New quarter starts tomorrow...could be the last quarter I take at Davis until I'm a senior...last quarter living in this apartment...hopefully it won't be too scary....

At least it will be warm, lie-in-the-sun weather!

I am back from le Canada!

It was great--in a lot of ways, different from the traditional "spring break" trip--it rained virtually the whole time, we didn't do much drinking, and we didn't do too much in general, other than find places to eat and sleep, and visit a new city each day. It was a lot of fun, though. I traveled with two boys (gasp!), but if anything, that made the trip even easier. Very low-maintenance.

We spent the night in:
Corvalis, OR
Port Angeles, WA
Victoria, B.C.
Vancouver, B.C.
Olympia, WA

We stayed at hostels, hotels, friends' houses, and Dylan's grandparents (who are, by the way, two of the sweetest grandparents I have ever met!).
Good times. I will post pictures in a little bit, if anyone cares to see them.
I'm glad there's no school tomorrow, so I can get my hair cut!<- (random thought, yes)

I'm going to CANADA tomorrow! Well, we're actually stopping in Oregon first. But we're ultimately going to Vancouver! That is, if Chris's transmission doesn't crap out. . . cross your fingers!
I hope everyone has a great spring break!

ps-I just got the "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" Modest Mouse CD--didn't plan on liking it (the singer's voice kind of annoys me), but it's actually VERY good! I recommend it!

Oh my goodness I am so out of shape. It seems like I always notice this fact around finals, when I have too much time on my hands while I should be studying. So yesterday I decided I needed excercise, but it was too late in the day to get to the gym, and I hate running, so I decided I was just going to do crunches and stretch a little. I did about 50 crunches and I just stretched to touch my toes, and I'm SORE today!!! After doing hardly anything! I think I might take an aerobics class next quarter, even though aerobics is probably one of the most pathetic ways to work out, in my opinion. But hey, it does give you a workout!

Oh, and yesterday was my roomie Colleen's birthday. We took her to Buca de Beppo in Sac--my first time going there. That place is SO good! Granted, I couldn't eat much because Dylan and I were the only vegetarians there. But I had the manicoti, and it was delicious, and I had the Chocolate Torta, or whatever its Italian name is, and it was definitely the best chocolate cake I've had in years, I have to say. My friends were giving me weird looks because I couldn't stop talking about how good it was.

Here's a pic of all of us (notice Theo sticking a straw up his nose)

Ok, now I must go study for my German final on Monday. Hope everyone's finals are going well!

Oh, by the way: I got accepted to study abroad in Germany! I'm going fer sure next year!! So exciting!

Ah...I love that there is a day every year where people have to wear my favorite color, or they get pinched!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Ah...I love that there is a day every year where people have to wear my favorite color, or they get pinched!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Did you know that in Swaziland (a country in southern Africa), the average life expectancy for a man is 33 years, and for a woman 35 years? I can't even imagine living like that. That would mean that right now, I've lived more than half of my life.

I read that statistic on a site called A Greater Gift. It's a website where you can buy products that support people in less-developed countries. I recommend it!

Connais-tu le cinéma français?
Oui, je connais quelques-uns. J’aime les films Amelie et L’Auberge Espagnol.

French oral exams on Monday. J'ai un peu peur d'examens oraux.

So remember how I said that I liked my German class in the last post? Well, I don't anymore. At least, I don't think I will until this weekend, when my stupid presentation is done. We have to do a group project on this essay we read about the book, Das Parfum.
The essay my group (just me and this other guy, actually) is about how the book is an excellent example of postmodernism, in that it contains many examples of pastiche and parody, especially drawn from the Romantic and Aesthetic literary periods. And then the author goes on to show all of the famous German works that the author is parodying, all of which I've never heard of.
So tomorrow, I have to explain the essay and whether or not I agree with it, all in German. Gah! It's hard enough in English, already!

But yes. That is what I am working on/putting off right now.

Oh, and this is kind of funny for anyone who reads this blog and took German: the periodical my article is from is published by the American Association of Teachers of German--aka AATG. They have come back to haunt me! Haha.

I had such a nice lunch today!
My German teacher took our whole class (which consists of 8 people) out to lunch at Ciocolat, which is this really nice pastry shop. He applied for some kind of grant, and got $60 for us to spend. So we ended up buying a drink for everyone and then a $38 four-layer chocolate cake with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries on it. We all sat and talked together while we ate it on the outside patio, with the sun shining and the cherry trees in bloom around us.

Sooo nice! That's what college should always be like!

I love fortune cookies (and middle school jokes)



The top one is Dylan's, the bottom one is mine.

Sometimes I can't do my linguistics homework. And it drives me INSANE, because you know how annoying it is when you stare at something for probably about 5 hours total, and you still have no clue how to do it?? And you have finals coming in a week, so you feel like you should have a good understanding of the material, but you don't?
And then people are like, relax--it's just one homework assignment. It could be a lot worse. That calms me down a little. But I'm still stressed, stupid last week of classes.

Linguistics hw due in an hour.

Anyone else find this Abercrombie & Fitch ad disturbing/offensive?



I swear, that store gets on my nerves!!