It's been so long, but it has felt so short. This semester has definitely trumped the last. I actually have some friends, and after you have a few, its easier to get more. I have some friends in ALL my classes. it's great.

My classes are as follows:

• biomedical ethics - really interesting philosophy stuff, we're starting to get into abortion!
  
• writing 1 - this is the one class that's required of all wash u students. i'm in it with phoebe which makes it soooo much more fun. also my class is full of tons of super friendly people so discussions are enjoyable. we're starting on a study of a "cultural text" which can pretty much be anything (favorite movie, book analysis, technology, anything!) anyways... phoebe's is on dr. horrible and mine is on the project for awesome on youtube. it's great to research something that we're actually interested in. also, we write our stuff together in the computer lab and usually just stay up to 3 in the morning laughing about and critiquing each others work :]
  
• cultural anthro - awesome cause the teacher is hilarious. he is mr. adams ish.
• 2d design - super demanding time wise, but the projects are stretching me!
  
• drawing - super not demanding, but enjoyable. i'm in it with taylor sarah hiding in my art supplies

I like all of my classes. so for the most part i don't mind doing any of the work! it's a great feeling to enjoy what you're doing. i feel like making more lists.  here's another bullet list of fun things i've been up to:

• finger painting with roommates
• our room got a netflix account ... so far we've watched ten things i hate about you, mary kate and ashley our lips are sealed, she's the man.
• my bible study group are some of my favorite people. it's on thursday nights. my leaders have started coming an hour before and letting me buy them dinner at ursas with my extra 250 meal points
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• learning guitar
• trips to noodles and co and ihop
• hiking
•  snow!!
• midnight trips to get brownie sundaes
• filling hundreds of water balloons for a big fight in april that everyone in the dorms gets involved in! i'm on the team of fillers that has won (filled the most) for the past 3 years. we've already done 2500 balloons!!!! if we win (like losing is even an option) we get to start the fight. 
• getting more than 7 hours of sleep every night!
• watching olympics with my church group
• enjoying all the videos on this site 

On a different note, I really don't feel like my old self in ways. i'm not involved in many things at all :( i want to be... but i think i'm scared? all the future roomies do tons of stuff. sarah is a chi omega, uncle joe (peer counseling), rphe (student staff), cycling club, lead of a play. phoebe is involved in directing skits, a chi omega, another lead in a play, bible study, applied to be an orientation leader, college council. munira is on the exec board of ashoka, is a delta gamma, works part time, applied to be an orientation leader. i am in a bible study, and i'm a student. :( a lot of my confidence in high school came from the things i got involved in. i kinda just feel like a smily immobile blob. :( also, i don't really think id be friends with munira if i wasn't her roommate. she always talks about herself. and i'm fine with being the "quietest" of the bunch of girls, but its hard to handle being viewed as "the boring one" of the group. i feel like i'm less interesting as a person.

overall, i actually enjoy the school weeks a lot more than weekends. i love going to dinner with my friends and hanging in the common room to draw or write papers. i love my classes (especially the art ones). 

GOOD NEWS: sarah found out she is an rphe this morning. this is a position as residential peer health educator... basically she's gonna talk to the frosh next year about sex and alcohol stuff. because she's student staff- we get to pick where we want to live next year! we might get this awesome suite in liggett (adjoins to koenig which i'm in now) that has all these huge windows and a massive common room! they're super popular, but student staff gets first pick!

also... we're getting a stir fry, a mongolian grill, a pizza place, taco bell, a new veggie place allllll new on campus next year. WE HAVE THE BEST FOOD at like ANY college! i had a gyro for lunch. 

I just talked soooo much about me. Sisters. i miss you all so much. Mary, I hear you are in Brentwood this weekend. Enjoy your week at the beach! Rachel, I'm so glad you had family come visit you in DC. I just stalked your recent photos. Becky, i'm excessively happy about seeing you in a week. i wish i could just hang out with you all for the rest of my life. you are my main source of happiness :]

lindsey kanodle