Brooklyn

Here's how my week has been going:

Monday night - worked on my philosophy term paper until like what, 8 am in the morning? I slept from 8-11 am, then ran to the bus to get to my 12:45 class (philosophy).

I missed the bus so I had to walk a few blocks to take another route. No, I didn't get to eat breakfast. Yes, it was an intense morning.

It was an intense paper. I'm scared because I wrote on something the professor published, and I argued that his account is incomplete. Definitely crossing my finger on that one. I'm proud of it to the level that it's something I'd research more on and revise if it matters, really. It's 3997-word (lol I was 3 words under the maximum word limit, not including references and footnotes) analysis of how the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA transformed biology. I wish I could have written more, actually. Condensing the history of genetics (and more) into 15 pages was like stuffing a hundred textbooks in a backpack... or something.

Anyway, I couldn't take a nap right after because I had volunteering at Sheridan (for Y-Scholars). It was so fun. Laura, Caitlin, and I stopped at the gas station across the street from the school to grab hot chocolate and coffee because it was so cold outside--it was a wonderful kind of cold though (or at least I thought it was). The kids were allowed to play in the gym, so it was a relaxing day. I like how one girl got all middle-school-y on us volunteers. She was like, "I know you like Shane. I know you like Mike. I saw you looking at John a lot." (These were the people that were either volunteers or staff there--lol, I was like "Who's John?") That girl was going to yell out "_____ likes _____" but it was super loud in the gym anyway so no one would have really heard.

Oh yeah, and Laura and I "almost died." Haha, not really. They were just having an indoor soccer game there and we were sitting on the sideline, and the ball came right around where we were so often.

It was fun. I'll miss the kids, though I'll be there next semester! Can't wait :)

Then later that evening there was the Christmas at the Y. It was our last seminar of the semester. Darn, this semester has gone by too fast. I can't believe it's over. No, really, I don't want it to end at all. *sigh*

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Winter is beautiful. This morning seemed like a Starbucks morning, so I went and get a pumpkin spice latte. Later on in the afternoon I felt like it was still time to sit in a coffee shop and watch the pretty white grounds outside, so I decided to take the bus downtown to the public library around Nicollet Mall, since one bus there comes straight to the front of my house anyway. I had a LARGE chai latte. Awesome. I should hang out and study there more often.

As for the post title, it's from Wakey! Wakey!'s song "Brooklyn." I heard it on this week's One Tree Hill. It's an amazing song :)

Click: http://www.lala.com/#song/937030210442818802 (War Sweater will play, so you have to click on Brooklyn below... other songs are awesome too though)