HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my roommate and friend YUMI!!!!! love you have a great day!

and an early happy halloween to everyone!

trick or treat!

trinity celebrated halloween a little early today. today trinity had what was called halloween on vernon which is when all the fraternities, sororities, and multicultural houses on vernon street decorated their houses, played games for candy, and set up haunted houses for kids who live locally. it was a lot of fun. my roommates and i took a big bunch of kids, where we had two batmen, a dalmation, a biker, a witch, and a fairy, around to the different houses so they could get as much candy as they possibly could. it was so much fun. the kids were sooo cute and they definitely had a lot of fun. the parents were appreciative and got into the spirit of things as well. the kids really seemed to like us and wanted to hold hands and play the games with us. definitely a good end to the weekend. 

10/24/08

yesterday was a day full of lots of different emotions. i was glad that it was a friday. i was sad that i had to be in class until 4pm. i was so super excited because i was going to see high school musical 3.  i was upset because it marks the death of a boy, nick posten, who died on our 8th grade field trip. 10/24 is a lot different at college than in high school. this day always brought forth a day of memories and it was a day when my grade came together. lots of people, including myself, went to his grave to give him some flowers. at college, it's just another day that passes. no one else knows except for my friends that i have told. it's a lot different. i like remembering nick. he was a great person and an amazing presence in our grade. he was the kid who was friends with everyone and could put a smile on anyone's face. he sang the green day song "good riddance" during the field trip. he brought everyone together. i miss him, we miss him. he's a great person to think about. on top of the happy memories of nick i was able to see one of the best movies ever. i would advise everyone to see hsm 3!

last night i watched a movie at trinity where almost all fraternities, sororities, and sports teams were in attendance. the name of the film was called haze. it was a documentary about a boy named gordie bailey who died of alcohol poisoning due to hazing at a fraternity. hazing is when the older brothers or teammates make the freshman pledges or players drink excessively, embarrass themselves, or just humiliate themselves at any cost so they prove to their elders that they deserve to be part of their group. over the recent years hazing has become a huge problem on high school and college campuses across the nation. during the course of this film the audience actually got to see gordie laying face down on the floor, purple and dead. we also saw a lot more images of college students, people my age, being left outside, naked sometimes, passed out with no one around. others were bleeding severely or puking their brains out. the movie definitely used a scare tactic to get through to us; and boy did it work. gordie's little sister is now a freshman at trinity and is trying to spread the message. his family created the gordie foundation and is publicizing numbers such as how 1700 college students die each year due to alcohol reasons. i definitely think it's a good program; college students need to know how dangerous peer pressure can be and that it's ok, even a must, to call for help when a friend isn't doing alright. i want to thank my family and friends for always being there for me and for talking to me about these exact risks. while this might not pertain to many of you who are reading my blog, it is something that i'm surrounded by every single night i'm here. it's definitely a reality check, and i'm so thankful for the group of friends i have surrounded myself here with and for my family to help me through those times of need. thanks to all. 

tennis again!

today my roommate holly and i went to the gym to go work out. on our way there we decided that we would play tennis. so we borrowed some rackets and some tennis balls and we hit the ball around for a while. we're not the greatest tennis players but we made due and it was definitely a lot of fun. way more fun then running on a treadmill for 30 minutes. i hope that we can continue to play, and get our other roommates involved. it was nice to get out there again and play. i definitely miss tennis, it's so much. hopefully the more we play the better we'll get at it. we've already discussed learning how to play squash which i can't wait to try!

my friend shay

yesterday i got a call from my friend shannon. it was really nice to talk to her. we've been good friends for a really long time. during our junior and senior years of high school we sort of drifted into different friend groups and didn't hang out as much any more. but we still made it a point to talk to each other and hang out every once in a while. she's definitely that friend that no matter how long it's been it feels like you've never skipped a beat. it doesn't matter who calls who first or anything like that. it's definitely an awesome relationship that i cherish a lot. is there someone you haven't talked to in a while??? pick up the phone and give 'em a call, it'll feel good. so a big shout out to shannon: good luck with school and lax and i miss you! it was great talking with you.

lady mendell's house

for my sister elizabeth's birthday myself and my parents met her and her husband in the city. we walked around for a while and then we had high tea. it was so cool. first you had to pick out the kind of tea that you wanted to drink for the meal. then you were served 5 courses. salad, finger sandwiches, scones, cake, more desserts. each course was really small and i ate it in two seconds so i figured i wouldn't be that full. but by the end we were all stuffed and really tired. the tea was really good and the food was awesome. definitely a cool experience. i would definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't tried it. hopefully we all can do it again sometime. definitely a good time. 

it's birthday season!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! once again it's someone's birthday! my sister elizabeth!!!! happy birthday and i 'm looking forward to seeing you in the city! love you!!

happy birthday shout out!

happy birthday to my friend leigh ellen!!!! have a great day. miss you!!!! i can't believe you're 20!

a nice break

i just got back from trinity days. it's like our little fall break that happens right before midterms to give us a chance to catch up on some work. i went home for the 4 days and it was so nice. it was really good to see my parents. i also got to see some family friends and some cousins. it was definitely too short but i enjoyed it a lot. i think monday was my favorite because i spent all day shopping with my mom and then i went for a bike ride with my dad and then i got to visit one of my friends. it was a long day but it was a lot of fun. however, coming back to trinity wasn't so much fun. after using google maps to print out directions i was very unsatisfied. the directions completely missed one exit that i was supposed to take and my friend and i ended up in the bronx. that was scary. then we were given some other directions that were a little sketchy and ended up reversing on a ramp. yeah not the best idea but i really didn't want to continue in a direction that i didn't know. then we ended up just back tracking to get on the right path. finally, 4 hours later, instead of only 3, we got back to school. not so much fun. anyways, after all that i'm safe and back at trinity, back into my routine. i'll be home again for thanksgiving, so if anyone wants to come see me just let me know!

more baby talk

in my same child development class, today one of the students (a mom who is coming back to school) brought in her 5 month old baby boy. we were supposed to just be observing him but really we all just asked questions and wanted to play him. he was soooooo cute. it made me miss baby harry so much! so i just wanted to shout out to baby harry and his mom: a big hello and i miss you guys very much! he was just like harry. he was really outgoing and laughed a lot. he was so cute. miss you baby harry.