I watched the election over in Edmonds hall with some friends from last years honors seminar. My friend Paul popped some popcorn (in a pot, on a stove, with oil) and it was very yummy. Boston College was pretty overwhelmingly democratic. Or maybe the democrats were loud. I'm not sure. But I was expecting more Romney-ers here. Also, Donald Trump is hilarious on Twitter. And by hilarious, I mean it's hilarious that what I read is actually what he thinks: "This election is a total sham and a travesty. We are not a democracy!". He's right about the second part. We're a federal republic!
Daylight savings time is always so awesome. Just so awesome.
Unrelated to daylight savings time but related to daylight was the all-nighter I pulled on that Thursday to finish a Spanish paper. I always think those are much faster to write. But that's not correcto, I learn time after time. I did write the essay well, though. Hopefully that is returned tomorrow.
So I've been trying my best to use the services that Boston College provides, because they cost a good bit to have for only four years. There's this thing called "Sophomore Quest" run by the career center which was basically a bunch of programs to make you think about your career and then to help you get a move-on with what you might want to do. Also, if you go to these programs, you might win an iPad or some cash or something in a raffle. Surprising that not more people did it, but better odds for me! And so anywhos right now there is an overload of things I am looking to do. One of the programs was about Advanced Study Grants. These are summer grants for independent study on topics/research of the students design and fancy. Which looks awesome. I want to do something with the stars and physics in an observatory or something. But that deadline is early next semester. I also had an outstanding conversation with two of my soccer friends, Both and Ethan, about their time abroad during their junior year. Both went to Barcelona and Buenos Aires; Ethan went to Valencia. The stories and amazing experiences they had have convinced me wholeheartedly to try to go abroad for a full year. Ideally, I would be at Pompeu Fabra University all next year (my economics advisor holds it #2 behind LSE in Europe for economics). So I would fine tune my Spanish and take some Economics classes over there. I am meeting with the Study Abroad Advisor right after Thanksgiving break, and I am very very very excited to make this work. Finally, I would like to get some sort of internship at a small start-up business this summer and see how that sort of business works. I like the idea of starting your own business. Actually, finally, my friends JM and Alex both have a place to crash in Sao Paulo during the world cup in summer 2014. So that would be the icing on the cake if I can make some dough to buy a ticket to Brazil. It's a lot to plan and sort out, but it's exciting and worth it.
Spotify is a great invention. I've been using the free trial, and it's great. Basically, I can see what songs my Facebook friends listen to, subscribe to playlists they make, and send them songs to listen to, all for free (with commericals) or for $7 a month (no commericals + iPhone app). I'm on the month of free trial stuff and it's great. I'm really into folky-chill stuff right now.
And at last, I cannot wait for Thanksgiving. However, after getting back a physics test that I did well on and then realizing I have minimal work for Monday and Tuesday class, I'm enjoying these last few days before break immensely. Last night, I went with Angela, Alex, Christine, and Pat to "El Habibi", a hookah lounge (wow that sure was interesting!). Blowing smoke rings and chilling on couches is fun, but light-headedness and nausea are not. I'd only go once a year maximum, and only if invited. Today we had a quarterfinal game for intramural playoffs... we lost (3-0 down at half, lost 3-2 after so much pressure! Angry we didn't pull off the comeback). Tomorrow all the roommates are going out to dinner at Fire and Ice (delicious Mongolian stir-fry cooked-in-front-of-you restaurant). And Tuesday I am watching all of season three of Lost before flying Wednesday morning with JM to Baltimore!
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