ct restaurant week

being able to get off campus and eat out is awesome in college. last night my roommate yumi and i went to dinner at an asian restaurant called feng. i had actually been there before but this time was a little different. it's connecticut restaurant week which is where restaurants give you a three course meal for $20.08 (for the year 2008) to promote their restaurants. it was such a good deal. i only paid 26 dollars (that including tax and tip) last night for a meal that i probably would have had to pay around 50 or so dollars. it was awesome. i had a shrimp sampler for a starter then salmon over asian noodles and then rice pudding for dessert. good deal. restaurant ends tonight, but it was good while it lasted.

yay softball

we just had a softball meeting with the whole team and coaches. we talked about fundraising and some other team stuff. i also found out that this is trinity's 25th softball season. i thought that was really cool. we've been lifting and conditioning and playing now for a while getting ready for the season. 21 girls are trying out. coach wants to keep 17. coach was definitely a little intimidating at the meeting but hopefully instead of scaring people it'll just make us all work a little harder. i'm definitely excited for the season and this was sort of the first meeting we've had for her to kind of catch up with us and check in to make sure we're all doing the right things. updates of the softball season are definitely going to be starting soon. feb 15th marks the start of our season. #17. should be exciting!

another movie review

last night i had the pleasure of watching the dark knight. since i was a batman villain for halloween and i had heard such good things about the movie i figured i would give it a shot. i knew some kid who somehow got it off line or something, not really sure but it was really good copy. so anyway, with a little background information i was able to get through the whole thing. now i know that all my friends said it was such a great movie but i thought it was just a good movie. i wasn't too thrilled with the ending and i'm not really into those kind of movies that have lot of action, scary things, and weird plots about money and business (i usually don't understand who's against who). however i thought heath ledger did an awesome as the joker, and because of it i only slept about two hours in the night because every time i shut my eyes an image of the joker popped into my head. i also thought the movie had a nice message: deep down, people really are good, they can choose to be good. so overall i would definitely recommend the film for people to see because it was definitely a really good movie, but i guess that's just my take on it. 

big decisions

so sophomore year is definitely an important year. you have to pick your major, start taking the right classes for your major, and deciding where/if you want to study abroad. so far i've figured out that i want to major in educational studies. we've already picked out classes for next semester. i'm in some pretty good ones for my major. although, one that i'm really interested in is special education, which i'm not in yet but hopefully i'll get into it before next semester. while i want to be a gym teacher, special education has always been interesting to me. especially now seeing how involved my parents are in the special olympics, it's definitely something that i've taken into consideration. hopefully, if i get into the class, i can really see what it's all about. i've also decided that i definitely want to study abroad, i'm just not exactly sure where yet. i'm looking at different universities in the australia and new zealand area, as well as one school in ireland. i think no matter where i go it will be a great experience. although i have to decide sort of fast since i have to hand in my application december 5th. so i have a few more meetings with professors and such but i think my path is all starting to come together. sometimes i get overwhelmed but i just try to keep plugging along. i'll let you know how it all turns out.

countdown until home: 8 days!

whew. it's over....for now

ugh. i'm finally done with a lot of work that has been hanging over my head. i had lots of midterms and papers that i just got finished with. and i've definitely decided to major in ed studies and i've put together a good course schedule for next semester. i've narrowed down the places where i want to go for study abroad. things are finally starting to come together. and it feels nice to relax. i don't think i have too much to do before heading home for thanksgiving (less than two weeks away!), which is definitely a relief. hopefully i can post more too in the coming weeks. so i think i'm going to sit in the front of the tv and maybe even take a nap. sounds good to me. 

et Spiritui Sancto. Amen

i just saw a classic movie, the boondock saints. what a great movie. while i'm not sure i agree with their methods of getting rid of "bad people" in the world, there was great loyalty, strength, faith, family, and love that was exhibited in the movie. it was great. if you haven't seen this movie i would totally recommend it. willem dafoe does an amazing job in the movie. on a rainy day or a night without anything to do....now you have a great movie to watch. let me know what you think!

i voted!

i know i'm a couple days late but.....i voted! it was definitely a really cool experience. there was no line when i got there which was a bonus, i just walked in, voted, and then walked out. i must say the ballots aren't the easiest things in the world to figure out. they should definitely come up with a new system or something. but it was definitely really cool. congrats to obama. 

a few things.....

i wanted to start off by first saying how awesome i think it is that amy now has a blog! i think you should all read her new blog. 

so this weekend was filled with fun. yumi's birthday, halloween, friends visiting, and homecoming all wrapped up in one. it was definitely a lot of fun but now i'm ready for some rest.....although i have a mid term and paper due this week so i guess rest will come later. 

also, if any of you have skype PLEASE let me know. it's a fun, easy, free way to talk to each other over the computer. i've done it with my parents and sisters and it's definitely a very cool idea. let me know if you would like to get involved or if you don't know what skype is. it's fun!

i think that's it for now. this is a picture of my roommates and i dressed up on halloween. we were batman villains. pretty cool right? hope you enjoyed!