly what i needed.
i just checked and there is only an option to get email-notified for EVERY comment posted on my blog. and i do not think you'd like this.
i leave ~jan30th!
going to sanfran always makes me feel better. even if i was already feeling happy, it makes me even more cheerful.
'if you're going to san francisco, be sure to put flowers in your hair' ~*~*~
how much fun youre having! this sounds v lovely + pleasant :)
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