santa cruz

We drove down to santa cruz yesterday to visit jonathan gerrard, who had made the trip up to visit santa cruz too. We had a good time, just hanging out, exploring santa cruz. He showed us UC santa cruz campus which was really neat. It's like a summer camp, but its school. It's right in the middle of a forest, and there is redwoods all around. You literally HIKE to your class. I had to remind myself several times that i was on a campus and not camping. Santa Cruz wasn't exactly what i expected. I had stopped by once before on a road trip, but didn't remember too much about it. It's definitely a unique place with a unique vibe. It feels to me like a beach city mixed with a small mountain town.

Sorry, no pictures.

Food Fight!

pictures from last saturday:

Not Again!

If you can't read "REMARKS" it says, "WHEELS NOT CURBED OR BLOCKED". How ridiculous is that! It was BARELY a hill!!

Mondays Suck

This entry is dedicated soley to complaining about how long our mondays are. Scratch that, that's boring. We actually had a fun weekend with Cassie who came down from portland. We went over to Adrian's house on saturday and hung out there. His place is really new and cool. We had a belated semi-celebration for angela's birthday. It involved a lot of cake. One of adrian's roommates made a cake and i bought a little cheap cake from safeway. We ate the homemade cake and didn't get around to the one i bought. As we were leaving with the cake to bring home, we decided to try a little bit with our fingers. Kids will be kids, and it turned into a mini food fight. I have pictures that i will post, but i haven't uploaded them on my computer yet. I'll post later this week that way i have something to actually post.

Anyways, afterwards we realized we have nothing to whipe or wash off the cake with, so we had to walk home with cake all over ourselves. Needless to say, we got a bunch of funny looks.

Getting on the bus late at night is comical because its kinda like an after-party. Everyone has come from different parties or different bars, intoxicated with loose lips. Lots of random/funny conversations to overhear or partake in.

MODEL

Today was my first day at the MODEL internship. It was very rewarding. Basically what i do is i go to the school and help run in after school program. The problem is, there are 2 of us, and 55 kids. ELizabeth, the one who hired me and works with me, has been struggling to handle all the kids and was in great relief when i arrived. It felt good to be wanted and appreciated.

I got through the day without problems, and felt very good at the end of the day. It's weird how a simple internship can make your day and make you feel like a productive person. I feel like i belong. I feel part of a community.

Manic Monday

Monday's are pretty brutal for us. We are at school from 8am - 6pm. It's long. It's rough. I come home exhausted. Don't feel like doing anything. Luckily we can sleep in tomorrow. That's it for now, i'm spent.

Curb

I have no real important news, so i will just say that i can't wait for the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Unfortunately i don't have HBO, so i don't know how i will watch it, but have no fear, i will find a way.