27 dic 2002
Today I didn't wake up till 1:00. I never believed such a thing was possible. For myself, that is. Got my car in to be fixed, burned holes in my head gawking at the price. Damn. Not like I didn't spend three times that much at amazon.com yesterday... but it's the principle of the thing. I sincerely believe in mass transit. Just not the bus station. The unheated puke- scented bus station. And the fact that the DeLong route only runs every hour instead of half hour.
Anyway. I don't think I was going to talk about adventures in busing today....
I got to Border's, promptly finished spending my Christmas money. One good thing about my Dad's cycling girlfriends is that middle aged woman seem to think teenagers are hard to shop for & just get them gift certificates. Which is exactly what I want anyway. So easy. The bad thing about Dad's current girlfriend is she thinks that since I am a teenage girl, all I could possibly be thinking about is boys. (blah blah bla la la BOYS la la blah... what's osmosis?) She's even planning a blind date for me, since poor poor poor me, I have no boyfriend! How shall I survive? Every time I talk to her, which is rare, and mention a boy, which is also not too common, she gets excited. What's he like? Are you sure he's just a friend? (because I wouldn't know) bla bla bla.
I just taught my sister about cat eyebrows. She's playing Spiro.
I'm still frusterated with myself for screwing up my study abroad next year. I didn't even realize how excited I was about it. I mean, going to Japan isn't just something you can do any ol day. Well, you can. But to really get to know a place, you need to spend time there, get to know the people. I'm thinking I could still go next spring... which would mean another semester here. One thing that occured to me, though, is I could go there spring 2004 & fall 2004, and travel out east (I mean way out East) for the intervening summer. The phrase "21st birthday in Bangkok" popped into my head for some reason, and now I can't let the idea go.
I'm excited also about moving to Washington. Contradictions.... argh. But moving there would mean I'd have to wait so much much longer to do any sort of travelling or study abroad. I mean, I've already decided to save Prague for either graduate school (should such a thing be necassary) or family vacation (provided family), but I just gotta study abroad while an undergraduate. I mean, I just gotta. So going to Washington is out? Maybe I could move there after studying abroad. That's so many years away though. Who knows if the Commune will still be accepting new members or whatever by then. Who knows if the commune will still be intact by then. Wow, I hope so. But I do know that I cannot live in this house for another year.
Europe is accessible later on. To a small extent, so is South America. I can learn Spanish fluently in a month if I wanted to, assuming I haven't forgotten it all already. Asia though... when could I go? If not through school soon, when?
I've made Old Lady promises with Jenny to return to Guanajauto, and today Sarah Heart & I decided that we'll go there someday too. Sometimes my life goals are to become an educated bum, and sometimes I like Sarah's 'let's be hermits half the year & travel like mad crazy the other half of the year' idea best. Yeah! So much for practicality.
The thing about Washigton is I'm really excited to get my Wily Man project started. Jenny B. is First Mate, Sarah Heart Musician (months at sea? we'll need some good melodies) & Sarah C. Cook. Because God knows I can't cook. Of course, Jenny will have to learn to sail, too, and we'll need a deck hand or two. Still accepting applications.
Stupid red suitcases....
Twenty- first birthday in Bangkok. ¶ 00:15
Anyway. I don't think I was going to talk about adventures in busing today....
I got to Border's, promptly finished spending my Christmas money. One good thing about my Dad's cycling girlfriends is that middle aged woman seem to think teenagers are hard to shop for & just get them gift certificates. Which is exactly what I want anyway. So easy. The bad thing about Dad's current girlfriend is she thinks that since I am a teenage girl, all I could possibly be thinking about is boys. (blah blah bla la la BOYS la la blah... what's osmosis?) She's even planning a blind date for me, since poor poor poor me, I have no boyfriend! How shall I survive? Every time I talk to her, which is rare, and mention a boy, which is also not too common, she gets excited. What's he like? Are you sure he's just a friend? (because I wouldn't know) bla bla bla.
I just taught my sister about cat eyebrows. She's playing Spiro.
I'm still frusterated with myself for screwing up my study abroad next year. I didn't even realize how excited I was about it. I mean, going to Japan isn't just something you can do any ol day. Well, you can. But to really get to know a place, you need to spend time there, get to know the people. I'm thinking I could still go next spring... which would mean another semester here. One thing that occured to me, though, is I could go there spring 2004 & fall 2004, and travel out east (I mean way out East) for the intervening summer. The phrase "21st birthday in Bangkok" popped into my head for some reason, and now I can't let the idea go.
I'm excited also about moving to Washington. Contradictions.... argh. But moving there would mean I'd have to wait so much much longer to do any sort of travelling or study abroad. I mean, I've already decided to save Prague for either graduate school (should such a thing be necassary) or family vacation (provided family), but I just gotta study abroad while an undergraduate. I mean, I just gotta. So going to Washington is out? Maybe I could move there after studying abroad. That's so many years away though. Who knows if the Commune will still be accepting new members or whatever by then. Who knows if the commune will still be intact by then. Wow, I hope so. But I do know that I cannot live in this house for another year.
Europe is accessible later on. To a small extent, so is South America. I can learn Spanish fluently in a month if I wanted to, assuming I haven't forgotten it all already. Asia though... when could I go? If not through school soon, when?
I've made Old Lady promises with Jenny to return to Guanajauto, and today Sarah Heart & I decided that we'll go there someday too. Sometimes my life goals are to become an educated bum, and sometimes I like Sarah's 'let's be hermits half the year & travel like mad crazy the other half of the year' idea best. Yeah! So much for practicality.
The thing about Washigton is I'm really excited to get my Wily Man project started. Jenny B. is First Mate, Sarah Heart Musician (months at sea? we'll need some good melodies) & Sarah C. Cook. Because God knows I can't cook. Of course, Jenny will have to learn to sail, too, and we'll need a deck hand or two. Still accepting applications.
Stupid red suitcases....
Twenty- first birthday in Bangkok. ¶ 00:15
