new things!

i decided to invest a bit of time and money in making my (very small) room slightly more livable. first, i moved my bookshelf to by the bed from its old home by the door, and i moved the laundry basket to where the bookshelf was. this made some space by the desk and allows the closet door to open and close completely, which really opens up the left side of the room. then, i put up a couple of wall dressings that had been waiting for attention: my surrealist poster of the two bodyless girls; my concert tickets; the collage from the ultimate team at the end of senior year. also, i put photos in my frames and set them up on the dvd player. and also, i decided to buy new beddings. i ordered two fluffy pillows, a down comforter, and a duvet cover from overstock.com (cheap! and fast!). the last of it came today, and now everything is in place. the final things on the list are new, non-white curtains, which should brighten up that end of the room a bit, and frames for my prints from greece and poland. i'm very, very happy with the results so far. *pats self on back*

also, i've been listening to everything but the girl obsessively for the past couple weeks. i'm about ready to go out and buy everything they've ever recorded. tracey thorn is my new hero. what lovely lyrics! what smooth music! and such a silky voice! yes, wonderful.

i'm starting to accept the idea that life will just never slow down--at least, not in the foreseeable future. when i got back from miami, i was looking forward to new york as a restful place (not joking). instead, i've been to three birthday parties, spent a long weekend in providence, had many dinners with friends, entertained pleasant company for a weekend, and worked my butt off organizing tobacco control meetings. and it doesn't end! dad's coming to visit, and then winter league starts (which i may or may not attend), and then i go to geneva and istanbul for 8 days and two weekends, and then it's another long weekend, which may involve a trip to the south florida area, but who knows. on top of that all, i have to do my taxes and fill out the fafsa and the profile and make sure my parents do their taxes and apply for financial aid for law schools, because i certainly can't afford to go without some help. i shake my head just thinking about it.

speaking of law school, here's some news: i've been accepted to temple (philadelphia) and gw (washington dc), and georgetown deferred me to regular decision. since i applied in november, i expect that acceptances and rejections will be trickling in over the next couple of months; of course, i obsessively check every email address i own, waiting for notice. a couple others in the office have also applied for the coming fall, and we update each other whenever we pass in the halls.

i'm so, so relieved to be in to more than one school. at least this way i feel like i have some choice, like i can make an active decision about my life. and gw is a good school--and in DC--and i certainly wouldn't mind spending a year, or even more, there. we'll see what happens, i guess. i'm still waiting to hear from: chicago, harvard, columbia, and georgetown. tough crowd.

i can't decide if i should take a shower. it's only 10:15, and i'm not sleepy yet, so i guess i might as well.