After the Anthro. Orientation
(what a strange, intriguing, bizarre, but wonderfully
dedicated and passionate group of scholars),
calling my bank to clarify some issues,
skypping my mom, picking up my id card..
and going to a giant fall festival and getting a peace corp bag full of FREE STUFF
(mexican candy, flyers, pins, lunch, & LOTS OF ORGANIC TEAS AND SODAS)
it was time for the Boardwalk Frolic!

I almost threw up twice and stood in the bathroom stall
feeling horridly disoriented and sick
but then I bought a churro
and gave everyone a bite including myself.

then Jeffery insisted he needed ice cream
so we all wandered into town.

An old gypsy hobo woman said to me:

"got any change?"

We then used public transportation and rode the bus home.
I curled up into a ball in the back seat and fell asleep.

babyaga, matching pillows, and lumpus cousins.

I like slipping fruit from the dining hall into my bag.
I like putting up posters/prints using wall tac.

I like wearing the robot key around my neck.

I like wearing my shower slippers.
I like when the showers are not occupied.

I like how the bathroom is right outside our dorm.

I like how friendly everyone is.
I like how beautiful the campus is.
I like being warm and cozy in my bed
when it's freezing and foggy at night.

A Walk in the Woods

Today, I explored the sylvan campus
and found my classrooms for next week,
bought 2 interesting looking books at the bookstore,
and encountered 4 deer & a blue bird.

the forest is enchanted

psyc lecture hall

bambi was eating ferns outside my psychology&religion class

stevenson :)

OUR HOUSE [7](only house with a kitchen!)

It has begun.

Horray, I finally have internet!
Here's my new home/room.

the top bunk :)
the view: the forest and the the ocean somewhat

my wall(so far)

house 7 lies somewhere in the fog

to the lighthouseskyping!

Along with a lovely "Make Room" cd
Leah burned me for the 388 miles,
I made another one and named it:
Cruise to Cruz

farewell Irvinians! :)

croc overload

little prisoners

her last word of advice:

"When you eat tomatoes, don't wipe them all over your clothes"
-my mom

This car junk yard has been behind
my parents company for 15 years.
It was only a few days ago that I finally
decided to see what lies within.
There was a gray kitten,(see earlier post)
some broken down vehicles,
and a nice but rotten looking floral sofa.

I was really nervous about hobos living in them
meat on wheels

no teddy bear shaped ones that day

I just ate too much.
Now I have a food baby.

I feel envy towards Daniel Tate.

"hey look, it's hiroki!"

We had a tetra-playdate dinner at an exotic Peruvian diner.
Ellen took copious notes.
Leah wouldn't stop talking about her shots.
Hiroki is now employed as a crepe maker.
I spilled water everywhere.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :)

"sweeter yet shall blow its breezes.

on the day that sets us free"

-animal farm

writhing scorpions on skewers, coconut with a straw,
fried octopus on sticks, glazed hawthorn,
sugar blown animal shaped candy, lamb kabobs,
and a variety of questionable meats:

--
I asked:"So ellen, how was school?"
her dad: "Forget school, lets talk about netbooks!"
.
then we had the brilliant idea of making nachos.
"Is this enough chips?"
"um, NO, you can fit soooOo many more on the plate"
.
Then i had some yogurt with peaches and honey.
.
then we made tea.
.
and drank it.

this is pig's blood

-literally.

There was a skinny little gray cat under a broken car in the "junk yard" today.
After 5 minutes of failed attempts to lure him closer for his photograph,
my eyes started itching like crazy.

[5] days.
this isn't it, but close enough.

this is madness..

MADNESS!!!

cute things were meant to be devoured.
hence the saying:
"You are so cute, I just want to eat you up"

I dreampt that someone installed gears on Free Spirits!
I wish she had gears(in reality)
because this way,
we could explore the sylvan environment without killing ourselves.
But I fear I might need to adopt one of her cousins for this..

maybe not with words
maybe not with a look
but with your mind.-C.P.

ps: weownthesky[remixed]

dreamy.

Today I purified DNA with magnetic beads,

inoculated bacteria culture,
came home and watched NOVA scienceNow,
then dragged my telescope onto the balcony and looked at the moon.
It was then that I realized something about all the things i did today.
O__________o

I am embarrassed to put up such a bad quality picture of the lovely moon.
but what can you expect from a picture
taken with a digital camera through a telescope
aimed at something 238,857 miles away?

but look at the right! you can see outlines of craters.
(the image is MUCH clearer on the telescope.)
(so come over if you want to play with it)

---
two of my favorite things in the world:

1. the preserves at sunset.
The way it basks in glowing gold makes me very happy.

2. Free Spirits.
Her name explains it all.

and just because.. :)
and we'll all float on ok!

quote of the day:
"So what are you working on now?"
"Oh I'm just cloning some genes"

[16]days.

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my eyes and all is born again"

I couldn't stop smiling after mr. film developer

handed me the envelope enveloping the following(+20 more)
I am pleased ;-)

i lava my SWA

and my lavadies(2)

"A supernova occurs when a giant star,

one much bigger than our own Sun,
collapses and then spectacularly explodes,
releasing in an instant the energy of a hundred billion suns,
burning for a time more brightly than all the stars in its galaxy"
p.41
this is one of the most beautiful things
I have ever heard.

this picture has no relevance to anything.
But I suppose it can illustrate different
planetary orbits.
go to Costa Rica to study primate behavior
in tropical rain forest ecosystems
for 3 weeks?
...
!!okay!!

This is my 400th post! :)

I took a deep breath
and listened to the old bray of my heart;
I am I am I am.

After almost finishing the Matisse painting
(about time, I know) today,
I decided to paint my hand.
After my fun though, I had trouble getting it off(off the rug too)
But luckily, the turpentine rubbed it off pretty good.
Now my hand smells like toxins.

after looking at this picture, I guess it's clean up time.
everything is still where I left it an hour ago.

I looked at the mirror afterwards,
and I thought my eyeball was bleeding.
But it was just red paint.

Today, there was a little boy sitting on the floor of a store.
He was hugging 3-4 stuffed animal tigers.
He rocked around back and forth
and maniacally chanted
"minee! These are all mineee!"
I giggled.

now i'm going to ride my bike
and start my bug collection.

you're a wolf, boy,

get out of this town.

& don't forget
the universe is smiling at you:
(here's a diagram of what I mean^)