Party!

I went to a party a few nights ago at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with my friend Kanushree, which was really fun. The Met has these great parties about once or twice a year, usually when a new exhibit opens, where any college students is invited, and they're really cool. The food is good and a nice crowd shows up, plus it's really really nice to get to see some art without crowds of tourists everywhere! Here are a few pictures:

me looking a bit like a tour guide

cool projected palm tree in the entrance hall

and college students enjoying free food and drinks (it got a lot more crowded later)

As Kunwal mentioned a few days ago, Hunter parties tend to be a bit boring, at least in my experience. But the Met parties are always great, and the museum is so close to Hunter! Definitely something to keep in mind.

Break day!

Hey guys! Obviously I've been terrible at posting regularly but I promise I'll say hi every week. I've gotten too caught up in my own life to pull my head out of the mundane.

I am sooooo glad that tomorrow is one of those days that all classes are canceled before 4PM (in order to even out with a day earlier in the year when all classes after 4PM were canceled supposedly for some Jewish holiday but I forget the details) because this week is hectic. So, of course all my professors who until now have been super lax with work decide to pile on the paper, group presentation, and test into this week. It wouldn't even be worth complaining about if it wasn't for the fact that we had two weeks to do it and for about half of one she isn't even available for questions.

Oh well, es la vida del estudiante (pardon the bad Spanish but if I could fit a Spanish language course into my schedule, I would!). Halloween weekend was pretty homey for me; we tried going to a Hunter party Friday and after experiencing how dull it was, decided staying in was a better option.

back to the mondays.

after a nice long weekend of revelry, camaraderie, dancing and fun (also known as halloweekend) the mondays have set in. I did student admissions for all 4 years of high school and was asked a while back to come in and help out in a panel for parents of prospective 8th graders. the e-mail said, "can you come in at 8:30?" so naturally I'm thinking "8:30pm because all open houses are at night." nope. I got a follow up e-mail this week going "sounds great! see you at 8:30am on Nov. 1st, the panel will begin at 9am & will be done by 9:25am." hold up. 8:30am? that means leaving by, like, 7:35am. I was not a happy camper. I haven't been up that early for anything since college started. bad news bears. naturally I overslept and was surprisingly on schedule until I didn't take the m31 because I thought it would take me the wrong place. eh, wrong. it would have taken me to very much the right place. rats. so I stumbled into my high school at 8:57am and bolted for the elevators to the library. luckily, I made it just in time and all was well. panel went very well (I miss student admissions!) and I saw all my teacher friends that I miss all the time. I even saw my little brother for a few minutes just to say hi.

then, presentation in anthro. went very well! I like presentations -- they're easy to steer and people usually participate if there are interesting questions posed. after a lot of really bad presentations this year (it mainly felt like people were talking with the professor one-on-one in front of the class. awkward.) this one went well and the professor told others to use our discussion as a model for the rest of the presentations. nice.

lunch date with the crew which was nice because eric wasn't around for the parties this weekend. then bought bus tickets to cornell for this weekend to visit the boy and the brother (uh, it's snowing at cornell, hello winter coat.) and psych until 4. hit the gym for a little bit afterwards and now home in my nice toasty warm bed wearing all flannel clothing. the only thing better would be a little heat. goodbye october (which really felt like it never happened), hello november (month of thanksgiving and cold). it is time for a new chunky knit winter hat and scarf. I can't wait.