urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444 Espy's Life in the Big Apple Christine 2006-05-07T07:36:18Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:125407 2006-05-07T07:36:18Z 2006-05-07T07:36:18Z i hate finals, i hate finals, i hate finals.<br /><br />but i loooooove California and that is where i am headed soon :)<br /><br />notice California is the only word worth hitting the shift key for in this post. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:124969 2006-04-30T08:38:30Z 2006-04-30T08:38:30Z As Michaela already pointed out, college is almost half-way over. WHAAAT?!<br /><br />My classes are over on Monday at 10 PM, then I'm going to my sorority formal at the Hotel on Rivington (<a href="http://www.hotelonrivington.com/">http://www.hotelonrivington.com/</a>) which is pretty effing awesome. My first final is on Friday, then I have four more until May 11th when my semester will be over with the completion of my Music Humanities final. I really love that Columbia forces you to listen to Copland and Mozart and Wagner and his nationalistic crap. Woeijlasdf. That's how I feel about that.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm getting my stuff picked up and put into storage and then going to a Yankees game with Eve, Lauren and Tracy on May 12th. May 13th, I'm on a plane back to the CA. <br /><br />I've been watching way too much "Sex & the City lately." And by "way too much," I mean "not enough." I had my mom mail me the series (NOT a wise move, I know) and it's been a downwards spiral ever since. I never really followed the show when it was on HBO and now that I'm finally watching, I feel so much closer to pop culture. Anyway, the show has definitely inspired me to consider a career that is... *gasp*... not in finance. Perhaps I will apply for that internship at SEVENTEEN Magazine this fall, or maybe look into one at Cosmopolitan. I've been working on my sorority's website (<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sigmadeltatau/frame_all_index.htm">http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sigmadeltatau/frame_all_index.htm</a>) and have been reconnected with the days of yearbook and Photoshop CS. I think working in the Photography/lay-out department of a magazine would be A-MAZING. <br /><br />Sex & the City has also drastically changed my perspective on Columbia. It made me realize that as awkward and intellectually stuck-up the people can be here... it should not affect my impression of New Yorkers, who are generally pretty normal and fun. Not that people here aren't fun-- you just really have to dig for the fun ones. I've also found myself a "Steve." Seriously, this kid sort of looks like him (but is a bit more handsome) talks like him (although think tough Pennsylvania rather than dorky NYer) and is funny. I don't know much about him yet but I'm doing my research, don't you worry.<br /><br />Life is pretty fabulous. It's all of this "Sex," methinks. ;) <br /><br />Love,<br />Christine<br /><br />Post Scriptum- download "Hot Child in the City" by Nick Gilder and Time Machine. Talk about fabulous.<br /><br />Post Post Scriptum- if you <i>really</i> want to be fabulous, check out my "Hot Child in the City" album: <a href="http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ce2118/my_photos">http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ce2118/my_photos</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:124880 2006-02-14T20:31:10Z 2006-02-14T20:31:10Z I went about 2 months without the internet on my laptop which pretty much translated into both "long-time-no-AIM" and "long-time-no-lj."<br /><br />But I just wanted to update and say I miss you all like crazy and have been thinking about you SO much lately. Everyday I remind myself of how blessed I am to have always been in the right places at the right times and met all of you wonderful people the first 18 years of my life. If that sounds mushy, it's because it is :)<br /><br />My sister and Kaitlyn are coming to visit this weekend and I am stoaked beyond belief! Updates on that later.<br /><br />School is still the same, SDT is a shitload of fun, New York is still incredible... boys are very fantastic.<br /><br />Writing to you with so much California pride,<br />Christine urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:124657 2006-01-18T22:02:24Z 2006-01-18T22:02:24Z soooo i signed up for 7 classes (well, one is PE) thinking i could do some shopping and drop a few and keep the ones i really enjoy.<br /><br />soooooo, what happens when i really enjoy them all?<br /><br />i guess this is one of those good "AHHHHH!"s. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:124210 2006-01-14T06:42:11Z 2006-01-14T06:42:11Z only three more days left of winter break!! :(<br /><br />i'm excited to be back in NY and at Columbia and to see my friends, but I'm also going to miss my CA friends and my family and being in Southern California where there is NEVER an opportunity to complain about the weather.<br /><br />i think it's supposed to rain tomorrow. 1/4-1/2 an inch.<br /><br />weather here is a joke. a beautiful, blissful joke.<br /><br />a joke i will miss for sure in a week when I am thrown into the freezing cold.<br /><br />EFF THAT! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:124148 2006-01-11T08:32:19Z 2006-01-11T08:32:19Z i'm going to be home for Mother's day this year!!! whooo hooo!!<br /><br />May 11th is the last day of finals... Mommy's day is on the 14th. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:123741 2005-12-24T23:51:29Z 2005-12-24T23:51:29Z I'm a little bit in love with the weather here at home<br /><br />but at the same time, still kind of missing walking outside and feeling like my hands are going to fall off.<br /><br />wait, no.<br /><br />hahah! I'm in CALIFORNIA, BITCHESSSSS!!! Call me, I want to see you. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:123537 2005-12-21T01:49:06Z 2005-12-21T01:49:06Z The city is in a state of chaos, I swear.<br /><br />Subways and buses aren't running... cars aren't allowed in Manhattan without 4 people in them. People are WALKING over bridges. And cabs are fucking charging a million dollars to get anywhere. And are impossible to catch.<br /><br />I hate MTA.<br /><br />Eve and I are taking a cab to JFK at 4 AM and not only is it going to be impossible to catch one, but we're also going to end up paying 100 dollars instead of the usual 50.<br /><br />It's days like these you wish that Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand Theory" worked in the short run. Like, the really really short run. The market needs to clear and Christine needs to see some equilibrium prices. Like, NOW!!<br /><br />To all my NY lovers, I will miss you. To all my CA lovers, I'm coming home to you soon!!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:123271 2005-12-17T09:46:17Z 2005-12-17T09:46:17Z funny how you really <i>can</i> feel your heart "smile." im so glad caroline used that expression early last year. i have so much love in my life right now. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:123099 2005-12-15T08:18:57Z 2005-12-15T08:18:57Z everyone is going home so soon!! congrats to those of you who are finished (or close to being finished) with your finals! YOU'RE SO FREAKING LUCKY!<br /><br />i have two finals tomorrow (Art Hum and Econ). Art hum i feel prepared for... econ, not so much. meh, whatever... we'll see what happens.<br /><br />Anyway i'll be up all night tonight. again. then testing all day, shopping, then studying for my final on friday. then partying (hopefully forgetting about failing econ) and then spending the weekend christmas shopping and studying for stat. Monday is poli sci, tuesday stat, wednesday home.<br /><br />THAT IS A WHOLE WEEK AWAY. WHAT THE EFFER?!<br /><br />i love you guys... have so much fun at home this week and as you take a bite out of your warm, delicious pizookie while sitting on the boardwalk on main beach watching the waves roll up the shore and back down into the beautiful pacific ocean, remember your dear old pal Christine who is in 10-degree weather in NYC, pulling all-nighters at the library with nothing but the company of her red bull and the wilting rose in a coffee cup left behind by her friends (weird, I know).<br /><br />sorry i can't write sentences today but it's 3 am and i am going on two hours of sleep in the past 36 hours.<br /><br />Also as a sidenote, keep me and my friends in your prayers these next few days. The past 24 hours have been emotionally draining, yet oddly enough i've been feeling God's presence more strongly than I can ever remember feeling it. Nothing really in particular, just an odd conglomeration (sp?) of events. Days like these I have no doubt in my mind about God's existence. It really is true that you can see God in people... even people who don't believe in God. I think God reveals himself in people best through friendship. That warm, fuzzy feeling you get inside when someone really opens up to/trusts in you. Or that moment when you're just having so much fun with someone and they make you so, so happy, you can't help but think that maybe the entire reason for presence in your life was for that exact moment to occur. Not in a selfish way, but in a "you need to feel this exact <i>sort</i> of peace at this very moment in your life" sort of a way. Who knows.