20 posts tagged “ithaca”
- I have friends in Ithaca--YAY! Justin and Tasha have arrived!
- I went to New Jersey and found an apartment.
- I walked around the Village and found where my classrooms will be.
- I converted to the religion of IKEA.
- I rode a couple trains.
- I got drunk at my soon-to-be sister-in-law's bridal shower/afterparty.
- I baked a wicked batch of blueberry muffins and banana bread last night.
- I'm going to be baking these today ('cause I'm a fattie).
- I have my copy of SPACED that will actually play in my DVD player. SO EXCITED!
- I really need to pack.
That is all.
Next weekend is the Ithaca Festival. They're doing an interesting little thing this year... well, BIG thing actually. They're hoping to break the record by making the largest human peace sign. Crazy kids. If it's not too hot out, I might join them.
At least the shirts are decent this year.
I started breaking in a new pair of Birkenstocks today. Not fun.
Went to the Farmer's Market expecting to pick up some oatmeal bread... but they were doing some sort of weird Earth Day celebration instead of the usual Sunday market. There were like "chants" and masks... uh. Weird. And the Compost Fair was set up, so there were lots of earth worms.
Ended up at the Commons to burn off my odd morning energy (this was around 11am. Me. Dressed, made up, and eager to get out before 11am on a Sunday. WEIRD.) Ate at Viva Taquera. They've got awesome burritos and sangria (little early for sangria, though).
Went meandering around the Commons. Bought a couple Ani CDs at the used record shop.
Spent money at House of Shalimar. I got the cutest purse ever. Ever ever. It's by Bungalow 360... they don't have it up on the website, though. It fits everything I need... and a little more. Sweet. (PS: That's the button from my museum vigil I hosted... kids are still wearing them around campus. YAY!) I also picked up a peace sign car magnet. At first I was like, "What's 1.20.09 supposed to mean?" And then it hit me. Uh duh.
As you can see in the picture, I also bought some soap. Coconut and papaya with vanilla beans smells like the beach and olive butter with avocado and green tea leaves smells clean. I got it at the Africa store called Diaspora. Very neat place and nice owners.
Anyways, I've got homework due in every single class tomorrow. Plus an 8:30am thesis meeting to prepare for (that's far too early for criticism, I think). All I wanna do is nap. Sigh.
I spent a better part of the afternoon making collages to dispaly during the museum vigil I'm holding on Thursday. They came out pretty decent.
Oh, and here are some pictures I took on Thursday evening:
Chrissy and I were showing Tasha (!!!) the Commons and that VW was parked on State. Crazy Ithacans.
Ithaca hit a record low last night. -11. Brrr... Not the coldest I've ever experienced here but definitely chilly. It was -4 when I woke up a couple hours ago and it's already 14, so it's getting warmer. We're supposed to get snow this afternoon. Blah.
My psych class was canceled this morning. WOOHOO! I've got a forensics lab (entitled "Tall Drink of Water"... we'll be figuring out the height of our assigned skeletons) and a guest speaker in my Spanish class, so today's a nice easy day. Sweet.
Oh, also, I just got an email from JFKU about scheduling a phone interview. It's gonna be sometime next week. I'm nervous already! I should prepare a script so I don't babble.
Some random pictures I had hanging out in my camera for the past couple months:
And now a look at what my weekend holds:
I've got a test in Cultural Psychology to study for and a writing test in Spanish. Not quite sure how I'm going to prepare for them, but I'll figure something out. The other two columns of books are for my thesis. I raided the stacks at Olin with Chrissy this afternoon and found some surprisingly decent sources at Cortland's library, too. Now I just have to read them.
In other news, I've heard nothing from the remaining grad schools (uh, since yesterday... what? I'm impatient!). I've started researching several alternatives just in case I don't get accepted to any of the programs I applied to... I think I'll make an appointment with Steadman at some point this week to hear her thoughts. Hm. Also, the chili festival is next weekend! YAY! And the New Pornographers are coming to Ithaca in April! Definitely gotta get tickets to that.
From a couple weekends ago:
We had some pretty wicked hail. It was great. And after checking out the Apple Harvest Festival (it sucked... way overpriced, though it's the only place I've ever seen old hippies, college students, Tibetan monks, a Mayan man, and Mennonites mingling in the same place), my mom and I headed over to Ithaca Falls before stopping by the high school. Cornell is considered "Big Read" and, obviously, Ithaca High is "Lil Red."
And these are from this afternoon:
Fall has definitely arrived.
I tried a new Japanese place tonight with my mom. Ithaca has quite a few awesome Asian eateries.
Plum Tree is the best, but this was one had pretty good gyoza.
How about some cute cat pictures?
Yeah, they're pretty adorable.
From this past weekend when Krista, Taylor, Seth, and my dad all flew/drove into town.
First we went to Stewart Park to swing, avoid stepping in 8 different kinds of poop, and lake gazing.
Then, we went to Newfield to see the covered bridge. It was thrilling. And we totally fell in love with that house. It's for sale.
Chrissy's flight out of Philadelphia got canceled, so she's now flying into Elmira. I had to get Google map directions to the airport since I've never been to that one before. Know what the address is? 276 Sing Sing Road. Gotta love living in Upstate New York; always an hour's drive from a handful of major prisons.
