This is for Anna!

Chapter 30...thats right!

"Oh. My. God...Oh My God You Guys"

So, life in the good ole' Eug is pretty sweet so far....even though I have been spending too much money...its taken a toll on bank account, and even my parents have gotten on my case. YIKES! So, I am trying, but not really succeeding at conserving money. But all in all life has been pretty chill... My daily routine just consists of me competing with Anna on how far we've read in to Shantaram, and chillin', maxin' and relaxin' with her. The daily grind continues with school and work. I got an "A" in both of my classes the last session. woo-hoo! My GPA shall rise! yeah baby! My course this session (INTL 431) is taught by this really gregarious dude from Santa Monica, so its super cool...we talk about what is the American culture! I think that is a very very lengthy subject. Anyways, my days go by pretty fast, nothing to strenuous but nothing to dull...but last night I watched the season finale of The Search for the Next Elle woods for the Legally Blond Musical on Broadway...it makes me wish that i was blond, blue eyed lady, with amazing pipes to burst out into a song...But that role would also require me to be white...so thats out the window...I'll settle for playing Jasmine in Aladdin. haha as if! in any case, I am in love w/ musicals now! "Oh my god. Oh my god you guys..." has to be my favorite line at the moment.
Other happenings include - loving the screening Batman : A Dark Knight, and enjoying Cafe Yumm. Plus, I have an interview there, and I might get a second job...just to make up for my crazy spending. I am also planning a picnic for the Pi Phi ladies...but lets see who shows up...doubt many ladies will show up...since they are mostly out town, state and country. Pi phizzle!! My folks are out at Tahoe for a little R& R - and an interview. I hope my dad gets the job there...It would be so much fun down in TAHOE. The slopes, the lake,me, a cup of cocoa, the view...now thats what i call a life! haha! Don't get me wrong - I still love SALEM! So till next time - laters child!

Ps- I have pretty much got the official word -I am going to Ethiopia for winter term! Adios Eugene!

Maturity!

So, I just turned in my application for my Internship abroad, and I have to say it was very exciting to get the ball rolling on my future adventures. However, when I was with my Internship coordinator, she opened up my recommendations right in front of me. Seeing the evaluation lay right in from of me, my integrity went out the window and my human flaw - curiosity took over. Then I noticed that my instructor for my international class ranked me as "mostly mature" for all my categories. mostly mature - for all categories - SERIOUSLY! I know I am not as classy, or elegant as I could be...but, not even one category could be marked as "mature". I know its one evaluation...but I can't help but think why? Am I that unexperienced? Just because I don't have a degree from a super-uber hippie school, and have knowledge on everything relating to developmental ideologies, and every historical fact while being a film buff...who knows every off beat but cool film....doesn't mean I am not mature. I am either super annoyed, therefore venting or I am jealous of my instructor's knowledge. I don't even think I make sense...but the "mostly matured" just made irritated me...I guess, since I dedicated an entire paragraph to it on my blog. Anyway, the progress on my application began today. After turning it in, I got a phone call, letting me know that I have an interview this upcoming Friday! YEAH! Finally, I got the ball rolling on my abroad adventures.

Moving on, this past Sunday I went to the Oregon Country Fair out in Veneta, Oregon; which is 13 miles out of Eugene. It was the most hot, icky, mushy, and sticky day I could have chosen to go to a fair and rub up against everyone else. The fair is held out on Ken Kessey (author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) grounds, and is shaped in this one mile shaped giant 8, or from a horizontal view would be an infinity sign (thank you Zach). The heat was so compact and cinching, that the dusty covered with straw, had to be watered every 40 minutes, to keep the dust from overtaking the air...hence the musty smell from the wet hay. On top of that the people there...some of the people had slept over there for three days, which filled the air with lovely aroma of SWEAT! no...eew. Then being a country/hippie fair, everything was exotic, from food, to incense to art....basically the fair was combination of overwhelming smells, which by the end burnt out my olfactory sense. But I loved the people watching...from little kids dressed up as pixies playing recorders, or older topless women with painted boobs and crazy costumes of the hippie peeps. I loved watching, but I am sure I looked like a sore thumb with my OREGON t-shirt. But I had a sweet time. Plus, I was with Jenny... and we always have a good time, even if I hated the smell. On the way out, we saw a full on exorcism. SCARY!!! This lady was speaking tongues...shaking...and shouting while holding onto two other people. They were all with closed eyes and connected with their hands. I didn't enjoy that. Nightmares!!!!
This week is the last week of class for this summer session, so I have finals on Friday! Not cool. I have to get my act together and play the role of diligent student...and get the study guide done! BEFORE FRIDAY!