<br /><br />More econ, less babble. what am i doing with my life? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:122763 2005-12-12T03:15:45Z 2005-12-12T03:15:45Z I'm comin' home December 21st! Alyssa is already home, which i am soooooo pissed (aka jealous) about. But, whatever... I'll suck it up. Wait, no I won't... I'll complain about it at least for 10 more days until I am home too.<br /><br />I am now officially Sigma Delta Tau's Webmistress. Whoohoo! Now I need to go figure out how to design a webpage.<br /><br />sweet. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:122439 2005-12-09T13:30:51Z 2005-12-09T13:30:51Z It is snowing and it is beautiful.<br /><br />there are a few things about a New York winter that keep me from wanting to return to warm CA this very second.<br /><br />i haven't slept, i make no sense.<br /><br />vicky and i just ordered delivery breakfast from kitchenette. i'm so excited :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:122191 2005-12-07T21:51:14Z 2005-12-07T21:52:39Z Today Professor Kosto decided we were going to meet for class at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. We sat in a realllly long room, at a reallllly long table and leafed through 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition <i>Leviathan</i>s. As in, THOMAS HOBBES FREAKING TOUCHED one of those books. We also saw books written shortly after <i>Leviathan</i> was published that called him a threat to the church and to the state. We compared the edition we read in class to the older editions and found corrections that Hobbes made to his older editions, etc. It blows my mind how Professor Kosto keeps this class so damn fascinating. There's really something to be said about a professor like Kosto who can manage to take a class like Contemporary Civilization and really take it that extra step and make political philosophy not just interesting, but <i>fascinating</i>. <br /><br />I really lucked out last year, getting Professor Rosenberg for Lit Hum. I really really lucked out this semester, getting Professor Kosto for CC. He doesn't teach next term, though, and the class has been moved to IAB which has us fearing that it is a... DUN DUN DUNNNN... GRAD STUDENT! :( I realize a grad student can be just as good as a professor (hahaha riiight), but there's no way a grad student can be just as good as Adam J. Kosto. Qualifications have to say something. Anyway, there is an 19th Century Art class I want to take in the same time slot that I have CC in, but I don't want to switch out because I really enjoy the people in my class. We'll see what happens, I guess.<br /><br />Anyway, it's days like these that I feel like I really go to Columbia. And that the name "Columbia" really does deserve all the merit that is associated with it. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:121980 2005-12-03T21:44:23Z 2005-12-03T21:44:23Z I think I'm minoring in Art History. And by "think I'm minoring" I really mean "am pretty sure I'm minoring." I just think it would be a complete waste to go to school in New York City and not take advantage of the fact that it is one of our country's meccas of art. After I went to Paris last year, I was appauled at how much art history I had forgotten since the Meet the Masters program (which I REALLY applaud the Capistrano Unified School District for doing). <br /><br />My Art Humanities class took a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday and I kept thinking how awesome it was that we could study Bruegel's "Wheat Harvest" in class and then go see it and study it in person. Then Professor Bouche walked us around the museum and we saw Monet's "Garden at Sainte-Adresse" and 10-15 other works we studied in class. There is just such a difference between seeing slides of paintings and seeing them in person and the fact that I can do that is so exciting!<br /><br />So anyway, Lauren and I are taking an Intro. to Art History class at Barnard next semester, which I am definitely looking forward to. Tomorrow we're going to the Met and writing our Art Hum papers at the cafeteria (for coffee, duh). I could live at the Met. <br /><br />Anyway that is enough procrastinating for now. Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" is just screaming to be read (ewww, I DESPISE this man).<br /><br />Sorry for not updating very often, Michaela (haha). I hope this entry will suffice for now.<br /><br />Love,<br />Christy<br /><br />PS- I am definitely listening to Christmas music right now. The holiday season is finally here!! Yaaay! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:121614 2005-11-03T07:13:46Z 2005-11-03T07:13:46Z My car went bye-bye today :(<br /><br />My little sister got into a car accident. Thank God she's alright, but my silver baby didn't make it.<br /><br />I'm coming home tomorrow. Probably driving a rental car. <br /><br />How did I become so emotionally attached to a <i>car</i>? I think this was God's way of helping me realize my silly attachment to inanimate objects. My sister is OK and that is enough for today to be a wonderful day :)<br /><br />OK, I'm glad I wrote this. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:121440 2005-10-25T02:15:45Z 2005-10-25T02:15:45Z Today I went to a cocktail party (and by cocktail I mean mixed fruity drinks, perrier and soft drinks... but in classy glasses of course) at President Lee C. Bollinger's house. Ummm..... can we say, WHOAH!!!!?!!?!<br /><br />First of all, the house is beaauuutiful! It is on 116th and Morningside Drive and overlooks the park and the rest of Manhattan. It has a courtyard and a nice little garage for PrezBo's beamer and... is awesome. It's basically a 5-story mansion in the midst of 15+ story buildings. There were caterers there asking us every two seconds whether we wanted another drink or mushroom tart things or kabebs, or other funky-looking orderbs (I have NO idea what that word is supposed to look like). Then PrezBo gave like a two-second speech and then it was back to chit-chatting and eating DELICIOUS asparagus and hummus and NOT eating the pita bread because it is not South Beach-approved.<br /><br />It was glorious.<br /><br />Eve and I very briefly spoke to Bollinger and thanked him for having us over and talked about how we came from California and I told him how priviledged I felt to go to a school where events like this are very common for students to partake in. I can't even begin to describe the doors this Scholars program has opened for me not only on campus or in the city, but just in general. He turned a little pink and smiled and then I forget what we started talking about next because the only thing I was thinking was, "whoa, I am REALLY standing here, at this stupid party in this stupid house, ACTUALLY talking to Lee C. Bollinger. As in <i>Gratz v. Bollinger</i>. And <i>Grutter v. Bollinger</i>. As in the affirmative action University of Michigan cases that went to the Supreme Court not too long ago. I definitely think he sensed that I was a bit starstruck.<br /><br />Then, Eve and I were totally bright-eyed and cheery, and after mingling for a little while, decided it was time to head home and hit the books. But NOPE, not our time to leave quite yet. As we're talking and getting ready to walk downstairs, who else walks up to greet us but CHRIS COLUMBO!!!!! He walks up to us and says, "Well YOU girls sure are smiling!" and then we talked to him for another 5 minutes (he was definitely my favorite). <br /><br />It's just evenings like these where I realize that my life in college is probably infinitely more glamorous than it will ever be, EVER again. Haha, better enjoy it while it lasts :)<br /><br />PrezBo and Columbo are my new heroes :) :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:121238 2005-10-20T09:14:54Z 2005-10-20T09:14:54Z I've been in Butler Library for the past 7 hours. And I'll be here for the next 2.5 hours. Then 1.5 hours later I'll be taking my Art Hum midterm. Then, 3 hours later I'll be taking my Microeconomics midterm. Then 3 hours later I'll be on my way to Brian and Greg's apartment on the East Side to watch SURVIVOR!!!! 2-3 hours after that I'll be on my way back to campus where I will get ready, then go to a mixer with Fiji at Kasbah Rouge which is a new hukkah bar on 110th. The theme is "LAIDies and their Pimps"... so.... classy hoes? No drinking for me, though, because I'm on South Beach for the next week and a half until the TOSHI PARTY!!!! (www.toshiuniversity.com). That is going to be awesome.<br /><br />AJ was here a few weekends ago, and let me just say- we had an AWESOME time. We had some tequila, watched some Toy Story, saw some Broadway plays, feared for our lives in Times Square when 200+ NYPD squad cars were there due to the Subway terror alerts, made a filet mignon dinner, went to Nacho's with SDT, and "Gin Bucket" devirginized myself, my suite, and the boy's suite next door. Shout out to my boy AJ- I had a FANTASTIC weekend with you. Seriously, I can't stress enough how much you kids back home keep me sane when things get hectic here at Columbia. I have amazing friends here, but just know that I have such a special place in my heart for all of you that nobody will ever be able to replace. I love you, love you, LOVE you.<br /><br />What is this business I hear about Michaela being in the HOSPITAL?!?! Mi-chay-la, expect a phone call from me this weekend. <br /><br />My sister turned in her senior send-off form on tuesday. SO weird. Since when did I become a non-DHHS senior? Can we say, "whoa!?" <br /><br />In other news, Christine has a crush!! WHAT THE HECK?! Finally, a DECENT boy!! More details later, I don't want to jinx the "sitch," ya know. <br /><br />All in all, life is fabulous. I feel like I'm really starting to branch out at Columbia and also get into the swing of things academically. I'm actually enjoying my classes for the most part this semester (esecially CC, who would have thought?!) and the semester is FLYING. Pretty soon I'll be home for Thanksgiving in good old California (yaaay!)<br /><br />Oh, and I talked to Joey last night and my heart became infinitely more happy. I miss that boy.<br /><br />Back to midterms.... gotta keep my eye on the prize (Lauren and I are going jean shopping at Bloomingdales this weekend! WHOO HOO!) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:120883 2005-10-03T17:42:50Z 2005-10-03T17:42:50Z I just washed about 100 dishes.<br /><br />I realize that our mothers aren't around to clean up after us anymore, but why is it so hard to wash our own cereal bowls? When I was at home, I felt guilty for making my MOM wash my dishes, how can people be so fine with their FRIENDS cleaning up after them?<br /><br />blahhhhh ruuuuuuuuuuuude.<br /><br />My rant for the week... I miss you all!! AJ, I can't wait for you to get here this weekend so we can eat OUT and not have to deal with dishes :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:120795 2005-09-30T09:34:33Z 2005-09-30T09:34:33Z ummm..... so....<br /><br />In the past 72 hours, I joined the Columbia branch of SIFE, I got a job at a restaurant on 85th and Broadway called Time Cafe, I joined a sorority, and I am going on my second night in a row without sleep. <br /><br />What am I getting myself into?<br /><br />The only thing getting me through this paper on Plato's "Republic" is knowing that in less than a week, AJ will be here :)<br /><br />It's a crazy world :-P urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:120515 2005-09-18T18:24:33Z 2005-09-18T18:24:33Z Went to Dos Caminos again last night and had a <i>lovely</i> time. I had a Cosmo del Diablo again. In fact, I had three :)<br /><br />I am finished with the weekends of alcoholism. Done. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:120215 2005-09-16T16:44:18Z 2005-09-16T16:44:18Z Alyssa was here last weekend, which was AMAZING! We had a really great time, as usual. We had the yummiest dinners. Very expensive dinners, but way yummy. The first night we hung out I met her and Lia at Lia's ADORABLE apartment and then we went to Dos Caminos which is an upscale Mexican restaurant that's really trendy and suprisingly delicious! That night, I had the best margarita of my LIFE. I'm going back tomorrow night with Frenchie Eve and Caroline. That night I was SUPPOSED to go back to my room and get ahead on some reading so that when Alyssa was staying over I wouldn't be screwed, but I got a phone call from Julia during the cab ride home and I met her and Kristin at Kristin's place for some mixers :) So not only was I buzzed from the margaritas I had on a pretty much empty stomach (before dinner, anyway) but then I had a few glasses of some AMAZING concoction Kristin made. After hanging out for a while I was on my way back home to Ruggles when Caroline called! I then preceded to Casbah, which is a huka bar, where the bouncer kindly let me in after telling me that I should get my ID re-touched. So I hung out with some awesome girls and had a vodka cranberry. At this point, I couldn't taste the vodka AT ALL! I had to ask Caroline to taste it to see if there was really vodka in it or if the bartender just served me watered-down cranberry juice (SERIOUSLY what it tasted like). Sure enough, it contained vodka. So I finish this drink, then a really nice man named Jedi buys me another! After talking to him for a little bit (he was a physician...oooh!) I motioned Caroline over (I was getting bored) and then we both had a lot of fun talking to Jedi about New York City and his friends. Anyway, then I left and everyone else was going to Mona for MORE cocktails. I definitely knew I had reached my limit and mosied back on over to "Struggles," where I am living this year. Obviously, I was in no condition to do any CC reading that night.