March 24, 2006
oh dear, it's been a while!
The year's been crazy already. Not so much for me as more for my friends and as I will not be sharing their laundry (some dirty, some not so much), I'll just cover what I've been up to.
I started school (doing online courses at AIU) towards a Bachelor's of Business Administration with a concentration in Organizational Psychology and Development. It's an accelerated course that will only take me 13 months (12 now) with each class running 5 weeks. I'm learning a lot already and my composition skills are improving. I'm also learning to do research online (not to date myself here, but we just didn't rely on the internet that much when I was going to school before). I got an A in my first class and just started Economics this week.
Summer is fast approaching (well, not quite fast enough) and we've got some great plans this year! Randomly, I decided that this is the year I'm going to learn to surf, and as I was sharing this with my roommate Kyra, it turns out she had had the same idea. As I continued to spread the joy amongst all my friends, Gwen, my roommate from last year, and my other current roommate Jon (as opposed to Joniqua or Eugene-Jon) were also recruited.
I got sick a couple of weeks ago and not being able to breathe really scared me, so I quit smoking. I'm on day 11 and I don't seem to miss it at all. To commemorate the not smoking/ finally learning to surf thing, I've decided on my next tattoo being an arm cuff of hibiscus flowers. I'm thinking this will get done in the next couple of weeks.
Last night, Karriem and I went to see V for Vendetta, which was really amazing. It's not as formulaic as many movies (so it doesn't settle as easily) but has some of the thought provoking themes of the Soylent Green/Brazil type stories. The cinematography fits well with the story (especially the fight scene towards the end) and is generally a worthwhile way to spend 2 hours.
Other than that, I got new glasses. One's a super cute pair , and the other is a pretty cute pair but more neutral. The latter has thin silver frames so I can wear them when I ride my bicycle in the city. I've never ridden with glasses on before, but my sight is slowly declining and I have a hard time seeing otherwise, but with my glasses, I'm almost over stimulated! I guess I just need to get used to them. As always, Karriem had to help me with the shopping (which he did willingly even though he's been working like a pack-mule!)
Between my last update and now, I also had the pleasure of going to Ohio with Laura where I was astonished by the low cost of living and took the opportunity to stock up on fabric, books, cheese and Amish pie (really there's just nothing like it!). Also, Chaz passed through DC on the way to Florida so I got to see him for the first time in a while. Kyra noticed a startling resemblance between my friend and Columbian superstar and Latin Grammy winner, Juanes. Really, it's uncanny!
Chaz:
Juanes:
