Oh man, SO much happened and this is the first time I've been able to sit down and actually write it all out so this will be long.
When I left off last I was on the way to meet my friend Embher and her boyfriend, who I just now realized I don't know his name. Anyway, we met at this restaurant about a block from our hotel called the Eleventh Street Diner. It turned out to be this Jewy McJewstein restaurant and it was awesome. Someone walked by with a matzo ball soup and the fucking matzo ball was the size of a softball. Anyway, so she ended up being really cool and her boyfriend was okay but he didn't talk too much. He had just gotten tattooed the same day as me - he got the coexist symbols down his leg so I freaked out and took a picture to send to Danielle since that's exactly what she wants. So I had a grilled veggie sandwich and some delicious potato and asparagus soup with a root beer. We talked a lot and I didn't realize until then how thick her Texan accent which I thought was awesome. Afterwards we decided to meet up at our dorm but I wanted to drop off my food at the hotel and they needed to go get their jackets. YEAH, JACKETS. In the middle of fucking July and we needed jackets. I LOVE YOU CHICAGO WEATHER. So while they go their jackets I went on a trek to find the Columbia store. I think I walked for like an hour and couldn't fucking find it even though I was SURE of where it was. We ended up around my dorm and by this time Embher decided they were gonna nap so I was like whatever. So we went to the dorm but they wouldn't let us check them out for whatever reason. (When I asked the security guard why she's like "Uh, iuno, they just told me to say no.") But the building looked really nice and we walked up and down that street and there's lotsa cool stuff within walking distance. Tons of restaurants, a pizza place, Walgreens, and a little farther is a Target. Also within a decent walk (more like a bike ride) is a Jewel Osco for food shopping and a bunch of other shit. The three main streets (Michigan, Wabash, and State) are within a block or two of each other so I'm really not too far from anything. So then we stopped at Walgreens to buy q-tips and ended up seeing a guy get busted for shoplifting. Out of nowhere I just heard a huge crash and like five big black dudes tackled the shit out of this other black guy and they're liek WHAT THE FUCK YOU DOIN MAN, WHATCHU DOIN!! And I'm just liek YES YES YES. So then we leave and on the way back to the hotel we also saw a guy get pulled over by a cop on a quad. WHAT. They also have hybrid buses.
So we get back to the hotel and decide to rest since I had been up and walking since 6. I decided to google the Columbia store and find out I was SO close to it, it was just on the 600 block of the parallel street. I also notice that it closes at 5 and by this time it was almost 4 so we decided to head out again. So we go and the walk was nice, a bit chilly. Michigan Ave was the coldest street because all the skyscrapers cast shadows on the entire street and it's also parallel to the lake. But we get to the store and there was this old black lady named Sonja working there and she's liek HEY HOW YA'LL DOIN. And I didn't really hear her at first so she said it again and I'm like Oh, hi and she comes over to talk to us and asks why we're here - Oh, Columbia! So you're a film major? Yes, yes I am. That's wonderful, where ya'll coming from? Philly. Nah uh! That's where I'm from! Oh shit, really? Yeah, what part? Northeast. What high school? CAPA. NO WAY! MY DAUGHTER WENT THERE! Now what th efuck are the odds of that! So we talked to her for a long time and then ended up buying purple Columbia PJ pants, black Columbia sweatpants, a notebook for Ken, static clings for our cars, and my mom got a jacket. So we finally get back to the hotel and rest for a while and after being lazy decided to go get foodz. During this trek I also set out to find a snow globe since Ken's been waiting for once since March. All day we had been looking for snow globes but no one had any. Finally, at the 200 block of Michigan (our hotel was 1100) I found one! Then we headed back toward the hotel and found a small restaurant called the Artists Snack Shop which was overpriced and not so great. Then we went back to the hotel and chillaxed cause I had to be up at 7 for orientation.
