January 2011
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Resolved Part 2
Have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve! Can’t wait until next year, when I will attempt to party it up (classy?). I also absolutely can wait until next year, because New Year’s always makes me sad. Time flows way too quickly.
New Year’s Resolutions
-Renewed: keep trying new things (be adventurous!) -No regrets! Spend time doing and not planning -Conquer a few fears,...
December 2010
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Foods of 2010
As per Maya’s request, a list of new foods&drinks from 2010 as well…as categorized by geographic location, since I usually eat normal foods at home.
England: Steak & kidney pie, belgian frites, mars bar, 99 flake ice cream, anything with blackcurrant in it, cornish pasties, bangers & mash, chicken tikka subway sub…Magners & pear hard cider, strawberry &...
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2010: The Year of New Things
I cannot believe the year is at its end. What a year it has been! I guess…I will wrap up the year with a list of new things I have done this year:
-Stayed in a double hotel room with 6 other people -FINALLY watched Lang Lang play at Carnegie Hall (but am disappointed that the piece I bought on iTunes was not to my liking) -Road trip with good friends! See below! -Went to Toronto (& had...
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More seductive than any of this, however, are the streets and byways of Pest,...
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Excerpted from “Baths, Beauties, Budapest!,” January 2011
(via condenasttraveler)
When will I get to go to lovely Budapest?? I’ve lost hope since I was forbidden to go in 2008.
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Christmas Eve!
Finished For Whom the Bell Tolls last night, suck it Goodreads. No more shameful emails reminding me that it has been 4 months since I started the book.
Went to the Flushing YMCA today, but for less than an hour because I couldn’t wake up this morning, and we had planned to watch a movie (sadly spent about the same time looking for the cardio room as I used the elliptical machines, which...
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Almost done packing!
Spent hours accompanied by Community cleaning my room and organizing my things. Terrified that I will forget something here that I need. Also afraid that I will not read all of the books that I decided to bring back home. So many things to do tomorrow before I go! Am super excited about Friday’s Christmas-filled agenda… :)
Updated to do list:
-Convince mom to get a Christmas...
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Lists
Finally this semester is over…Much to do before home on Thursday, and since I have no real plans for break, I hope to get some good R&R in before the flurry of next semester.
To-do!
Before leaving Ithaca: -Brunch with Ed tomorrow! I am extremely happy that he is staying one more year, so I can finally hang out with him. -Bake up a storm - Maya left a lot of apples, so I am going to...
Presidential Quote of the Day: 12.4.10
deadpresidents:
“No President who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.” — James K. Polk (1795-1849), 11th President of the United States (1845-1849)
Truth.
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