Wow- it's December already?

Things I've done since I last wrote:

~ finished the NYC Marathon on November 6th

~ been with Jason for 29 months =)

~ taken too many college exams

~ became treasurer of the Spanish club (Aficionados de Espanol) at Cornell

~ been to some frat parties with friends (no, I didn't do anything dumb/crazy)

~ gotten addicted to Facebook and unofficially abandoned Xanga

hmmm I think that's it.

To victims of Hurricane Katrina: I offer my prayers.

I hope any Tulane-bound Stuy alum are doing okay.

Reading all this terrible news every day reminds me a lot of what we went through on 9/11 our 3rd day of freshman year...it's hard to stop thinking about it.

leaving for Cornell at 5:40 AM on a Greyhound bus today.

4 days of backpacking in the woods near the Finger Lakes

6 days of Orientation

classes start on the 25th, I think.

I can't wait to meet my roommate and move into my townhouse =) I'll miss you guys!

Happy 18th birthday to me =)

(it was on July 31, same bday as Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling)

Thank you guys so much for the bday IM messages, Facebook posts, Facebook messages, cards, and for the 2 random Cornell freshmen who messaged me just to say Happy Bday lol. I don't know them, but the Cornell Class of 2009 website has a birthday box on the homepage listing that day's birthdays and my name was on top of the list lol.

Thanks to Kseniya, Stasy and Susan keeping me company on Sunday, helping me buy my first scratch-off lotto ticket thingy (even though I didn't win anything), eating Thai food with me, laughing at my pyrophobia, helping me taste-test my tub of marshmallow creme, and eating my birthday ice cream cake before it melted =)

Many thanks to Jason and his mom, who took me to a  Zagat top-rated French restaurant named JoJo on Saturday. The food was outstanding...I had the Peekytoe Crabmeat dish (that's its real name, I kid you not) with crackers, Chicken with chopped olives, and 3 flavors of sorbet. It was all delicious. Jason also gave me a superb birthday present: a jar of 999 origami cranes that he folded (when I want to make a wish, I fold the 1000th crane and drop it into the jar) and the Incredibles on DVD.

You guys rock my world. I'll post pictures soon.

Yay I become legal (and can open a fricking checking account) in less than a week!

~What I've been up to these past two weeks: Nike Run Hit Wonder, NY Philharmonic in Central Park, working at NY Road Runners, Portofino's free birthday entree, Jamba Juice multiple times, running into random Stuy people, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (five stars out of five), Harry Potter Midnight Magic Party with Suzanne, reading Harry Potter in 3 days (4.5 stars out of 5)...I want the 7th one to come out already!! Wow we're gonna be 20 when it comes out...but I'll still love it.

me after donating 13 inches of my hair to Locks of Love: <br>