Next morning and headed right to orientation, which was only a block from our hotel (thank god cause I was barely conscious). We got there and I was immediately shuffled upstairs to sign in, get a name tag and take my ID picture. Then back downstairs they had breakfast for us which was awesome - free bagels/muffins/coffee/orange juice. We ended up sitting with some old guy who was really witty and awesome and his son who was a 23 year old transfer students who didn't seem ecstatic to be sitting with a freshman. GET OVER IT. Then Embher called and found us and she was so salty that we had to take ID pictures cause she literally jumped from the shower to the building. So we sat and then people talked and we saw videos and then were whisked away from our parents. We were put in different groups (I was group 2 and Embher was 1) and were sent upstairs. Our orientation leader pretty much peaced out without us so I ended up leading the group (of course). After standing around an elevator for like ten minutes while everyone's like "durr" I'm like fuck this we're going up. So I squeezed everyone onto one elevator and headed toward room 500. We then learned about all the different credits we need and met one of the film advisers and another teacher. After sitting and listening to tons of bullshit we got to register for classes! My schedule is as followed:
Monday - Speech: Communicating Message, 3:30-6:20pm
Tuesday - Development and Pre-production, 3:30-6:20pm
Wednesday - Writing and Rhetoric II, 2-3:20pm
History of Cinema, 6-9:20pm
Thursday - Biology of Human Reproduction, 6:30-9:20pm
Friday - Writing and Rhetoric II, 2-3:30pm
YEAH THAT'S RIGHT, NO FUCKING CLASS BEFORE 2!!!
So after registering they had a free lunch for us so I had a delicious caesar salad and a tuna sandwich with chips and a water. Embher found us yet again and her schedule sucked. She couldn't take any film classes since she didn't score high enough on the placement test which is bullshit cause she was 1 point away. But whatevs. So then we had to listen to people talk and watch videos and I left for like a half hour cause it was really boring then I realized there was nothing to do since we had already checked out so I came back and sat on a couch and slept a little. Finally we were sent away again for like, "social time" or something. Basically we stood in a circle and played that "step into the circle if.." game which was okay. Then after that we just talked until 1something and I ended up making friends with this spanish kid Josh from Atlanta who was AWESOME. We're both big sarcastic ass holes and he was telling me that his high school literally had ZERO art programs so him and some friends started up their own literary magazine. Then we were sent back downstairs to get our IDs but they weren't ready yet so we just stood in a circle taking surveys and talking and everyone I've met so far is just so cool. Then we realized we were right in front of the doors where we were getting our IDs so we ended up being first in line and it was awesome. So we got our IDs right away and my picture is okay but I look kinda trashy.
My hands hurt so brb!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
I'M IN CHICAGO YESYEYSGFGJHBDG. I just wanna write down every single fucking thing that's happening cause I'm so excited and everything is awesome so okay here it is:
Plane was delayed like a half hour so me and mama dukes was like "Holla atcha Saladworks!" So I had a deliciously overpriced ceasar salad with shrimpies and stale bread. Then the plane boarded around 8:10 and we landed in Chicago about two and a half hours later, which was like 10:30ish Philly which was 9:30ish Chicago. So then we got a cab to the hotel and our driver was fucking nuts, this crazy Israeli guy who talked too much and drove too fast (complained when we were going 45 - definitely on speed). Then we got to the hotel and chilled out and by then it was like 11 and I was a hungry nigga so I was liek "Yo front desk bitch, holla at me with some foodz" so we got three menus and found a place that was open til 3. SOOO we got a delicious spinach pizza with feta cheese and deliciousness and cheesey bread and then I finally fell asleep around 1.
7:15 this morning I woke up to pee and couldn't fall back asleep and I'm like bitch what I usually sleep thirteen hours. So I layed around for like a half hour and was like fuck this. So I sat on the computer and did nothing til my friend Embher called and so we talked while I got ready and then I couldn't sit still so I left. I talked to the front desk guy (who was way too happy to help) and he told me that the Continental Cafe next door has a light breakfast for 6.99 or a full course meal for 9.99 and I'm like bitch where's the Dunkin Donuts so he pointed me in the direction of Wabash Avenue where I found Eleventh Street Diner, Starbucks, a gas station, a convenience store (closes thing to Wawa as of now) and then Dunkin Donuts. So I sat at Dunkin for a while and there were two asian bitches with Columbia backpacks but they were too happy too early so I didn't say anything. I sat at a table with an old Spanish lady and ate my food and iced coffee. Then the trek began to my assessment test.