<br /> The next morning (Sunday morning) I had two yummy jello shooters and an oreo for breakfast. I know. I did some reading on the steps of Low Library, and then later in the afternoon Alyssa and I entered the lotter for Avenue Q (broadway play), lost, and decided to treat ourselves to an amazing dinner. Where else would we go but...... TAO!!!!!!! We made a 9:45 reservation, got there, sat in the bar and were seated at 10:30. I had a delicious glass of Pinot Grigio and Alyssa had a drink called Blue Zen which was really good and beautiful, but kinda sweet. We had the best asian food ever (I had Kung Pao Chicken and Alyssa had Tao Roasted Chicken) and then had THE GIANT FORTUNE COOKIE for dessert!! For those of you who don't know the deliciousness that is the giant fortune cookie.... just imagine a giant, SOFT, warm fortune cookie filled on one side with white chocolate mousse and on the other with chocolate mousse. And a buttload of fruit served around it. Yum. Anyway so then we got back and I basically crashed and had class the next morning at 10:30.<br /> The rest of my time with Alyssa was really nice! We got pedicures and had dinner at Lia's apartment the last night. We made filet mignon with red wine sauce, mashed potatoes and carmelized carrots. Basically, cooking with the Larson's is always amazing, which I'm sure you guys all know by now.<br /> LAST NIGHT was Brian's SURVIVOR debut!! I went to Brian and Greg's new apartment on the Upper East Side (way nice) to watch. Frenchie Nar and I got there a bit early to chat and noticed that their fridge was empty. So Nar saved us a seat on Greg's bed and Frenchie and I walked to the grocery store half a block down and bought them a plant, some milk, a measuring cup, a brita water filter, a broom, some napkins, paper towels, etc. We also got brian all of his favorite foods he listed on the survivor website (baby carrots, raspberries, pineapple orange juice, dorritos, oatmeal raisin cookies, etc). Anyway then we got back and watched Survivor which was SOOOO good! It was just so cool to sit in a room FILLED with people that love Brian so much. He was so nervous and excited and ADORABLE. He also filled us in with extra info that they edited out of the show. It was a great time. And Brian's a babe.<br /><br />When we got back to campus, Andrew and I went to our friend Kristin's birthday bash at Symposium which is a greek restaurant about a block away from where I live. Between the two of us we had an entire pitcher of Sangria. I had yummy olives and Andrew had a greek salad. Then I wasn't going to go out (didn't realize how much I had had to drink til I got up) so I went back to my room. Once I was up there, I was about to go to bed when I realized, "I'm not tired!" So I ran across the street to Nacho's where everyone and THEIR MOM was. I saw WESTON for like the second time this year and had a lovely little reunion with some more Carman 11ers. I really liked being there and seeing so many familiar friendly faces. It was so different from being there freshman year where the only things you're really thinking about are "are they going to take my ID" and "This is so awkward, I know like three people here." Last night I felt smothered with friends :) But anyway I was sensing some awkward drama in the air so I left, finally. Then I came back and talked to a few of the boys next door while they were chugging their 2 dollar malt liquor (Even Chris...haha!) and then came back to the suite and chilled/talked to Eve and Frenchie (and later Chris too!) Overall it was a great time. Until I woke up this morning and Andrew called me and we realized that we both missed our date with Kristin to visit John D. Rosenberg (awesome lit hum professor) during his office hours and set up a lunch date. Then I got like 5 million phone calls and finally decided to get out of bed... around noon.<br /><br />blahhhh.<br /><br />Anyway, that's my life so far. I sort of wrote this entry still a bit tipsy from last night and finished it in about 30 minutes so please excuse any grammatical errors or random ramblings that just don't make any sense. I miss you guys, and our beautiful CA weather too :(<br /><br />New York is hot and muggy and gross. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:119968 2005-09-15T14:12:35Z 2005-09-15T14:12:35Z What I will be doing tonight:<br /><br />*******************<br />Ok, so I realize this email is coming very late and my brain is <br />basically off, so forgive its shittiness.<br /><br />As many of you know by now, Brian and I finally found an apartment to <br />live in! Also, Brian’s on this season of “Survivor.”<br /><br />The apartment is XXXXXXX and it’s a lovely 16^th floor unit with <br />a balcony. We will be holding a housewarming party tomorrow. Survivor <br />(with Brian) will be on in the background as it is the only <br />entertainment we are currently able to provide, given our limited <br />repertoire of … well, anything entertaining.