hazaah, I have returned to blog about all that has been going on!
just as an aside before I even start...it's supposed to snow here tomorrow, and that is not regular for NY in October. I'm pretty sure I am cursed.
School: I finally broke my prof and she gave me an A! hazaah. I knew it was only a matter of time before my Canadian charm became more than she could bear. It was on the piece that I hated writing the most too, but that's usually how it goes. Next on the docket is a nyc marathon story for which I had to find a winnipegger running to profile. I managed to find a former winnipegger who now lives in vancouver, but he is running for Ed Norton's team and gets to meet him! Also, this dude i am interviewing is some crazy business man who is flying up to toronto to receive some award the day before the marathon! Aka he will have no time to actually talk to me in person, but at least he is interesting and I can get a story. I have to pitch it to my local paper, so the free press or metro, so it may be in there in a couple of weeks if they like the idea. I will keep you posted.
Our guest lecturer last week was the one and only Sarah Jessica Parker! She came in to talk about her experience with the media, especially during interviews. Now, I'm not even the biggest fan of hers, but I was really impressed with her knowledge of the journalistic field, how articulate she was, and how informative she was. I thought this would just be an excuse to have a celeb in class, but she actually gave us some useful info. She was extremely personable and humble, and it was an altogether great experience. And she smelled really good. (I was right next to her, so that's not as creepy as it sounds)
Not School: I joined a book club and we had our first meeting last week. I learned that only 20 minutes out of 3 hours will ever be spent talking about the book so I shouldn't worry if I don't have time to finish. I figure it's a good way to get out and meet new people who are lame and like to read books and watch movies like me, cause I can't deal with the peeps in my class who just go out and get drunk all the time. I mean I'm the youngest one there, shouldn't that be me and not the 30 year olds? I'm just bitter I guess. And I think it's dumb. And I think it's a waste of money. It's one think in Koper when beer is like 80 cents, but here where it's 8 bucks a bottle...NO THANKS.
Emily came last weekend with her sister Stephanie so we did a bit of touristy things. We shopped and went to two broadway shows, Sister Act and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe. Tickets for How to Succeed were more difficult to get than we expected, so Emily and I ended up getting up ass early on Sunday morning to go wait in line for rush tickets. We got there at 8am, thinking that the box office opened at 10, but were quickly informed it opened at noon. SO, i went to toysrus in times square (which everyone should do because they have a GIANT t-rex that moves and growls) and bought spongebob monopoly for us. We sat down, grossly close to a homeless man sleeping, on the ground that kinda smelled like pee, and played monopoly until the box office opened. Do not fear, as soon as we got home we washed and sanitized accordingly. It was worth it though, for 30.00 we got to sit in the 3rd row! We also went to Justin Timberlake's restaurant, Southern Hospitality because it is literally around the corner from my place. Emily and I made the brilliant decision to each pick something and split it, so she got chicken and i got ribs.
Holy. shit.
so much food, i cannot even explain it. We had leftovers for three people for three days. And even after they left i had enough chicken for two sandwiches. We couldn't even eat because we were laughing so hard at how stupid we were to order full portions. We forget that portions here are NOT the same as in WInnipeg. ugh. But for the amount of food we got, and how good it was, it was pretty reasonably priced. I'd go back for sure. On the day they left, we managed to squeeze in a walk through central park and a trip to the natural history museum to see the dinos and space exhibits, among others. I'm hoping these tales will entice other friends to come visit...hint hint nudge nudge.
Tomorrow I'm going to my friends place in Queens for a Halloween party (i am reviving my cereal killer costume) and then on Sunday I am meeting a friend Elisabeth from France that i met in Koper, for brunch. She is in town with her boyfriend so we are going to try and meet up. I didn't really know her THAT well in Koper, but it will still be good to see her! So that's my weekend, and of course tackling my massive amounts of reading. blargggg. I feel like I'm forgetting things, but I think that's bound to happen, so I shall stop here. ALSO I will post pictures or a video of my place soon, i promise! Miss you all!
Title Track: Arkells
Friday, October 28, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Catching Up
So I'm pretty bad at keeping up with this, but I will try and sum up the past couple of weeks.
school. homework. school.
