i see that i have not written in 12 days...

gee, i hope you guys are still checking!

so, what's up...

ok, so masters thesis is a big "go." advisor was into my initial efforts, found it "Very very interesting" so hopefully i will be done by the end of the summer.

i've been doing these department functions this past week(end). and it was an interesting experience. really, the conference isn't so great, and i'm not incredibly close with most people in my cohort, but i did get to kick it with my professors, etc. i suppose that it was pleasant to find out that they actually like me a lot more than i thought. sometimes i feel like the crazy of my class...because i talk about things that aren't specifically in the texts for the day, and the other students respond to me sort of badly if they respond at all...so it made me feel shitty. so how surprising was it for me to find myself in a casual conversation with one of the really famous profs in the department who had taught us for half a quarter early on, and have her tell me that she definitely remembered me as the "creative one...with all the ideas"...i choose to take this as a compliment...i mean, the lady doesn't remember many names or faces...
what else? i move into a new apartment on june 1.

it's kinda slammin'. it's the whole top floor of the building. 4 Bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms. wet bar. fire place. sunroom. dining room. HUGE living room (i think it will be our communal "office"). our own laundry room. one of the bathrooms even has a jacuzzi tub and one of those huge glass case showers. 2-car garage with additional parking gated in.
i'm sharing it with my friend, juhi, this guy, shiraz (what a cool name!), and probably this girl sarah, who i just met...sarah #7. she might pull out, but then there are 4 other people on our "wait list." i like it and al, but it makes me a little uncomfortable because it's just like my mom's house, but transported to the top of an urban apartment building. oh well, at least there's an alarm system and it's cheaper than my current hovel!

what else? dealing with life in may respects. COME VISIT THE PAD!!!

yeeah, so i'm going to a wedding of a high school friend on saturday.

oh shizzle, gotta talk to y'all about canada.

umm....tscheuss!!!

monica.