so ... the past week has definitely been good. last weekend i went to see adaptation (which I really liked and would like to watch again and again when it's on video). i went alone, for the first time since i have been back in the u.s. that was also kind of nice. we all did our own thing friday night. saturday we went out and mariss kate-dub and i left the foo early and went to tortilla sam's. brendan was there, which was nice. doug and a bunch of people showed up later, which was also nice. we all know there is one other person in question, who, sadly, did not show. hehe, oh well. it was good to hang out and talk and stuff and not get home ridiculously late, either. i was in good shape for work the next morning.

sunday was work and council and returning videos and visiting doug and i feel like i did something after that but have no clue what. monday i finally had my culture & the news course. the prof. seems great & is excited about what she is teaching, but she is part time and doesn't seem to understand the communication and culture major, which probably isn't very important, but i definitely think the course is going to be more english-oriented than communication-oriented, but we shall see. i haven't done this week's reading yet. monday night mo and i went to tortilla sam's (hey we live there) again to see tim and jamie and doug and marc and brendan play. it was fun, they played a lot of different stuff, and mariss and i had this awesome apple - ice cream - strawberry dessert burrito-y thing, and finished off a six pack of dos equis. good times.

tuesday i was really tired but hit up the gym with lo and biked 11 or 12 miles and read a lot of zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance while i was at it. i like that about the bike, it's like maximizing free time b/c i can read for fun while i'm at it. had our first intercultural communication class tuesday, and although the prof. refuses to accept how to pronounce my last name, he seems great and excited about teaching, and he's funny (maybe a little too funny, i know it sounds impossible but he just kept digressing, extensively). it seems like were going to use a lot of the stuff i have spent the past 3 and a half years learning about, which makes me happy. wednesday was me getting the blame for not advertising for student council exec board position petitions, even though i didn't know they were due tuesday, let alone when they were due at all. i made that quite clear. PR was really great that night, we watched a vid. about Noam Chomsky. I'd heard his name before but had no clue as to the context or anything about the man. it was really interesting, and i would love for him to come and speak here. we also worked on a case study in the groups we formed for our larger project. i was apprehensive about our group before, but i'm pretty excited about it now. not only did we have some interesting discussion, but we seemed to work really well with each other, which made me happy.

and then today ... i went to the gym with lori again. i biked a few miles and then tried out the elliptical. i have to say, it was pretty weird, but pretty fun. i need batteries for my discman thingy and some good tunes. then it will be only good times. went home to do some laundry and try to pick up my W2 from j&bs, but they didn't have them, and i didn't finish my laundry. bringing back dirty laundry sucks, and i left some at home, wet. mum's coming to the worcester area so i should be able to get it next week, i just really didn't want to have to stay at home and wait for it and drive back really late. i met up with kate and adrienne at the bar when i got back, and caught up with adrienne, and reminisced with kate about brixham. it's always nice to spend time with those girls.

and now ... sleep

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