i hate sunday brunch.

especially knowing they will have pancakes today, since they had french toast yesterday. funny cause i never really liked french toast until college. probably cause the pancakes at commons could use a little improvement. right now i am eating animal crackers for breakfast...the heck with commons food. maybe i will go later once the absurd crowd dies down. that is one thing i hate about commons, it is always packed. especially during spring fling when people bring guests. spring fling this year is the 23rd til the 24th/25th of this month. i am looking forward to it since i missed out on a lot last year. well, i got front row at the pharrell concert cause i pretty much waited there all day, so i guess that was the best part. on the 24th (which is a saturday) they usually have inflatables and fun stuff on the lawn, plus this year there will be a battle of the bands concert, which should be fun. but overall spring fling is all about people getting drunk and crazy, which really isn't my thing. it makes me kinda queasy thinking about it. ugh. on friday the 23rd, the DJ Girl Talk is going to be in the gym. i am looking forward to that, but i know with it being inside the gym things could potentially get out of hand.

i woke up at around 8 or 9 this morning...i have been going to bed more when i feel tired, rather than just staying up til 1 or 2 in the morning. i think getting proper sleep helps my mood improve, and it keeps my body regulated in a sense. i took a shower and have been just dilly-dallying around, trying to get some homework done. worked on my newest illustration a little bit, and started a response paper on an article about the artist Edward Hopper, which is due tomorrow.

there is a movie on tonight about anne frank on pbs i believe. i don't know why i am so intrigued by her story...i am not even jewish. but maybe the fact that i am polish hits home a little bit? i know that the Holocaust caused a stir in poland as well as other western european countries, so i guess it's a part of my history. i don't know. sophomore year of high school i played Mrs. Frank in our school's production of The Diary of Anne Frank . it opened my eyes to the Holocaust and i have been paying closer attention to it ever since. it makes me so sad to talk about it, though. i should stop now.

well, i am finishing up these animal crackers. i wish the weather this week would be a little more than in the 60's. oh well.

14 MORE DAYS OF CLASS.

room selection was yesterday...we got two doubles in park river :o) marissa is my roomate, and i am really glad because we are pretty much the same person. she is an illustration major as well, so our schedules will be almost the same. it worries me to have a double after having a single this whole year, though. i do like my privacy. it's nothing against marissa, though. who knows...we respect each other enough so i don't think we will have any problems. i feel like the girls i am living with are going to be my friends for life. i really, really enjoy their company. we all have a lot in common. i feel so fortunate that they took me under their wing for next year.

the nice thing about park river is that we have an actual kitchen, with a full-size fridge, a oven/stove, and a DISHWASHER, which we will probably never use haha. park river also has central air, so it won't be too hot in the warmer months (or so i hope). i just finished my animal crackers. next year will be SO expensive. all my illustration classes require new oil paints, watercolor paints in tubes, and new brushes. yikes. saving my receipt will hopefully help me out on my tax return next year haha...

yesterday we celebrated my sister and her boyfriend's 23rd birthdays. their birthdays are only a few days apart, it's cute. we went to a good mexican restaurant, puerto vallarta on the berlin turnpike. andrea and i shared fajitas and it was delicious but super filling. we then went to pick up an ice cream cake at friendly's and had it back at their house. then we watched tv, the new show on TLC called Hoarding: Buried Alive. it's unbelievable how these people have such a connect to such worthless objects. i learned that it's somewhat of a psychological issue, and there's more to it. interesting.

well, i don't know what i'll do the rest of the day. maybe take the shuttle and get subway? who knows :oP