I am stuck on this paper; I feel like I'm not making any progress, and that's probably because I'm not actually making any progress. It's been a busy weekend. David and I took Soraya to the One-Acts on Friday night, as well as the student Art Show. Before that we went to Oma's house for dinner, which was delicious--what a nice change from SUB food! The One-Acts were great for the most part, very entertaining; although they did all seem to be of the same genre... The "faculty" One-Act was great; I really enjoyed it. It was really great to see Mr. Forier act in something too; it's a rare opportunity.
Yesterday, I had a waffle for breakfast. That was terribly exhilirating. It caused me no pain; probably because it's a waffle, which consists of fairly innocuous building materials--flour, milk, egg, etc. Then last night a bunch of girls from my hall, along with David and Cam, went over to my dad's house for dinner. We had a really wonderful time and another delicious dinner--two in a row! Party. We also made plans for our last couple weeks of schooltime. So much to do, really. I think we're going to go see the midnight showing of Spiderman3 on Thursday night. Then on Friday I'm going to a concert at PLU with David, Dylan, Erin, and Cary (and possibly Ryan, if he's in town for the weekend). I can't wait to see Erin! It's been far too long. She's going to give our fledling yearbook staff some tips on planning and organization too. That reminds me, have I mentioned that I joined the yearbook staff? We get paid some monthly salary, although I'm pretty sure it's not very large. Yet another project to add to my list. But it should be a lot of fun; I'm doing it along with the A/L girls... Christine and Maren are going to be the editors. Oh! And we convinced David to join the staff too. He's going to be the token sports guy.
David tried on some sweaters from Baba today. Finally picked those up from Oma's house, along with my laundry of two weeks ago. Mom and Soraya are heading out for Poland on Friday--how crazy. And Mehran is showing up again in just over a week! So very excited to see him. Other than that not much else to report at the moment, serious lots to do. I really must start working on this paper in seriousness. More soon! :-) Ari
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
"Food sans Everything, Please"
Hello all. It's a busy week, that's for sure! I'm presently taking a short break from my research of the Minangkabau, a matrilineal group in Indonesia that also happens to be Muslim. It's due a week from today...! And not a single page of it has yet been written. I can't believe I only have five more class days--two of which I only have Individual Fitness--so really, only three more days of academic class until... well... Reading Period... Finals Week... and then summer! First order of business is to clean out my closets at either house. Partially because I want to, but more so because I need to. I don't think I'm going to have any room for myself and my stuff once I move back into home for the summer. That sentence was not even gramatically correct.
German is making sense at the moment, more or less. We're learning the subjunctive right now. So much homework to keep up with, yet there's so little time left...
The rest of my week is going to be crazy, pretty much. I've got work tomorrow, plus I'm going to a dinner my dad is putting on for the office ladies. Haha! I'm an office lady. Well, the PC term is Professional Administratives Day, I do believe. And even though they have declared that the event takes a full week, if it were to be a day it would be today, April 25. I only decided to go after Baba told me that I could call and ask them to make me something not on the pre-set menu, as the menu options were undoubtedly going to cause my stomach some distress. I don't think the lady believed me when I told her I had very specific dietary restrictions that came down to low-fiber, low-fat, no vegetables... I'm pretty sure she just thought that I'm a very picky eater. So it sounds like I'll be dining on a no-cream-sauce-no-marinara-sauce-no-vegetable-laden-low-protein-olive-oil-dressed pasta... Who believes someone who says that they can't eat vegetables? Honestly. I wish I could eat a cucumber... That sounds so delicious at the moment... Mmm...
Then on Friday I'm going to Oma's house for dinner, then taking Soraya to the Art Show and the One-Acts. David's mom is going to be acting in one, along with Mr. Forier and Mr. Stubbs--and it was written by David's brother-in-law (and Mr. Moffitt is directing it). And then of course Lindsay is directing a show too! Then on Saturday there are various events, including dinner at my dad's house in the evening. Then Sunday, I know there's going to be lots of homework along with something that I can't quite remember at the moment. Busy busy busy. But it's better that way.
In other news, it sounds like Deniz might be able to come and visit this summer, which would be amazing! It also sounds like Christine and Maren might be coming back to UPS for a few days in June for some sort of yearbook conference. Did I mention that I joined the yearbook staff for next year? Yes, I know I'm crazy and I have no idea what I'm getting myself into. Good thing my best friend happened to the editor for a couple of years--I'm counting on Erin to teach me something about InDesign or whatever it is they use here.
