they'll name a city after us

I've just discovered that I pick up wireless internet in my common room. this makes me so happy!!

Ok so Thursday after my chinese quiz (so difficult!!) I decided that I definetly want to stay in the class because I REALLY want to learn chinese, but I don't want it to pull down my GPA (which it probably would) so I am going to take it pass/fail. I can do this because it doesn't fulfill any requirement for me...its just credits.

I spent the rest of the day Thursday sort of as a waste...but it was raining!! I read for class a little and made more Chinese character flashcards and did some art in my new artist book. We saw the screening of that movie, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and got to have Q&A with the director afterwards as part of the NYU Directors Series. They are bringing Capote and the director next week!! I'll be home for the High Holy Days, but my roommates are going.
(To see the trailor for Guide just go here http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/aguidetorecognizingyoursaints/trailerb/ )

After that I ran to Roman's to shoot...but the stuido was closed due to the person running it being sick so we are reshooting tomorrow - I'm psyced to dress up and throw on different outfits and play with lights. I had two great subway experiences yesterday. The first was coming from the movie back to Canal...I was smiling and some guy around 30 asked me what I was so happy about. I think that I went into some explanation about how the world needed more smiles and that I just got broken up with but I was realizing how happy I was and had just seen my ex-boyfriend and not been sad about seeing him which made me happier even. He laughed and introduced himself and said it was nice to meet someone like that. Then I got off.
The other experience was from canal up to 23rd....some school group of 16 year old girls got on with their chapperones and were laughing and singing and forced some poor guy out of his seat. He was good looking and they were all talking to him and talking about his (admitedly very sweet) shoes. He told me he liked my shoes (my GIANT pink rainboots) and said that he recognized me from NYU. I said that was sort of creepy jokingly and he told me that he saw me in Weinstein Hall all the time...I said it was becuase I was dating someone there..he asked who and actually knew Harrison. It was just a nice conversation and it was fun to be able to laugh about recognizing people from around NYU. He and the school group both got off at Union Square and two of those girls told me that I should date him which I thought was really funny. They also told me that they were going to tell him the same thing whcih I thought was even funnier. It was one of those things where other people on the subway were laughing and agreeing or disagreeing - because really everyone is a matchmaker. It all just made me laugh a lot.

After that was Teddy's party (my friend who has an apartment) - it was good times and he has a sweet place. Teddy just got broken up with too, so we had a bonding moment and it was fun. Then Jackie, Mitch, etc and I took the 6 back downtown and chilled at our place with these kids we met from the floor below us.

This morning it was raining SO badly...and still is. ugh. Shaq and I went to a dining hall for breakfast with Fernando who is Uruguyan and got to hear about his boy drama. Now I'm about to make more chinese flash cards and try to do some reading for social history (200 page book due on monday!) and read the bible and write about how Jesus was or was not a socialist for socialist theory - any thoughts?

Then we are making cookies for manni's birthday tonight and going to dinner with Jackie's mom tonight and then Manni's party which should be tons of fun. Tomorrow I am hopefully shooting with Roman, hitting up the San Genero festival in Little Italy and maybe hanging out with Emo Jon that night. I haven't started working/volunteering full time which is good since I have so mmuch reading and work - especially for chinese!!!!

I also have 6 rolls of film from the summer which I need to process and eventually print....someday.