<br /><br />No, but on a very, very, serious note (very), Brian finally achieved his <br />dream of actually competing on SURVIVOR, so swing by (earlier is better <br />– say 630-7ish, as he has made it clear that any talking during the show <br />(which airs at 8) will not be taken kindly to. So it should be a good <br />social event…).<br /><br />If he’s voted off first, reinforcements to keep him from jumping would <br />be appreciated.<br /><br />If necessary, the OC can also be seen, immediately following Survivor. Ugh.<br /><br />See you Thursday!<br /><br />--Greg<br /><br />PS- Bring food.<br /><br />PPS- Carman 11, I was too lazy to put all of your damn email addresses <br />into this email, so mention this to people if you see them around.<br /><br />If you get lost or are unsure what to do at any point, call my cell: <br />XXXXXXX, and remember, I love you.<br />**************************************<br /><br />SO EXCITED!! Everybody watch tonight :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:119639 2005-08-30T18:46:48Z 2005-08-30T18:49:33Z I just wanted to update to let all of my peeps back home (and those already at school) know that I am here safe, almost completely moved in, and having a great time.<br /><br />For the first time since I have been a student at Columbia, I feel a strong sense of school pride. I knew that I was excited to come back and see my friends, but I guess I didn't realize until yesterday just what an incredible thing it is to be a part of the Columbia community. At Convocation, Bollinger talked about how each incoming class becomes a part of the Columbia tradition. And it just HIT me that graduates of my school have been doing amazing things dating back to when they even took part in the writing of the US Constituion. Not that I have intentions of doing anything equally as amazing on that scale, but it just opened my eyes to the endless resources that are provided here not only by the school, but by my peers and New York City as well. And I think that is something that none of us really realize. We all go to such great schools and whether they be private or public, religious or secular, they all have the potential to provide us with priceless resources and experiences that we could never imagine. Overall, I guess College is a pretty cool place to be :) Then there is the fact that Dean Quigley's British accent "makes my heart smile," as Caroline would put it.<br /><br />Coming back to school for the second year and seeing everybody is also exciting. Most people aren't moved in yet because move-in officially starts September 1st, but even seeing people you only sort of knew but weren't really close to last year is refreshing. There have been quite a few people I have bumped into and talked to/hung out with that I just realized have the potential to be really great friends. I think that has been the most refreshing and heart-warming feeling so far. Not only do I know I have a great core group of close friends here, but I am also making more close friends that live all over campus, not just my floor. It's starting to feel like high school again, where you become really close to your class and even if you're not "friends" with all of them, you at least are acquainted with them. It's comforting for Columbia to finally feel like a community more than just a University. <br /><br />That and there appear to be ten times as many babes here this year than last. And everyone's not even moved IN yet. :)<br /><br />I think you will all know what I'm talking about when you go back to school this fall. Just know that whatever sense of comfort you began to feel towards the end of the year last year will be multiplied by a thousand and right there waiting for you at your school when you get back.<br /><br />I miss you all SO much,<br /><br />Christy :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:119494 2005-08-22T08:57:00Z 2005-08-22T08:57:00Z For some reason, packing is much more stressful this year than it was last year. I seriously have a shopping problem... I just accumulate so much crap in such a short amount of time, it's NUTS.<br /><br />Clothing, bath towels, bedding, shoes, DVDs, picture frames, toiletries, school supplies, books, yearbook, computer crap, camera crap.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.<br /><br />I give up, it's time to sleep. :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:christy1444:119158 2005-08-21T08:09:17Z 2005-08-21T08:09:17Z :) &lt;----- my day today<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I had coffee with Evs this morning. I can never say enough how fortunate I am to have the people that I have in my life.