Our hotel's at the 1100th block and the test was around 600. Anyone who knows me knows I hate walking so I was like this is gonna fucking suck. So I whipped out the Ipod and just as I turned it on, a creepy black guy hit on me and I was liek YES, AN OFFICIAL CHRISTENING OF CHICAGO! So then I walked and out of nowhere I was at 605 and I'm like WHAAAA so I crossed the street and SHAZAAM I'm at 431. WHAT. So I turn around and find a Columbia Apple store and it was 620 but I couldn't find any other Columbia building around. So I found some bitches and they told me where to go. Now, every Columbia building here is painted bright colors and says fucking COLUMBIA in giant orange/green/various other bright colored letters. Of course, the one fucking building I have to go to is the one sliver of a building on the block surrounded by a HUUUUGE gallery so I'm like whatevz I'm here get over it.
Get in and the place was PACKED with all us last minute idiots who wanna take the test the day before orientation. I sign in and there's no seats and then some nerdy kid invited me to his table and I'm like okay whatevz. I totally forget their names, but other than the nerdy kid there was a black kid and a spanish kid. Nerdy kid was from Virginia and is a film major, as is the spanish kid who is from Boston. The black kid is from Maryland and he's a performance music major. I talked to Black Kid for a while and then Nerdy Kid tried stirring up some film conversation by naming directors and was trying to outdo me until I whipped out the 1930's exploitation flick card and SHAZAAM I kicked his ass by mentioning Freaks and Terror of Tinytown. By this time I was called for testing (to my surprise since I was one of the last people in) and it took no more than a half hour. I get in, took the math test in about 20 minutes and then the writing test in A RECORD NINE MINUTES HOLLA. I got an 85 on the math and a PERFECT FUCKING SCORE on writing. So I can't take any writing class below Writing Rhetoric II and I have to take an Advanced Writing course as well. With Math it doesn't really matter even though they recommend higher classes but I fucking suck ass on math, it just happened that my entire test was like percentages which everyone knows. So I was told to go to room 500 and talk to someone about which math classes to take. I get there and it's some chick who turns out to be a Sophomore year theatre major and she's chill as shit. She was liek "I'm supposed to tell you to challenge yourself but screw that, take College Math if you don't want something hard" and so she told me the name of her teacher which she loved (Nathan Lischensomething) and then the name of her friends' teacher who they loved (Peter Insley). So then we talked for a while and I asked about the work study program and she told me she highly recommends it and where to go to sign up for it and all the stuff I'd need to bring. So I go back to the third floor and find the office and there were two awesome black chicks in there and they were liek "Girrrrl come on in, whatchu need" and so they gave me paperwork of exactly what to bring, told me that the site wouldn't be up until August 19. When it is I need to go on and find any openings, write them down and then come back to the office to apply for them. HOLLA.
So then I came back to the hotel and it was about 11. Had to drag Mama Dukes out of bed and throw her in teh shower. Embher called and we're gonna meet at the Diner so I'm really excited cause she's the first Columbia friend I'll be meeting. I hope she's not annoying cause she's got her boyfriend with her but whatever.
Lalalalalala TAKE A LONGER SHOWER WHY DON'T YOU MOM I'M SO ENERGIZED HURRY THE FUCK UP BITCH.
Plane was delayed like a half hour so me and mama dukes was like "Holla atcha Saladworks!" So I had a deliciously overpriced ceasar salad with shrimpies and stale bread. Then the plane boarded around 8:10 and we landed in Chicago about two and a half hours later, which was like 10:30ish Philly which was 9:30ish Chicago. So then we got a cab to the hotel and our driver was fucking nuts, this crazy Israeli guy who talked too much and drove too fast (complained when we were going 45 - definitely on speed). Then we got to the hotel and chilled out and by then it was like 11 and I was a hungry nigga so I was liek "Yo front desk bitch, holla at me with some foodz" so we got three menus and found a place that was open til 3. SOOO we got a delicious spinach pizza with feta cheese and deliciousness and cheesey bread and then I finally fell asleep around 1.
