in the unconcious sense anyway.
yet another change in weekend camping plans: 46 peaks has been postposed b/c of hurricane isabel, which is supposed to drench the mountains this weekend. we’d be at risk for mud slides, flash floods, you know, your general life threatening wilderness events. and you thought bears were scary! we should be going next weekend, when it might be colder, but not nearly as…wet.
i saw “groove boutique,” which my jazz professor, ‘the doctuh’ mike woods, composed. he and the band he put together jammed for us in class this morning and then performed in the barn tonight acompanied by scenes from a one-act about a salon called groove boutique. the atmosphere was perfect – lights, tables, set, audience, the smell of “light refeshments” coming from the kitchen. oh yeah, the best part was the food. they served potato salad, collard green and roasted tomatoes, fried chicken and corn bread. uhh, yum.
on a whiny note: why is the internet connection so slow?
in the past two days, two different girls have randomly introduced themseleves and started talking to me on the way up the hill. one of them skipped right by, “hello” and went straight into, “how are you?” it takes me by surprise when people do that b/c i try not to think about how friendly most people are, b/c i don’t want to jinx it, but that’s what drew me to hamilton in the first place. i introduced myself and explained that i’m a transfer student (“i’m like a freshman”) and both girls went, “oh! i keep seeing you around but i didn’t recognize you so i just thought you were a freshman,” and were cool about it. maybe they’ll spread the word?
should i go abroad? i think i want to, but it seems a little weird to spend two semesters at hamilton and then take off again for another whole year. honestly, it still feels a little like i’m only here temporarily. maybe just one semester away? where? hmmmm.
i talked to laura yesterday! she asked how i was adjusting to the new masculine presence in my life, and i told her the truth, which is that on monday morning, i saw a guy crossing the street and unconciously thought, “oh, he must either a) be visiting his girlfriend or b) be taking one of the five college classes.” i had to poke myself mentally! there’s obviously some residual all-women’s college-itis in my system.
quote of the day: “she says, ‘forget what you have to do, pretend there is nothing outside this room” – ani difranco
love always, em locke
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