review of a week in the mountains

Friends,

Zoe is awesome.

Monday - we painted a little - mostly enjoyed one another's company, and I played guitar for the first time EVER! (wanted to buy one immediately, but I've gotta save the learning on that for some other time, I think).

Tuesday - painted for four hours in the woods (First time painting outside). Picked mulberries during a rainstorm and climbed on a precarious bridge in order to do so. Went to church and then went contra dancing. Then watched Bella, which is a great movie and is directed by a Christian.

Wednesday - Painted with Zoe's friend Cindy in her house on top of a mountain, made key lime pie, and performed at open mic. They gave us free steak dinner - how cool is that?

Will have art pictures to share soon!

Hope everyone's enjoying their summer. Going swimming in the rock quarry tomorrow!

Need an Outlet

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO BUDAPEST!

God's provision will be made known.

I told Jeff Bullock today that I had a prophecy that said "I'm going to whistle and call you to another nation" - told him I had no idea what the whistling was about, and what did he do?

He whistled . . . for a long time.

When they prayed for me, they prayed, "Thank You, Lord for sending us cool people."

I know my Hungarian numbers up to 20.

I also know just enough to be dangerous in photoshop right now. . . .

Ah, what a wonderful summer of dreams!

A Snippet of Open Mic

I read a series of lists, and since I'm procrastinating a little bit on my project right now, I thought I'd post:

Top Ten Ways to Scare a Friend:

10. Change your identity.

9. Change your friend's identity.

8. Become a zombie.

7. Once you're a zombie, bite your friend so that he or she becomes a zombie.

6. Show your friend "Salad Fingers" on youtube.

5. Stage a car accident and "die."

4. Eat an entire bag of Doritos in under five minutes and then throw it up.

3. Have a party and invite all three versions of yourself.

2. Tell logical knock knock jokes. Knock, knock. Who's There? Duh, Me.

1. Eat a llama while it's still alive--start with its toes.

post from the pro

My MacBook Pro waves hello to everyone. I'm not kidding - this thing is crazy.

Whew! I've been busy taking classes at Duke. I biked to class this morning, biked back around lunch, took a 2-hour nap, ran errands (I love going to the Post Office, this time to mail a package to my friend in El Salvador to help eliminate her parasites), ran (really!) to my dance class, danced for an hour, ran home, ate crab croquettes with my housemate, and went to writer's group. I've been on the internet for 2 hours, but I'm really about to leave so I can type my lists for open mic night. 

8 p.m. Wednesday Broad St. Cafe - don't miss it!

I'm on a picture posting hiatus briefly. My camera cord is at school, so that means I'll have to go back to school to get it sometime next week, I think.

end of a school year

9 days left!

I took an hour-and-a-half nap when I got home yesterday afternoon. I attribute most of this to a spider bite on my ankle (why else would I be so tired?).

I've seen a lot of movies recently: Indiana Jones, Wattstax, and Son of Rambow were all very good. Wattstax is about an African-American cultural revival in 1965 in Watts, near L.A. I *highly* recommend this film: Richard Pryor narrates and is hilarious. The Nasher Museum of Art on Duke's Campus is showing several free films on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. Go see one!

I'm working on art and Hungarian :). Good times.
Vizontlatasra! (yeah, that's missing some accents and probably spelled incorrectly. . . ).

Stay tuned. I'm going to a quinceanera this Friday and camping out in my backyard in a few weeks. I'm sure I'll have lots of interesting stories to tell.

wake county propaganda

Teachers, think you're going to enjoy your summer? Think again. This message is the *first* message on the wake county website that I see everyday:

Summer Is a Great Time to Have Fun Outside
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Exposure to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays appear to be the most important enviromental factor involved with developing skin cancer. During the summer months, UV radiation tends to be greater. For additional information, view the Staff Wellness website.

Film Festival tonight at school! after days of selling tickets, coordinating people, and running up and down three flights of stairs to talk to people, drop off films, etc. I'm very excited ;).

whew! busy

freerice.com is the most addictive english-teacher website I've ever seen. learned some new words today ;).