Sunday, September 17, 2006

sam walton was a cheap, miserly motherfucker

honestly, i love boston so much. i've always been one to say "everything happens for a reason", which i definitely still believe, but regardless of whether this move was destined or not, i feel that it was totally the right decision and the freedom i feel right now is so wonderful. living in an urban environment is something i don't think i can get sick of.

rundown of the past few days because they have been AMAZING, even if they've turned me into a complete hag today.

thursday: thursday night, jenny, laura, and i ventured out to PAPER, a dance party of sorts on lansdowne street.

we were psyched to see protokoll play- this band has been one of my absolute favorites the past year (i highly recommend "moving forward" and "DNR"- listen to them!) and the night ended up being pretty surreal. the other day, i noticed a guy working in the bookstore who looked familiar. low and behold, it's the lead singer! only at emerson, i swear.

anyways, jenny and i went over to him after their set and were chatting, and he invited us to their van to drink some PBRs and such. we ended up just drinking and listening to music with him and a couple of the other band members and it was fabulous.

also, this crazy photographer man was chasing jenny & i around, and took some cobra-like picture which i totally fucked up because i was intoxicated and unsure of how to pose. like honestly, look. i'm such an asshole. SOMEONE CUT MY BANGS AND LIFT MY CHIN UP, please.


anyways, the night was totally worth it for staying out til 2:30 when we both had 10am classes, YEAH!

friday: it was my roomie laura's birthday on saturday, so we held a little fiesta on friday night. basically, this fiesta centered around degrassi, beer, and our obsession with our neighbor. oh, we also sent a myspace message to a kid we saw on MTV's "next".

but seriously, we are completely and totally consumed with our neighbor. we saved his apartment from water damage the other day (his smoke detector was going off because of a water leak when he wasn't home the other day, and we ran to the fire department and saved the day), and left him a note telling him what happened. he came up the stairs and thanked us and we fell in love even though we had encountered him briefly before. this man is in his late 20s, and looks like jake gyllenhaal, no lie. he's got a slurry, stoner voice and we want to fornicate with him, including jenny who doesn't even live here. he is a smoker and props the outside door open with his lighter. SIGH. anyways, in our wasted bliss we decided that a good idea would be to leave him a beer and ANOTHER note that read:

dear sean,
today is my 21st birthday, but this is a present for YOU. please accept this beer as a token of our neighborly love. we enjoy writing you notes, especially when intoxicated. in short, we're wasted.

sincerely,
laura and kim (the girls upstairs)

it was a brilliant affair. except he didn't reply :(

next week, chuck klosterman is coming to the BU barnes and noble...BOOYAH!

oh, and classes are fine and good.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

becoming a speck

MAN!! so, i am currently sitting in my newfound urban digs in boston, and feel like i'm in some cheesy scene on some kind of awful hour long drama. anyways, it took about three full days to get to some degree of settled-ness, but things are finally feeling a lot more like home. our living room walls are still pretty bare, so i should have pictures by next week. the kitchen is friggin' adorable and looks like a 50's diner. i love boston, too. i've started to meet some great people even though classes haven't started yet, which i'm happy about.

now, for a few things:

- my roommate laura, our new friend jenny, and i decided to be sociable and attend this 80's music video lecture that was being held as part of orientation (yeah, this really is the school for me). when we entered, we were greeted by freakishly peppy orientation leaders and a roomful of shiny happy freshmen clapping and dancing to retro songs. we were scared. but the lecture was pretty interesting.

-i absolutely love living in the north end. when we open our windows, i want to run right down the street and eat italian food all day because it smells so delicious. i ate a chocolate covered cannoli the other night and it was amazing. just walking through my neighborhood makes me happy. but the other night i overheard some guy screaming "it was a shock to see her vagina". whaaaaaaaaaat.

-our downstairs neighbor is seriously the most cliche stoner neighbor EVER and i love it so much. he's like 27 and we met him when he stumbled out of his door at about 10 at night when we were coming in from somewhere and was like "uh, heeeey...new neighbors? yeeeah, uh, i 'll be around for like, a little while if you need any help...". alright, dude.

- jenny and i were discussing how while we stood out like sore thumbs at our previous schools for dressing all crazy-like, here we blend in like you wouldn't believe. just walking into emerson's main building, i feel like i've entered the twilight fashion zone. no, seriously, there's a facebook group here called "every week is fashion week at the little building". i've totally started to kick it up a notch.

-speaking of people here, i am baaaasically in lust with every boy i've seen thus far, both at the school and in the city in general. there's hair, and lots of it. absolutely perfect.

- i have to get used to 10 million more creepy men on the street and subway. ick.

- i got to see mary today, and we had a great time getting coffee and walking around!

ummm sidenote, we also get digital cable and i'm really excited that i can watch degrassi.

that is all for now. someone please recommend a good song because my september playlist is looking mighty empty.