I had better get back to work. :-D Ari
German is making sense at the moment, more or less. We're learning the subjunctive right now. So much homework to keep up with, yet there's so little time left...
The rest of my week is going to be crazy, pretty much. I've got work tomorrow, plus I'm going to a dinner my dad is putting on for the office ladies. Haha! I'm an office lady. Well, the PC term is Professional Administratives Day, I do believe. And even though they have declared that the event takes a full week, if it were to be a day it would be today, April 25. I only decided to go after Baba told me that I could call and ask them to make me something not on the pre-set menu, as the menu options were undoubtedly going to cause my stomach some distress. I don't think the lady believed me when I told her I had very specific dietary restrictions that came down to low-fiber, low-fat, no vegetables... I'm pretty sure she just thought that I'm a very picky eater. So it sounds like I'll be dining on a no-cream-sauce-no-marinara-sauce-no-vegetable-laden-low-protein-olive-oil-dressed pasta... Who believes someone who says that they can't eat vegetables? Honestly. I wish I could eat a cucumber... That sounds so delicious at the moment... Mmm...
Then on Friday I'm going to Oma's house for dinner, then taking Soraya to the Art Show and the One-Acts. David's mom is going to be acting in one, along with Mr. Forier and Mr. Stubbs--and it was written by David's brother-in-law (and Mr. Moffitt is directing it). And then of course Lindsay is directing a show too! Then on Saturday there are various events, including dinner at my dad's house in the evening. Then Sunday, I know there's going to be lots of homework along with something that I can't quite remember at the moment. Busy busy busy. But it's better that way.
In other news, it sounds like Deniz might be able to come and visit this summer, which would be amazing! It also sounds like Christine and Maren might be coming back to UPS for a few days in June for some sort of yearbook conference. Did I mention that I joined the yearbook staff for next year? Yes, I know I'm crazy and I have no idea what I'm getting myself into. Good thing my best friend happened to the editor for a couple of years--I'm counting on Erin to teach me something about InDesign or whatever it is they use here.
I had better get back to work. :-D Ari
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Prom Night Sans Prom
Hello there. I'm in the library right now, working on homework. Well, actually, I'm writing this blog post right now, but I will soon be working on homework. Last night was the Hui O Hawaii Club's Luau. I ended up taking Soraya and her friend Ashley to the show, since neither of them were going to prom this year. But first we went out to dinner at Silk Thai, which was quite delicious. We showed up at the Luau an hour early to make sure that we had good seats. The Luau was pretty amazing. Although I was partially horrified that Soraya probably saw more naked-man-flesh at the Luau than she would hopefully ever see at any prom/dance. But then again this was a family show--there were children there. They had a dance with just kids too, which was pretty cute. Overall, it was very impressive.
Following the Luau, we had ice cream with a few of my hall friends. Then Soraya, Ashley, David, and I went back to my dorm room where we played M.A.S.H. until Baba and Angi showed up to pick up Soraya and Ashley. I really do hope they had a good time. I think Angi was going to make breakfast for them this morning.
This last week was very busy. I had a paper on Southeast Asian women & industrialization due on Wednesday for my IPE class, then I had an Econ paper on the milk market due on Friday. Is everyone aware that the price of milk is expected to rise nine percent (roughly 30 cents) by this upcoming October? There you have it. The truth is out. My next paper is due May 2, and it's on the Minangkabau of Sumatra (they're a matrilineal group). And then of course there are plenty of quizzes to attend to, and then finals! Goodness, I'm ready for those be over.
Not much else to report at the moment, hopefully I'll write again sooner rather than later...
:-) Ari
Following the Luau, we had ice cream with a few of my hall friends. Then Soraya, Ashley, David, and I went back to my dorm room where we played M.A.S.H. until Baba and Angi showed up to pick up Soraya and Ashley. I really do hope they had a good time. I think Angi was going to make breakfast for them this morning.
This last week was very busy. I had a paper on Southeast Asian women & industrialization due on Wednesday for my IPE class, then I had an Econ paper on the milk market due on Friday. Is everyone aware that the price of milk is expected to rise nine percent (roughly 30 cents) by this upcoming October? There you have it. The truth is out. My next paper is due May 2, and it's on the Minangkabau of Sumatra (they're a matrilineal group). And then of course there are plenty of quizzes to attend to, and then finals! Goodness, I'm ready for those be over.
Not much else to report at the moment, hopefully I'll write again sooner rather than later...
