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Sunday, March 26th

goodbye spring break

music: Transition: A Movement in Trance - random [awesome] old school trance CD that Evan and I found in Brian's car.
mood: sad sad

havent blogged for a week, but i'll recap the last week of my spring break.

i spent the weekend with evan, eating at po kee and lounging around his house. i also saw Lowell's spring musical on saturday with Belinda where we also ran into Chris and Craig(ory). the musical was "Smile," which was about a high school beauty pageant and uh....it was pretty bad, lol. i think Lowell is heading toward a slump. afterwards, evan and wolf picked me up and evan was sweet enough to bring me awesome sushi. that was some good spicy tuna. ;D food is the key to my heart! wink

sunday was a farewell to wolf. we celebrated with quickly's tapioca and a visit to amoeba. monday, i wasted 3 hours of evan's life because i dragged him to a bowdoin/bates/colby alumni networking event. it was actually really helpful for me, and we both discovered the delights of the park hyatt's paper towels in the bathrooms, which are of excellent quality. tuesday, we hung out with brian, went to serramonte, then ate pho at p.p.q. then we wandered around borders until chris and andrew called me and we met up at p.p.q. so they could have their late late dinner. wednesday, i forgot what i did besides meeting up with evan. thursday, i had a lovely coffeedate with meng at The Canvas. it was so nice to talk to her again. had dinner with evan at Fresca where i had some excellent ceviche and mahi mahi, and evan of course, had the rib-eye. friday, had lunch...pho at p.p.h. (p.h.h.) with patti and herman, and that was most excellent because i havent seen them for quite a while and i havent talked to patti in ages. patti left afterwards, so herman and i chilled at starbuck's, catching up and whatnot. then evan and brian came to pick me up so we could go kidnap moë and get food at j-town. it was a short time spent with moë, but i'm glad that i got to see her for a bit at least. after dinner with the family, went out with evan again as we watched comedy central into the late night. saturday was a drag, spent finishing my packing and finally a lovely afternoon with evan. had some awesome sago and after a bittersweet goodbye, i left for the airport. it has been an exhausting trip, and i'm ready to crash, but i cant because i have latin homework.

and that is the story of my last week.
jessica on 03.26.06 @ 07:17 PM GMT [link]

Friday, March 17th

naan at berkeley

music: Ne-Yo - So Sick
mood: fuzzy

after a nifty interview with a grassroots organization, i went to meet up with evan to meet up with wolf to head off to berkeley for a visit. checked out nicole and julia's sweet apartment (so jealous of you two!), then we met up with michelle and meng at naan 'n curry for dinner. ;D it was so awesome to see them, especially because i havent seen nicole and julia for a long time and i didnt see michelle and meng that often over winterbreak. i've missed you all! and i'm sad that our breaks dont coincide, but at least i got to see you girls! ;D this spring break has been really awesome. i really couldnt have asked for more. despite the thunderstorms and crazy weather, at least the weather isnt threatening like the east coast. at least i dont have to worry about freezing to death. ;P
jessica on 03.17.06 @ 02:15 AM GMT [link]

Wednesday, March 15th

flowers and kettlecorn

music: The Fold - Backseat Drivers
mood: happy

the sun is still shining, regardless of the predicted rainshowers this afternoon. after making some important phonecalls, i went to the UN Plaza down at civic center for the farmer's market to look for pretty flowers and fresh kettlecorn. i was slightly disappointed by the selection of flowers because i thought there would be more variety. i ended up buying bouquets of daisies and hand-selected some beautiful african daisies. i love buying flowers, especially now since spring is rapidly approaching. i then waited in line and bought a PHat bag of kettlecorn, the crazy value size that's like, a yard long. shit, evan better appreciate that bag, lol. (even though i emptied out almost half because obviously i'm not THAT generous.)

