So ... I took up someone's suggestion to redecorate this weekend. It really was a fun distraction. (My flatmates had been getting on to me to decorate the living room for a while now.)
It being the weekend before classes begin, and Mike being away, I set about the task as an obsessed mad woman creating art on canvases, digging through the closet for things that I had stored away (items not used in the interior design of my own room [very cool browns and blues with framed maps of various sizes arranged on the wall complete with mountains of books] ... as you can see at one point I went through a very girly stage [i decided to keep the fairy figurines hidden away]), and arranging furniture.
Then I stepped back, hands on hips, and appreciated my work. Very liveable now, I think. Now we can invite girlfriends over without the feeling the shame of our bare apartment. Guys may not feel at home ... but hey, who wants guys to come over?
Another helpful distraction was hanging out at my friends' house. Cassey, Jenn, and I have to stick together in a house full of visiting single guys from the Sem ... too much testosterone!
Cassey and I entertained ourselves by spitting watermelon seeds up and behind us (dodging the ones that came straight back down) while waiting for the guys to set up the TV for our classic movie night on the deck outside. Did anyone else get the impression that watching West Side Story was like watching gangs of Metros?
"Duck! It's a dance-by!"
9 comments:
How, uh, special. Thanks for, uh, sharing. Enjoy classes tomorrow!
gangs of metros ... never thought of it quite like that before, but somehow, it makes sense ...
In that photo, you and your friends look similar... do people comment on that or is it just that photo?
Hey, Jiri, is that your wife's sister?
Cassey and I have been asked if we're related. We look a bit alike and maybe act alike, as well. She's a tall chick ... about 5'10".
Jenn? maybe when she contorts her beautiful face she looks like Cassey and me ... but only then.
LOL! Christine...GOOD POST! Fun times... I can't wait to do more of this all throughout the year.
You make life fun! MUAH!!!
Hey Stoine,
Is your laptop fixed? Then we can talk on skype yay!
Shy
Jenn, girl! you missed out on the Cardio-Salsa this morning! Cassey and I even got my flatmate Jill in on it. talk about humiliating ... but no! i shall conquer!!!
Nix - I knew you were a kindred spirit.
Shy - TOMORROW! Hilton, with the sexy british accent, says i get my sweet little iBook back tomorrow ... at a fraction of the cost. it pays to have a good story like ... "but this is my only means of communication with my boyfriend in Australia!"
jose - dude, watch your back PR! you don't want some "pollock" fallin' for your sis and doin' you in.
What do your canvases say?
You might blush, Lorie.
Nah, you should come over sometime!
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