Yup, that's pretty much it! My courses are pretty intense, but I like them for the most part. On Mondays I have law, and my prof is one of the lawyers for the new york times. He is pretty hilarious and goes on tangents for ages. He also often rejects people's questions by saying "that is a good question, but I'm not going to answer it..moving on....". Tuesdays I have a class called Storied New York, which is basically a class in the form of a book club. We read famous and not so famous works featuring new york, and talk about writing styles in both fiction and non fiction. My prof for that class, Suketu Mehta, is a pulitzer prize finalist and just generally sweet man. He has a degree in fiction writing and it's nice to not be so focused on journalism for one class and more on actual story telling. My Thursday class is a whopping 6 hours and it is Writing and Reporting with my crazy prof Mary Quigley, or Quigs as we like to call her. She is super nice in person, very new yorky both in accent and attitude, but man oh man is she a hard marker. She is taking the "break you down to build you up" approach, which is hard, but I think i'm starting to crack her. Slowly but surely I will get my grade up to an A lol. That is my goal for december, but I don't know if that will happen. So between those three classes and all of the outside of class work, I have no time for anything!
This past weekend, though, was Columbus day, which is apparently a big deal here because I got monday and tuesday off. So, with that extra time, I went to the MET, which was awesome! A lot of the exhibits I wanted to see were closed though, so I'll have to go back another day. Also, I learned that if you go to the MET alone, you will get hit on. Apparently, that's where NYC singles hang out on a holiday monday, who knew? All I wanted to do was look at some Monets and greek sculptures, but every time I turned a corner I had another man following me and trying to talk to me. GO AWAY. Next time I will have to bring someone with me. Lesson learned.
I've been bonding with classmates too these past couple of weeks, starting at a party in Brooklyn held by one of my classmates Philip. Most people were there and I met a norwegian man who lived in vancouver for 9 years. We spent the majority of the night bonding over our nostalgia for Canada. Lots of birthdays and things as well these past weeks, and also coming up, so there will be lots going on! Also, I'm trying to get a group of people together to go see the Jets play the Rangers at Madison Square Garden in a few weeks; I want to go so bad! Must get tickets.
I also had my first NYC chinese food. I don't know why but I feel it is important to mention. It was not bad, but apparently breaded veal is only a winnipeg chinese food thing? anyone know about this? My fortune in my cookie read, "never quit!"...not so much a fortune as an encouraging statement, but i'll take it. Fortune cookies come free with food here, my friend was weirded out that we often pay .25 cents for ours. "Oh winnipeg..." she said. That seems to be a catch phrase in the making when speaking to me. People often make fun of my "accent", and someone asked me if we have Halloween in Canada. I don't think my eyes could have rolled any harder. By my multimedia prof, I am referred to as "hey canada". I have a feeling the novelty will not wear off any time soon. Though, if you get a chance, you should listen to the NPR show "This American Life"'s canada episode. It's pretty great, and funny, and poignant. It's on my Facebook somewhere if you want to listen.
Last night, there was a Manitoba Music even in the lower east side. It was so oddly appropriate that I had to attend! Turns out it was more of a networking/ny media thing, but there was no cover so I was in like flinn. Basically, it was 4 hours of some of my fave winnipeg artists singing songs and talking about Winnipeg and how great it is. Yay! Also, there was free cheese and bread. I was able to talk to a couple of them after, and it actually really helped my homesickness. Exactly what I needed! I spoke with JP Hoe, a local winnipeg singer/songwriter for a long while, and he was just so sweet! In typical Winnipeg fashion, he asked how I was getting home and if I would be okay on my own. Though to be fair, the other day while I was wheeling home my old lady shopping caddy, which was very full and heavy, several dudes helped me up and down the subway stairs, often full out carrying it for me, so I have no complaints with the chivalrous nature of new york city men.
Speaking of homesickness, Emily is coming next week! That will be excellent. Broadway here we come! I'm sure there will be many updates after that.
So there! updates! take that. I will try to be better at this, but no promises. Also I will try and post some picture of my apartment sooner rather than later! Hope you all had a lovely thanksgiving and email me or something! fill me in on your lives! I MISS YOU! XO
Title Track: Great Bloomers
school. homework. school.
