Book Club

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!

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