these past few days have been awesome. met up with whitney for brunch on saturday, and we had uberly nutritious, organic, vegan meals at cafe gratitude. whitney was bold, i was succulent, and we were both abundant. after a long happy meal with whitney, evan picked me up and we went to pollyann's for some delicious star wars ice cream (i dont care, the blue ice cream is still vanilla flavored) and eggettes next door. after a wonderful afternoon with him, evan dropped me off at home so i could eat dinner with the folks before heading back out with whitney and wolf. we drove around and ended up at the Canvas for a musical performance. the band was an infusion of rap and jazz, which turned out to be fantastic.

sunday, slow day because my dad was just indecisive. went out with evan again for a bit, then after dinner at home, he picked me up again so we could go watch family guy and carlos mencia while doing our homework. the past couple of days have been spent relaxing, running errands (like getting my erhu fixed in c-town at clarion), and having study parties with evan, haha. yesterday was ridiculous because during our 3 hour coffeedate at the Canvas, whitney and i were enjoying the sunny blue skies. but in the afternoon, around 4, evan and i were hit by hail while we were trying to study at starbuck's. (okey, so we werent actually hit, but everyone outside was, haha.) crazy weather! but it's sunny today again, so i'm gonna enjoy it before the storm clouds roll in for the evening.
jessica on 03.15.06 @ 05:03 PM GMT [link]

Saturday, March 11th

home sweet home

music: AMBER PACIFIC - Gone So Young
mood: happy

i'm home! after an absurd flight from boston to oakland last night, i finally made it back home. it was ridiculous at logan because jetblue told us that we would have to make a fuel stop in salt lake city because they werent sure that we'd make it in one direct flight with the strong currents against us from oakland. turned it that we didnt need to stop, so we made it to oakland as scheduled. however, it did worry me that they said we had enough fuel because it made it sound like we were barely gonna make it and that the pilots were just gonna wing it, haha. but yey! made it back in one piece! after getting home around 12:30am, evan and wolf swung by my house and we went to in n out. good ol' california ;D i've missed you so.
jessica on 03.11.06 @ 10:43 PM GMT [link]

Thursday, March 9th

spring break

music: The Fold - New City
mood: nervous and surreal?

greek quiz followed by a latin midterm tomorrow. totally freaked out about latin, but what can i do at this point? nothing. only reviewed 200/500 lines so far from lucretius, if i'm ambitious i'll go for another 100, but at this point, i highly doubt it.

it hasnt hit me that i'm going home for spring break tomorrow. i cant believe it. 2 months already. halfway through the second semester. maybe it's just that i'm getting used to the idea of floating around these next few years, flying back and forth without a place to really call home. i guess that's the whole point of these few years, because when else would i have the opportunity to float around and explore? it's just surreal to me that my first year of college is almost over, and life is just beginning again for me.

went to watch the laramie project yesterday on campus, and i must say, it was amazing. it was incredibly touching. it's always hard to believe that such hate exists in the world, but it's because we either choose to ignore it, or try to overlook it as an anomaly of our society. but hate doesnt exist in just a few of us, because like prejudice, it's everywhere. i just wish the rest of the world stopped turning their backs on each other and at least, acknowledge that hate exists in the world. it's inescapable, but we shouldnt be ignoring those who are hurt most by it. i really hope everyone gets the chance to see the play, because it does force you to reevaluate your world and your own approach to the hatred and violence around you.
jessica on 03.09.06 @ 11:55 PM GMT [link]

Wednesday, March 1st

ash wednesday

music: DJ Tiësto & Ferry Corsten (Gouryella) - Gouryella
mood: better

yes, that's my mood. i'm feeling better. the anthropology midterm review session was quite helpful and made me feel more confident about the midterm tomorrow. however, i'm still worried because i'm compelled to do well in the class now that i have received my grade for my paper.

i couldn't go to service today, not that i usually do anyways for ash wednesday because i'm not catholic and it's not mandatory for lutherans to attend mass, but i wanted to just because. oh well, at least i haven't forgotten lent. and what have i given up? just guess.
jessica on 03.01.06 @ 10:40 PM GMT [link]