The Way I See It # 340

So.


I went out to dinner with my friend Dani last night. She's a really sweet girl. Sometimes a little too sweet. she's too trusting and puts too much into relationships. She literally throws herself at the feet of any guy she's involved with. I feel bad for her, because it usually means that she gets trampled. Dinner was nice, though, we went to "Roxy's" on Main street in Uptown, and then to "Mezza" right next door for some awesome ice cream. I found out that Mezza is also a hookah bar, but it was deserted on a Friday night, I guess a lot of people don't know it's there. I wonder how much the hookah costs....

It's raining like a bitch outside. I left Sid's this morning, and only once I was halfway home did I realize that I had left my phone at his apartment. I walked all the way back, and then all the way to my apartment completely soaked and hot due to the sweater, sweatshirt, scarf combination I was wearing to stay dry. I don't think I'll do that again.

I'm trying to come up with some articles to write for the Commonwealth Times. Maybe I'll do that today. Just start writing and see what I come up with.

The Way I See It # 339

FUCK.

The Way i See it # 338

because it's my secret pleasure to peruse the blogs online, I searched "Richmond Blogs" through google. I found one that I'm really starting to like. "Jack Goes Forth" is a blog written by a 25 year old bartender working the Richmond area. His blog focuses on bar life, dealing with U of R students, and the antics of the bar scene.

I'm putting it into "My Favorite Roasts." Definitely check it out if you have liking of drinking, Richmond, bartending, etc.

The Way I See It # 337: (Or, "#336 REVAMPED")

I discovered Wordle- a site that creates an image of the words in a piece of text. I used it on "The Way I See It # 336"

The Way I See It # 336

I'm up to my eyeballs in vocabulaire francaise, I have a whole chapter in urban planning to read that I will probably finish tomorrow, The linguistics readings I had made very little sense, and I think I'm actually being challenged. C'est tres bien, je pense. Today was Sid and I's anniversaire, 22 months to be exact. Nous sommes sortis au dîner à "l'éléphant thaï" and had a great time! I had wonton soup, and it tasted just like my favorite back home at Tara Thai, and the fried rice. After dinner we got Ben and Jerry's ice cream from 7-11 and went to my apartment to hang out. It was a really lovely evening, I really enjoyed myself. :)


I'm trying to think up articles to write for the CT, does anyone have any good ideas?

Also, Evan has a blog now! You can find it in my "Favorite Roasts" under the link "logic laser: Welcome To My World"

The Way I See It # 335

So I called my mom yesterday to talk about my day and see what she was up to, and I ended up talking to my Dad on the phone, which was fine. He says that he might come down to Richmond this weekend for a motorcycle ride with me, so I guess that might be nice. At the end of the conversation I asked him if he had paid the rent, and he said, "Yeah, i think I paid it on the 15th, let me check." So he's checking and I'm back on the phone with my mom, and it's taking him a while to find the copy of the check he used.

turns out he didn't pay the rent.


apparently the email I had sent him with the details of how the rent should be paid was just html code when he got it, and instead of emailing me back to find out what it was about, he put it aside and ignored it.

so he tells me that I need to write a check for the rent and give it to my landlord, and he'll reimburse me. I don't have checks, so this throws a big wrench into the situation. I have to go down to the Bank of America on Broad and get a cashiers check. It's only when he finds out that I have to get a cashiers check, and pay for it, and that he grows a pair and decides to overnight one to the landlord.

And I was just a few days ago wondering if I should send him a reminder email. Jeeze


I'm rushing for a sorority! I'm both nervous and excited. I never thought I would join one, but I think it will be interesting. And please don't tell me that it's a bad idea, I've already been hearing that from Coppola and other people. The weekend of is going to be busy, I didn't realize how planned and organized it was. I have to get dressed up, and participate in activities, and it's definitely going to be different!

The Way I See It # 334

I have a lot to recap, so I'll step back to Saturday. Sid and I visited his cousin Maria in Hanover County. She lives really close to us, so it was nice to get away from VCU for a day. Maria isn't actually Sid's cousin, she is his mother's cousin, so I guess that means she is a second cousin? Kinship terminology was never my thing, so I'll just continue. Maria has two daughters, Cassie, and Lauren, and her husband... Eric...? is off in Kuwait working at a military hospital. Sid originally went over to do some housework for her, but we ended up watching the Virginia Tech game (She's a hokie herself) and chatting about school and what's been going on in their lives. One of the best parts about visiting was seeing all of the family's pictures from their travels. They've moved around the world following Eric's duties, and they recently lived in Italy. They had pictures from vacations to Sicily, Rome, Greece, Egypt, etc. Sid and I were salivating. Their computer room/office area was covered in souvenirs from their trip to Egypt and I just about fell over. It only made me want to get up and go, just like Sid had been feeling a little while ago. Cassie gave me a scarab shaped blue bead which they keep a lot of to hand out to visitors to the house. I think I make it into a necklace.... the color is so pretty. Eventually I'll travel to such places, and I'm simultaneously looking up study abroad programs as I write this blog entry (it's been unsuccessful so far). We had dinner with Maria's parents, Uncle Harry and Aunt Shirly to Sid, and we had a spaghetti dinner. Sid is really fond of Uncle Harry and Aunt shirly, and they're really nice people. I found out that they both volunteer for the Archaeological Society of Virginia, which was cool. Mysteriously, they didn't have much to say about it.

When we got back to VCU I went to Michele's to hang out and play "Catch-phrase" (SUCH A GOOD GAME), and I had a redbull/rum, which I didn't mind then... but definitely minded later. Sara Wax and I went back to Sid's where he was having a party and had a pretty good time.

Yesterday Sid and I and a bunch of the guys from the 15th floor went to Belle Isle. It was nice, except the part when John tried to swim to a rock, and instead was swept away by the current. When everyone saw that he wasn't going to make it, a bunch of the guys jumped in after him. Everyone was fine, except for bumbs and bruises. Out of anyone, Sid's roommate Brendan got the worst of it, he was pulled by the current through a tunnel in the rock. T-Cal smashed his head on a rock and has a huge welt, John was fine, Chuck was mostly fine, but that river was intense! I am beyond relieved that no one was seriously hurt, and that Sidney didn't jump in! On the way back from Belle Isle I was almost attacked by a dog walking by. SO LAME. Yesterday wasn't the best day. That night we went over to Kate's apartment from a triple pasta dinner and after that we smoked hookah, which was actually a good ending to the night. I was pretty exhausted from Belle Isle though. We went down W. Grace (sketchy.... but not!) to intercept Michele so she wouldn't walk back from a party by herself. We were hanging out at Sid's for a while after that, and then Sid and I went back to my place. Not a bad day.


I think I'm going to make a list of things to do before I turn 20. I'm not going to be a teenager anymore, so why not create a list of things to do before the end of the year? I'm going to think about it and then write it up on here.

As for today, I'm reading Urban Planning chapters and practicing French vocabulaire.