But other than that, its been the usual...School, work, sleep, and Anna-banana! Last night I hung out at her place with her pops, and we talked about the fun of work places. Sounds like he was a little bit of a rebel and trouble maker at his work! Oh, the good ole' days!
I talked to my pops today, and he let me know that I have an entire 5 dollars in the bank! So, that means till the 1st of August which is a whole two weeks away....I am broke! SAD!

Reelin' in the Good Times!

Its been while, to be precise - one month, and a lot has happened. Where to begin. Rewind to June and the last day of finals! It was the day that roommates moved out. Cardboard boxes were scattered everywhere, dust bunnies hopped around the missed Apartment P # 174 and one by one my roommates left for summer. One went back to Hillsboro, the other to LO and to internship at KINK radio station, and the last to Columbia Univ. NY! And me,
I was stuck chasing those dust bunnies around the apartment in good ole' Eugene. I knew that, being the last one to pack up and leave, I would have more cleaning responsibilities, but in the end I made about 20 trips to the dumpster (and this isn't an exaggeration), and spent 10 hours or more packing my junk and getting the apartment cleaned up. But now I am guaranteed to get the $300 deposit back to pay for my August rent. haha! The viscous cycle of paying rent, gotta hate it, gotta love it! So I too, picked up my random collection of pop culture, and moved across the river into my new abode...which in a sentence is dungeon, since it has horrible lighting, no furnishings, and a window in which the people from the hallway can see in! My life would be on display if I didn't keep the shades down. Since its only three months, I didn't bother with any furniture...just a weirdly shaped mattress to rest my eyes on and to dream another dream. My current roommate, is super chill, and sweet, and the perfect roomie for the summer. She too, is taking classes and working, so we are both pretty busy.

As for classes, I am taking Evolution of Human Sexuality and International Development. The first class, is pretty interesting since we delve into why humans invest so much in mate selection and sex!!! But i have to say, I know now more than I really wanted to know. I guess I liked somethings left up to the imagination. But somethings...cough...childbirth...cough... shall be branded into my brain for awhile. Its all natural but do I really want to replay it in my mind....Nope...since one day I will have to fit a brain through my canal too...AGGH! In my International Studies class more than half the student is international students, who get lost in translation, so everything is repeated twice. Plus there is a guy who looks like a Simpson character and MUMBLES at everything the instructor says. He is the kid in every class that thinks he knows everything already, and has to comment on the instructor's info. Oh god...shoot me! Its only 4 weeks...thankfully! But I like the subject, which makes the class tolerable.

Work is the usual, but my free time is pretty sweet. Its basically consist of my favorite past times...sleeping or hanging out with my peeps. This summer, Anna - my Latin lover and free spirit and I have been chillin' at her crib and hangin' around town. Our new addiction, well at least my new addiction is Cafe Yumm. Yep, I pretty much eat everything out of bowl because of that place! haha. love it! We checked out the Olympic Track and Field Trials out a few times. Walked around the festival and danced away 4th of July to Samba Ja at the trails. I saw Galen Rupp, Andrew Wheating, and Kara Goustcher make it to Beijing...by saw...I mean on the big screens on the turf fields next to the stadium...aka...the fan zone. I wasn't cool enough to get in the actual stadium. Some lady approached us and gave us tickets randomly one day, but since she already went the tickets were useless. But all in all, I saw some great muscular bodies, and worked on very needed tan! jk!

As for my folks up in Salem, they are just doing the same ole' business. But I hear the are going to Reno, NV and then over to Lake Tahoe soon! That should be an adventure! Wish I could tag along, but once again I'll be cracking the books for school! All in all summer has been... AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! Better than I expected!
Here's quick list of adventures:

1) Moved apartments - sad =(
2) Had Prince Puckler's...guilty pleasure
3) Watched Hancock - one bad ass superhero
4) Went on two hr bike ride - when the sun was at it's peak - crazy idea
5) LEARNED TO RIDE MY BIKE W/OUT HANDLEBARS - sweetness
6) Finished eight credits in 4 weeks - love it
7) Explored Saturday Market
8) Became INFATUATED w/ Cafe Yumm...yumm...yumm..yumm
9) Hung out w/ new friends around a fire pit...toasty
10) Witnessed the Trials...muscles and all
11) Maintained my Sober Summer policy...hardcore
12) Got a proposal and declined (thank you ama and buwa)...amen
13) And relaxed with Anna Banana!!!!!!!BOMB!

I know...its been pretty nice compared to last summer...but even though I don't live with cats anymore...I still have a dislike for them...a few exceptions for calicos, gingers, and overweight felines...but they still freak me out!

Till Next time - Laters

PS- I think I am going to Ethiopia for an Internship next winter!!!!!!