:-) Ari
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Captain Insane-O
Well it's been very busy lately, and it just keeps getting busy as the end of the semester comes closer. Just 26 days until the last day of Finals week--and only about two weeks until the last day of class. So there are, of course, lots of papers to be attended to and quizzes/tests/etc. to study for. I registered for classes a week+ ago--it looks like I'll be taking Introduction to International Political Economy, Social Scientific Argumentation, Applied Statistics, and then either Law & Ethics or Psychology. I'm undecided at the moment, and it also depends on the waitlisting situation. I've pretty much given up on getting into an Accounting class for next semester.
In other news, yesterday I did some homework in the morning. Then Lindsay came to campus and went to lunch with David and me. Then we went rockclimbing where Lindsay works, which was quite fun, although I hadn't been rockclimbing in three years and it was a bit nerveracking at first. Although I am now belay-certified, if only just barely... So I'll have to go again sometime soon. Then we went to Dairy Queen, and got milkshakes (well, I got a vanilla cone--luckily DQ uses almost frozen yogurt rather than real ice cream). Then last night we went to a 60th birthday celebration for Sharon, complete with live music. So it was a good day yesterday--and productive, too. Oh, and how could I forget? Yesterday morning David and I went to the Fitness Center, and he showed me how to do some weightlifting for my arms. I think he's going to have to accompany me a few more times yet. My arms are quite sore today... It's been a while. This being sick business put me out of commission for far too long.
Today has been pretty much solid homework all day, until now. Oh, one other interesting fact about yesterday; David's bed collapsed. More on that front later. Easter went quite well last weekend, although I was rather tired by the time everyone arrived. There was much breakfast to be cooked. Next weekend is Relay for Life, which my team is still trying to raise money for--so if anyone is interested in contributing to cancer research, please let me know, and I'll send you a link to my donation page, where you can donate online. It's rather nifty.
The weather's been pretty nice yet again today. Soraya's birthday party is the weekend, I hope everyone survived the night together. I'm now thinking about how to plan Kathryn's birthday party. I think we should go sleep in yerts on the Washington coast. Sounds exciting, right? And probably cheaper than going to Sasquatch... Well, that's all my news for now, but I'll write again soon--hopefully sooner than last time.
:-) Ari
In other news, yesterday I did some homework in the morning. Then Lindsay came to campus and went to lunch with David and me. Then we went rockclimbing where Lindsay works, which was quite fun, although I hadn't been rockclimbing in three years and it was a bit nerveracking at first. Although I am now belay-certified, if only just barely... So I'll have to go again sometime soon. Then we went to Dairy Queen, and got milkshakes (well, I got a vanilla cone--luckily DQ uses almost frozen yogurt rather than real ice cream). Then last night we went to a 60th birthday celebration for Sharon, complete with live music. So it was a good day yesterday--and productive, too. Oh, and how could I forget? Yesterday morning David and I went to the Fitness Center, and he showed me how to do some weightlifting for my arms. I think he's going to have to accompany me a few more times yet. My arms are quite sore today... It's been a while. This being sick business put me out of commission for far too long.
Today has been pretty much solid homework all day, until now. Oh, one other interesting fact about yesterday; David's bed collapsed. More on that front later. Easter went quite well last weekend, although I was rather tired by the time everyone arrived. There was much breakfast to be cooked. Next weekend is Relay for Life, which my team is still trying to raise money for--so if anyone is interested in contributing to cancer research, please let me know, and I'll send you a link to my donation page, where you can donate online. It's rather nifty.
The weather's been pretty nice yet again today. Soraya's birthday party is the weekend, I hope everyone survived the night together. I'm now thinking about how to plan Kathryn's birthday party. I think we should go sleep in yerts on the Washington coast. Sounds exciting, right? And probably cheaper than going to Sasquatch... Well, that's all my news for now, but I'll write again soon--hopefully sooner than last time.
:-) Ari
Monday, April 02, 2007
Windy Weekend of Wheatgrass
It was a pretty good weekend. I went and saw Blades of Glory on Friday night with David, Matt, Corydon, and Cary. It was pretty excellent--I've never seen a Will Farrell movie before (unless you count about thirty minutes of Anchorman), but I really enjoyed this. It was entirely thoughtless and entertaining, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to something lighthearted and comical. So there was that. We also had TCBY, which I recently discovered makes a good alternative to ice cream for me (which my stomach can't really handle), as frozen yogurt is 96% fat-free. Hooray for that!
