anfin’s Blog

Continuing from the same photo album that contained “Fishing” (and which was given to me by Grandma and whose cover features a rotund skiing bear), I present to you “At Grandma and Granddad’s House”:

• A picture featuring my younger more extroverted self, my cousin, a beloved swing set, and the most meticulously manicured lawn the world has ever seen.
• A more subdued me pushing my cousin on the beloved swing set.
• Coloring!
• My cousin and I eating popsicles. Mine is undoubtedly orange, while hers appears to be grape. Note that we were clearly not posing for a photo. Also note that I seemed to where a lot of blindingly white clothing back then.
• My Grandad giving Julia and I a ride on his yellow tractor with which he meticulously manicured his lawn.

Stay tuned for the upcoming scenes from Skiing Bear Album such as “Dollywood” and “Zoo Camp.”

Despite my recent lack of internet presence, I am in fact alive and here’s what I’ve been up to:

• For the past forever, I have been spending my weekends visiting grad schools. I think I’m going to Northwestern outside of Chicago. Chicago looks like this. I know that I’m not going to Stanford. Stanford looks like this. Pop Quiz: (1) Which place looks colder? (2) What am I thinking?
• I am finally using my iPod regularly. It’s nice. What’s not nice is that every time I plug it in to my computer, iTunes decides to welcome my “new” iPod and makes me go through set-up again. Any suggestions?
• I have just won two small chemistry awards, and both of them involve me receiving a personalized copy of the Merck Index which I’m not entirely certain is something I will ever need to use.
• I plan to try out for Little Shop of Horrors at GCT this summer. It’s not my favorite play, but the music’s fun. If I had a choice of who to play, it would be the evil, flesh-eating, world-domination-planning plant. Unfortunately, that particular part is meant to be played by a baritone man. However, this is not necessary to the script, and if I’m lucky, they won’t have a good baritone man try out. If not, I would be happy playing one of the back-up doo-wop singers. In related news, while trying to sing along with the CD, I discovered that I am completely incapable of doing the nasal New York accent of the leading lady Audrey (same accent as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls).
• I just got new Timberland Boots. This make me happy.

So that’s what’s been happening with me in the last while. And now for a post that I actually wrote last winter:

I present to you the final installment: Flowers and Other Plant-Life of Hawaii Part 3.

Various observations and such:

• I have great roommates. I don’t think we are going to become best friends for life or anything, but they are nice and considerate people. All roommates should be like them.
• If in the future you ever think to yourself, “I really want to get Sarah a nice expensive gift of some sort. What on earth shall I give her?,” then think no more. A Wii is clearly the perfect gift for any young lady.
• I am taking Intermediate Spanish and not completely failing. This is good.
• My ground floor apartment is great. I might think differently in the winter when I have to ride my bike or walk across campus in the cold, but for now, my apartment is great.
• I’m not sure how long the one working break on my bike will last.
• I have a lot of plays to review and papers to write for my Theatre class. I really need to start working on those…
• I took the General GRE today and didn’t completely fail. I’m only in around the 86 percentile, but the actual scores are about average for the grad schools I’m applying to. Now all I have to do is take the behemoth that is the GRE Chemistry Subject Test. I may die.
• I’m a senior. I’m old.

P.S. I present to you Flowers and Other Plant-Life of Hawaii Part 2.

If you would like to see what some of the plant life of Hawaii looks like through the lens of my brand new camera, you should go here.