Just like heaven, if it didn't look like hell

saturday went to princeton, new jersey to visit allie at work. it was only when i saw that i would be taking a coach and that people had luggage that i realized i was going INTERSTATE. it took an hour and a half but felt like much much longer cause we were passing through no mans land. somewhere during the trip we pulled up at a white castle and had to change coaches. anyways got to allie's coffee shop and had a double "milky shot" that's what they call macchiatos. and allz had hyped this coffee up so much but it was really, really good. like travel an hour and a half for it good. then we went to some cafe for dinner. and i had shish kebabs that came in this elaborate contraption. then we went back to small world coffee to see some band but left pretty soon afterwards. back to her house. which is huge. i think I've got mild agoraphobia because it freaked me out. I'm so used to my shoebox now.

sunday went to walmart. it would be so easy to be romantic in the us. there's aisles and aisles of heart shaped candies and stuff. then we went to the mall. then back to princeton for more coffee. and i took a train back. i was kinda homesick for new york and as soon as i got off i was really really glad. so the trip was good it made my new home feel like home.

wednesday was my first assessment. i had to do a short speech. and of course i choose to speak about climate change because that's such an easy, brief subject. but it must have been ok i got a b+.

thursday i went to get painting supplies. in this area where everyone kept coming at me with stuff they wanted to sell. and i made the mistake of pulling out a piece of paper and someone shouted at me if i needed directions. and i'm like no i'm fine. but they grab my paper and grab my arm and escort me two blocks to my destination. at night painting we did ink blots where you fold the paper with paint inside. and i don't know how but i totally sucked at that. whereas there was this person who got really pretty, intricate results. i've been recording my dreams for painting and man i am having the most far out dreams.

everyone keeps talking to me on the street. i dunno if it's because i let them cause i have nothing else to do. i was hit on by some dude in a wheelchair. and someone sang a song about me it was called the girl with the tight, tight jeans. anyways i helped some guy with directions and they offered me free membership at their new gymnasium. but i would never need to take them up on the offer because today we had our 4th fire drill. i have to walk down 15 flights of stairs. it's so annoying cause you feel like you're being thrown out of your house. but i guess it's good you get to see people in your building.

tonight i went out with steph from uts and jp and pili from chile. we went to soho for dinner. it's kinda annoying new york is so big it's hard to just stumble upon something, if you're in the wrong spot. i think we headed west when we should have went east. it was good to go out for dinner but after a while i just wanted to get out of there. it's such a strain being with new people. or maybe we just don't click. maybe all we have in common is that we know no one. but it was nice.


the view from allie's room.


the view from my room.