banana.
that is all.
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Overwhelmingly grateful for this speedy quarter full of old and new friends, conversations, and favorite things.
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(I saw this band last year but didn’t really get into them until late this year. They have just enough of everything I like)
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i’ve never seen so many people so miserable about heat. granted.. it’s pretty warm and the lack of A/C in my favorite study places is cramping my last finals run.
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I don’t know what it was exactly. Maybe it was spending more time outside than I meant to. or having a brief moment of panic when I thought my favorite shorts didn’t fit. or eating half a large-perfectly sweet watermelon. whatever it is, i’m more at peace with this upcoming finals week than usual. Just another blip on the way to summer.
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these were harder to make than they should have been. I wish i had learned how to do more origami than a paper crane. also, i ran out of tissue paper so i used pages from Vogue but it actually turned out looking kind of cool.
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I think one of the most important thing to do in a group is to show acknowledgement or thanks. Even when a group doesn’t have some specific leader. Although affirmation or even results aren’t always possible from the work you may do, having a supportive environment is sometimes enough to keep going. Even self-congratulatory measures are important. To a certain degree, to be successful means to take care of yourself and to accept thanks and congratulations. even when you feel like you don’t always warrant it.
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these were supposed to be for an (abstract) art project but ended up never getting used. I think i’m going to use them to make notebooks! Praises for the new art center. it’s fantastic.
also. i guess it wasn’t until this quarter, after getting a tour of the shop, that i realized not everyone has a considerable amount of power tools in their basement. huh.
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» this weekend.
there’s been a lot of food trucks around lately… they should get on some of these.
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doing this instead folding laundry. Actually doing this instead of anything.
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I need all of it.
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» what people do to keep busy
on campus it feels like everyone is busy busy. And more than this, it seems like people LIKE to be busy busy. To a point of weird pride. This ranges from complaining about meetings, talking about not skipping meals, rushing by people you know but are too busy to say hi to, to opening bragging about how filled up your google calendar is. Busy-ness in a way seems to be a way to prove to everyone that you are not only doing something, but doing something worthwhile. It’s easy to stay busy if you want to. You could stay busy just doing work. You could stay busy setting up things. You could stay busy talking to people. I guess I would say I’m pretty busy but there are only a limited number of busy things I do that I remember. I always feel like I never have quite enough time to do what I want to do. Everything gets done, but in a slightly messy way. It’s gotten to the point of the quarter where I can recognize that if I’m not careful I’m going to get lost in.. just doing things. Random things. Completing projects and assignments and phone calls and mindless lab work. I don’t know so much about slowing down or giving things up.. but I do want to be busy in a fulfilling way that I’ll remember. Thinking about summer plans I know that it’s going to be very academic.. but if this is the only thing going on I know I’ll just shut down mentally. Even now I feel like I’m getting lost in ideas. Maybe a new stretch of busy will help tie things together again.
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I was so excited about these. For some reason the residents of BJ have decided that it is most necessary to hoard various kitchen items in their rooms. namely: cookie sheets, pans, and cupcake tins. I can only imagine the varied uses that these must be undergoing. laptop trays, punch bowls, and terrariums come to mind at first. Anyways. the only thing of use in the kitchen were mini cupcake tins. When it comes to desserts I used to not believe in mini. But I see now that minis are a cute way to 1) allow you to taste a large number of goodies while 2) feeling like you’re not being a fatty (even if you are. eating minis doesn’t make you mini). These oreo cupcakes tasted like Oreos. The frosting was the closest to fluffy perfection I’ve gotten. The blondies were… interesting. I think I wanted them to be chewier. BUT nevertheless. tastiness, love and used up ingredients later.. I am pretty happy with how these turned out.
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i woke at 7:30 on a Saturday morning to take a bus that stops every 30 secs to eat these.
DAT DONUT. in my belly.
Basically the only thing I ate all day. At first I wasn’t won over totally but with a little microwave magic the whole thing melted in my mouth.