Also on Friday, before all this excitement, I talked to my academic advisor about class registration and which classes I should take next semester. It sounds like I might now be contemplating either an International Political Economy (IPE) major with a business minor, which could work out really well for me. I guess I'll have to see what Baba thinks; but I don't really need to make a decision for another semester or two. There's a fair amount of overlap anyway.
On Saturday, I spent most of the day with Cary. I started out doing IPE homework, then went to lunch with Cary (I had Pho, Cary had Chow Mein--it was all very good; if you're looking for a good, cheaper Vietnamese restaurant let me know and I can pass on specifics). Then Cary and I did some Easter shopping for the Easter event happening at my mom's house on Saturday. We hit up the DollarTree and Target. And I also purchased a microwave cart (some rolling car thing with two shelves and a wood top) that I've moved all of my food and odds and ends onto, rather than having it all sit on my second desk. I had run out of room for my books and homework stuff, so this is a big improvement. I probably shouldn't be moving too much stuff in, however, as we've really only got a few more weeks of school...
On Sunday, I did some homework and watched some Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with David in the morning. Then five girls from my floor, David, and I all went out to my mom's house for Cees DeBedar. That went really well; it was quite fun, and there was quite a bit of good food. I didn't get to socialize with the family members too much, but hopefully that was okay. We're planning on going up to Seattle sometime soon, which should be fun--part of my Asian Initation or something like that...
Today was nothing exceptional. I had an absolutely terrible German quiz (hence, I'm beginning to meet with the German Tutor again as of tomorrow morning). I had my new cupcake cookbook come in the mail from Amazon today, which I am very excited about. At least 120 recipes for me to try out! What lucky friends I might end up having if they're the ones these are distributed to. I'm got a couple of papers that I've started working on too. I'm going to have two due the week of April 16, so I need to get a move on. Then there's my big IPE research paper that will be due in May. And hopefully I just survive German class at this point. It looks like I'm probably not going to be taking a language next semester. Although I'm seriously looking into community college language classes.
That's all the news for now, but I'll continue to update whoever does read this... I think Oma might be the only one at this point... But Swiss friends, if you read this, there might be mail coming your way sometime soon... As soon as I find some 84-cent stamps or break down and use three 39-cent stamps on each one...
Until the tummy aches... More soon in other words... :-) Ari
Also on Friday, before all this excitement, I talked to my academic advisor about class registration and which classes I should take next semester. It sounds like I might now be contemplating either an International Political Economy (IPE) major with a business minor, which could work out really well for me. I guess I'll have to see what Baba thinks; but I don't really need to make a decision for another semester or two. There's a fair amount of overlap anyway.
On Saturday, I spent most of the day with Cary. I started out doing IPE homework, then went to lunch with Cary (I had Pho, Cary had Chow Mein--it was all very good; if you're looking for a good, cheaper Vietnamese restaurant let me know and I can pass on specifics). Then Cary and I did some Easter shopping for the Easter event happening at my mom's house on Saturday. We hit up the DollarTree and Target. And I also purchased a microwave cart (some rolling car thing with two shelves and a wood top) that I've moved all of my food and odds and ends onto, rather than having it all sit on my second desk. I had run out of room for my books and homework stuff, so this is a big improvement. I probably shouldn't be moving too much stuff in, however, as we've really only got a few more weeks of school...
On Sunday, I did some homework and watched some Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with David in the morning. Then five girls from my floor, David, and I all went out to my mom's house for Cees DeBedar. That went really well; it was quite fun, and there was quite a bit of good food. I didn't get to socialize with the family members too much, but hopefully that was okay. We're planning on going up to Seattle sometime soon, which should be fun--part of my Asian Initation or something like that...
Today was nothing exceptional. I had an absolutely terrible German quiz (hence, I'm beginning to meet with the German Tutor again as of tomorrow morning). I had my new cupcake cookbook come in the mail from Amazon today, which I am very excited about. At least 120 recipes for me to try out! What lucky friends I might end up having if they're the ones these are distributed to. I'm got a couple of papers that I've started working on too. I'm going to have two due the week of April 16, so I need to get a move on. Then there's my big IPE research paper that will be due in May. And hopefully I just survive German class at this point. It looks like I'm probably not going to be taking a language next semester. Although I'm seriously looking into community college language classes.
That's all the news for now, but I'll continue to update whoever does read this... I think Oma might be the only one at this point... But Swiss friends, if you read this, there might be mail coming your way sometime soon... As soon as I find some 84-cent stamps or break down and use three 39-cent stamps on each one...
Until the tummy aches... More soon in other words... :-) Ari
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