november 2002 25 november 2002 i painted my room yesterday. it's a bright yellowish green called Wales Green. it's very exciting. i also painted my dresser turquoise blue, so now when you walk into my room it somewhat resembles a box of crayons. i needed to do it, my room is this small little thing that looks out into the dreary courtyard -- which isn't exactly a "courtyard" but rather a concrete area where all the trash cans are. lovely. so anyway, my room is very bright and cheerful now, yay! makes a stellargirl happy. it's thanksgiving on thursday and my mom has reduced her big turkey dreams to roast chicken. i won't be eating either! i had eggs for breakfast today and i am starting to feel like i need to stop eating them. i am vegetarian, lacto-ovo, i guess you could say. but i am starting to feel a little weird about eggs. i mean, they aren't exactly vegetarian. i guess it depends on my mood, because there are some days where i think that i do need to start eating more protein like fish or chicken, but i just can't bring myself to do it. so for now, it's beans all the way baby. i am so excited for this weekend actually because i am going to see some really old friends. expect to see lots of new photos! 19 november 2002 there are some more new pictures in the photos section from when my friend carolyn from philly came to visit recently. a lot of people from my past have been contacting me lately. i don't mean like one random person. i mean like people from high school who i haven't talked to for years and years. i have run into people i haven't seen for ages, gotten emails from old friends, and i just got a huge contact list for all of my friends from crete. i feel so connected. when i keep updating this, it's nice to know that other people start sending in a lot of stuff, too. i just got a new music review for Brendan Benson's Lapalco. Click here to read it. is anyone sick of hearing christmas music yet? it's not even thanksgiving yet. are people going home for thanksgiving this year? any special or unusual plans? my mom said she found this seitan pastry thanksgiving-ey thing that she thought would be good for me. well, i'm the only vegetarian and most people are afraid of seitan. and i just went to cooking school, so i guess i should just umm, MAKE something. not that that means i have actually been cooking anything. i roasted some vegetables the other night in my new casserole pan that i got for my birthday. they were delicious! but that's really it. as ever, trying to find some BALANCE in my life. know what i'm sayin'? 17 november 2002 i dug up some old black and white photos in my computer and posted them on the photo page. what funny times they were from. some are from rome, others are from that weird potato phase that i went through, and others are just from hanging around and going to parties when i was in college. it reminds me of a time when all of my best friends lived in one city. i haven't experienced that for quite some time. now they are all scattered around the country as well as the globe. many of us connected while we were studying abroad and came back to the same state but now we all have to fly to see one another. i guess that just means that we are growing up. nonetheless, some of you might enjoy this little trip down memory lane, click here to view (and scroll to the bottom) in other news, i am feeling a bit like my family is annoyed with me. it's been a crazy month and i just keep on saying that to make myself feel better i guess. for those of you that are reading, and happen to be blood related, sorry. they'll probably just tell me i get too personal on here anyway. the weekend is almost over, and i think i am going to cap it off with some homemade soup and the making of refrigerator magnets. my, what an exciting life i do lead. love to the UK. 15 november 2002 so last night i had this dream about my mom. she had decided to start lifting weights and exercising, and she cut her hair really short and dyed it platinum blonde. she was totally buff and her attitude was completely positive. sounds pretty scary, i suppose. but when i woke up i was so happy for her. i was proud of her strength and dedication. i took it as a sign because i have been feeling this general frustration about what i am doing with my life and here was this very important person in my life taking charge of her life. it made me think. i finally took the time to write in my journal the other night. i have been avoiding it in recent weeks, months. i see it in my room and just ignore it. but every now and again, it's time to open it up and pour my heart out inside. and then i wonder why i let so much time pass. 06 november 2002 well election day was a little depressing what with republicans basically taking over the government. what's going on in this world today? it's so frustrating. i guess we can expect a full on iraq attack now, which is a terrible idea. i am also a little freaked out about shooting a missile at those al qaeda peeps from an unmanned spy plane thing. i was watching something about it on cnn yesterday and they were saying how they really want to continue and develop that technology. so we are going to start wars with people, send robotos to kill people, and not realize the disasters that are going to happen as a result of that. i wonder how many other nations are developing this kind of technology. i just don't get it. in other news, i am awaiting the verdict in the winona trial, yay news! 03 november 2002 welcome november! congratulations to my brother-in-law Chris for running in the NYC marathon today! great job! my sister and i tracked him at 4 different locations around the city. it was a lot more fun than i expected. first we caught him on 4th avenue in brooklyn, then coming off of the 59th street bridge in manhattan, and at the 25 mile mark in central park, and finally after the finish line around 82nd and columbus under the letter G. it was my first time as a marathon spectator. i suppose it won't be the last if he keeps this up. he already ran the boston marathon once, maybe we will see him in nyc again next year. it was amazing to watch all of the different kinds of participants: young, old, man, woman, physically disabled, fast, slow. and you wanted to cheer for each and every one. oh, and if your name was written on your shirt, forget about it!! definitely a good technique to boost morale. ok, this is gross, but there is a mouse in my house. any suggestions for immediate eviction will be greatly appreciated. guess who's not helping pay the rent? 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