7:15 this morning I woke up to pee and couldn't fall back asleep and I'm like bitch what I usually sleep thirteen hours. So I layed around for like a half hour and was like fuck this. So I sat on the computer and did nothing til my friend Embher called and so we talked while I got ready and then I couldn't sit still so I left. I talked to the front desk guy (who was way too happy to help) and he told me that the Continental Cafe next door has a light breakfast for 6.99 or a full course meal for 9.99 and I'm like bitch where's the Dunkin Donuts so he pointed me in the direction of Wabash Avenue where I found Eleventh Street Diner, Starbucks, a gas station, a convenience store (closes thing to Wawa as of now) and then Dunkin Donuts. So I sat at Dunkin for a while and there were two asian bitches with Columbia backpacks but they were too happy too early so I didn't say anything. I sat at a table with an old Spanish lady and ate my food and iced coffee. Then the trek began to my assessment test.
Our hotel's at the 1100th block and the test was around 600. Anyone who knows me knows I hate walking so I was like this is gonna fucking suck. So I whipped out the Ipod and just as I turned it on, a creepy black guy hit on me and I was liek YES, AN OFFICIAL CHRISTENING OF CHICAGO! So then I walked and out of nowhere I was at 605 and I'm like WHAAAA so I crossed the street and SHAZAAM I'm at 431. WHAT. So I turn around and find a Columbia Apple store and it was 620 but I couldn't find any other Columbia building around. So I found some bitches and they told me where to go. Now, every Columbia building here is painted bright colors and says fucking COLUMBIA in giant orange/green/various other bright colored letters. Of course, the one fucking building I have to go to is the one sliver of a building on the block surrounded by a HUUUUGE gallery so I'm like whatevz I'm here get over it.
Get in and the place was PACKED with all us last minute idiots who wanna take the test the day before orientation. I sign in and there's no seats and then some nerdy kid invited me to his table and I'm like okay whatevz. I totally forget their names, but other than the nerdy kid there was a black kid and a spanish kid. Nerdy kid was from Virginia and is a film major, as is the spanish kid who is from Boston. The black kid is from Maryland and he's a performance music major. I talked to Black Kid for a while and then Nerdy Kid tried stirring up some film conversation by naming directors and was trying to outdo me until I whipped out the 1930's exploitation flick card and SHAZAAM I kicked his ass by mentioning Freaks and Terror of Tinytown. By this time I was called for testing (to my surprise since I was one of the last people in) and it took no more than a half hour. I get in, took the math test in about 20 minutes and then the writing test in A RECORD NINE MINUTES HOLLA. I got an 85 on the math and a PERFECT FUCKING SCORE on writing. So I can't take any writing class below Writing Rhetoric II and I have to take an Advanced Writing course as well. With Math it doesn't really matter even though they recommend higher classes but I fucking suck ass on math, it just happened that my entire test was like percentages which everyone knows. So I was told to go to room 500 and talk to someone about which math classes to take. I get there and it's some chick who turns out to be a Sophomore year theatre major and she's chill as shit. She was liek "I'm supposed to tell you to challenge yourself but screw that, take College Math if you don't want something hard" and so she told me the name of her teacher which she loved (Nathan Lischensomething) and then the name of her friends' teacher who they loved (Peter Insley). So then we talked for a while and I asked about the work study program and she told me she highly recommends it and where to go to sign up for it and all the stuff I'd need to bring. So I go back to the third floor and find the office and there were two awesome black chicks in there and they were liek "Girrrrl come on in, whatchu need" and so they gave me paperwork of exactly what to bring, told me that the site wouldn't be up until August 19. When it is I need to go on and find any openings, write them down and then come back to the office to apply for them. HOLLA.
So then I came back to the hotel and it was about 11. Had to drag Mama Dukes out of bed and throw her in teh shower. Embher called and we're gonna meet at the Diner so I'm really excited cause she's the first Columbia friend I'll be meeting. I hope she's not annoying cause she's got her boyfriend with her but whatever.
Lalalalalala TAKE A LONGER SHOWER WHY DON'T YOU MOM I'M SO ENERGIZED HURRY THE FUCK UP BITCH.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
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