Yup, that's pretty much it! My courses are pretty intense, but I like them for the most part. On Mondays I have law, and my prof is one of the lawyers for the new york times. He is pretty hilarious and goes on tangents for ages. He also often rejects people's questions by saying "that is a good question, but I'm not going to answer it..moving on....". Tuesdays I have a class called Storied New York, which is basically a class in the form of a book club. We read famous and not so famous works featuring new york, and talk about writing styles in both fiction and non fiction. My prof for that class, Suketu Mehta, is a pulitzer prize finalist and just generally sweet man. He has a degree in fiction writing and it's nice to not be so focused on journalism for one class and more on actual story telling. My Thursday class is a whopping 6 hours and it is Writing and Reporting with my crazy prof Mary Quigley, or Quigs as we like to call her. She is super nice in person, very new yorky both in accent and attitude, but man oh man is she a hard marker. She is taking the "break you down to build you up" approach, which is hard, but I think i'm starting to crack her. Slowly but surely I will get my grade up to an A lol. That is my goal for december, but I don't know if that will happen. So between those three classes and all of the outside of class work, I have no time for anything!
This past weekend, though, was Columbus day, which is apparently a big deal here because I got monday and tuesday off. So, with that extra time, I went to the MET, which was awesome! A lot of the exhibits I wanted to see were closed though, so I'll have to go back another day. Also, I learned that if you go to the MET alone, you will get hit on. Apparently, that's where NYC singles hang out on a holiday monday, who knew? All I wanted to do was look at some Monets and greek sculptures, but every time I turned a corner I had another man following me and trying to talk to me. GO AWAY. Next time I will have to bring someone with me. Lesson learned.
I've been bonding with classmates too these past couple of weeks, starting at a party in Brooklyn held by one of my classmates Philip. Most people were there and I met a norwegian man who lived in vancouver for 9 years. We spent the majority of the night bonding over our nostalgia for Canada. Lots of birthdays and things as well these past weeks, and also coming up, so there will be lots going on! Also, I'm trying to get a group of people together to go see the Jets play the Rangers at Madison Square Garden in a few weeks; I want to go so bad! Must get tickets.
I also had my first NYC chinese food. I don't know why but I feel it is important to mention. It was not bad, but apparently breaded veal is only a winnipeg chinese food thing? anyone know about this? My fortune in my cookie read, "never quit!"...not so much a fortune as an encouraging statement, but i'll take it. Fortune cookies come free with food here, my friend was weirded out that we often pay .25 cents for ours. "Oh winnipeg..." she said. That seems to be a catch phrase in the making when speaking to me. People often make fun of my "accent", and someone asked me if we have Halloween in Canada. I don't think my eyes could have rolled any harder. By my multimedia prof, I am referred to as "hey canada". I have a feeling the novelty will not wear off any time soon. Though, if you get a chance, you should listen to the NPR show "This American Life"'s canada episode. It's pretty great, and funny, and poignant. It's on my Facebook somewhere if you want to listen.
Last night, there was a Manitoba Music even in the lower east side. It was so oddly appropriate that I had to attend! Turns out it was more of a networking/ny media thing, but there was no cover so I was in like flinn. Basically, it was 4 hours of some of my fave winnipeg artists singing songs and talking about Winnipeg and how great it is. Yay! Also, there was free cheese and bread. I was able to talk to a couple of them after, and it actually really helped my homesickness. Exactly what I needed! I spoke with JP Hoe, a local winnipeg singer/songwriter for a long while, and he was just so sweet! In typical Winnipeg fashion, he asked how I was getting home and if I would be okay on my own. Though to be fair, the other day while I was wheeling home my old lady shopping caddy, which was very full and heavy, several dudes helped me up and down the subway stairs, often full out carrying it for me, so I have no complaints with the chivalrous nature of new york city men.
Speaking of homesickness, Emily is coming next week! That will be excellent. Broadway here we come! I'm sure there will be many updates after that.
So there! updates! take that. I will try to be better at this, but no promises. Also I will try and post some picture of my apartment sooner rather than later! Hope you all had a lovely thanksgiving and email me or something! fill me in on your lives! I MISS YOU! XO
Title Track: Great Bloomers
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