November 30, 2009
I missed a bus at Flushing and check out a few of the Asian stores. They have mad girly things since I’m looking for gifts for Corinne and Nikki. I already have Katie’s. Hm, I still have to get Christmas cars and stuff for mom and brosky.
I’m watching Amazing Race and it’s aweessomee. This is the second episode where they’re in Prague and I loves it. I’m reminded of all these awesome places and how much fun I had in Prague. I also saw an ad on the subway and it had streets, signs, and European car license plates that really made me think that it was Prague in the ad. I also went to one of the bars that they have an challenge in.
December 1, 2009
Class update: Spanish is still annoying. I had a test today on the novel and I thought I’d do super bad, but the test wasn’t hard at all.
I have my Democracy class, which is filled with annoying pointless debate as usual. People going back and forth talking about dumb points. Then again, they’re actually really smart kids and I’m just by it all. I can see these differences in my classes. I get my first draft back and I got an A-. That’s awesome since I thought I was around the average of the class, especially I fucked up with a C on the midterm.
The Constitution Minorities class is boring as shit and there’s no final so no one cares. We still have a paper and a presentation though.
After my Spanish test, I go with a few of the students to Johnny Rockets to get some lunch. There’s mad annoying stuff with trying to figure out graduation. I finally figure it out and I have to run some errands for it, but it’s still next Wednesday.
After all my classes, I have an ACLU Meeting. It’s the final one and we’re graduating. We have S’Mac. If you don’t know what it is, it’s real good. It’s Mac n’ Cheese to the nuts with breadcrumbs baked on top. It’s not cheap, $10 for a big portion. However, when it’s on NYU’s dime because we’re a club. I eat a whole thing myself because I’ve been starving since I had an egg sandwich for lunch at 12:00. I usually would portion it and only eat half, which should be a real “portion,” but I’m doing comfort food for now. We also order extra so I get a whole thing to bring home. Nice nice!
December 2, 2009
I get my midterm back from Constitution and I’m really fuckin’ pissed. I get a B in a class that I have down like no one’s business. It turns out that my strategy of getting down the facts did not get me there. Instead, I was supposed to make an argument. All three of my responses on the midterm were missing a clear thesis. The questions were pretty straight forward like:
5. Discuss the contours of the Black-Frankfurter debate on incorporation in terms of differing perspectives on jurisprudence expounded by the two interlocutors.
Without words like “explain,” “why,” or “agree,” then I just took it to throw out the cases and facts. I’m telling you my midterm was at least an A/A-. Instead, me not getting the point of the midterm earned me a B. Screw this. I sent the TA a scathing email about how poorly the objective of the midterm was explained.
I wake up late-ish and Hasan calls me. He wants to get lunch. He’s been around these days sort of, but we haven’t seen him recently. We go to Bayside to get Thai. Review written on Yelp.
It’s a lazy day for me even though I should be writing my paper and studying for my final on Tuesday. For dinner, I cook for mom and I. I roast an entire chicken. It turns out fantastic. Marinate that. Minced garlic, chopped thyme, and butter stuffed in between the breast and skin. My house reeks of thyme. Yummy. Now that I’m recently 21, mom pulls a cool move of offering a glass of wine with dinner. That’s an interesting dynamic.
Avi gives me a call, but he’s in the city and it’s annoying to get all the way in there. I speak to Erdem, Kenny, and Miah about tonight. Hasan has the swell idea of playing Magic. I just want to get the night going and I tell people to come over. We hang out for a bit and we have a few drinks.
I get figgity and want to get moving out. We head over to Tavern because it’s karaoke night. It’s a weird situation where the person running the karaoke machine is singing herself and no one else is singing. The other people are all way older and just sititng at the bar. I sing a few songs and Miah and Kenny get a kick out of it. Hasan joins in on two songs with me. We end up going and dropping off Kenny and Miah. Hasan and I go to Bayside and check out their bars. They’re actually a few crowded places and there’s at least a scene. Then again, it’s more of the Afflication wearing d-bag thing going. We hang out there for a little bit before heading home. It’s probably 2-3:00ish by now. I get home and pass out after not getting much sleep over the week.
