Nicotine and Gravy

• Spring is here.
• I'm sick, again.
• In less than a week I'm DONE with school AND Dave will be HERE. (!)
• Parents sent cookies. And nuts. See roommate excitment regarding said nuts below.
• Really enjoying this bullet thing. (It reminds me of my mother, who always makes lists, and always makes a point to make "I like making lists" as one of the items on the list.)
  
• This summer, you will find me in New York,
• Working happily as an Editorial Intern at Avalon Books, a small publishing house,
• And getting real paid working (and playing with toys that I am too old for, usually not because they are too young for me, but because they exceed my technological and assemblage abilities) at Litzky PR, my old internship .
• As for after summer, I'm officially studying abroad in Cape Town in the fall. (!)
• And most likely, but not yet officially, studying abroad in Paris in the spring.

That's the news, I guess. I think I mentioned something about this thing not being boring, and I have blatantly lied to you. I was hoping to post little tidbits and funny things and occassionally let you know what's going on in my life, but as life has been really crazy lately, tidbits have sadly been pushed aside (or perhaps behind my bed, with everything else?) and I end up only being able to give you the most concrete and definite things that I can think of, which are just somewhat pertinent pieces of information (pertinent only to me) that I can remember occuring between the last post and the current post.

Anyways, I'll try to be funnier, or something, later. Soon. Until then, here's an animatic that's part of my group's creative campaign for Coca-Cola, our hypothetical client in my Adv. Advertising Techniques class (the 3 hours a week when I get to see what it would be like to sell my soul). Our campaign tagline is "Classic Never Goes Out of Style" and we try not to take ourselves too seriously. And Palak is a dream in teal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_CM608Z9nQ

A Thousand Different Versions of Yourself

Goings Ons--

Last weekend I surprised my parents and showed up at home. I got to spend time with my mom (who is now doing a lot better (!)) and binge on all home related things: the smell of my sheets, over-sized couches, a full pantry, homemade samosas, food network and tlc, light shining through all the windows, being on the ground floor, strawberries with heavy cream and powdered sugar, Thandi, the sound of my dad's chair rolling in the study, family parties with too much food, the #6 at del... I even got to sneak in through the back door at 5am after locking myself out.

I also got to spend a few stolen moments with friends, who are wonderful, and bestowed gifts upon me like stolen airline blankets, zebra stamps, and borrowed copies of the "IMAX: Deep Sea" dvd (thanks Jennifer).

On top of all that I came home to find a coloring book from Steph and tiny chocolate eggs hiding rather conspicuously around my room. Not to mention packages from Jennifer and my parents, featuring items like a giraffe hair clip, clothes, and the first three episodes of This American Life the TV show on dvd. I've been pretty overwhelmed by this abundance of kindness, more overwhelmed by far than I am by everything else that's going on. So, at the risk of sounding gushy, thanks to everyone. I love you guys more than bunnnies.

Also, tonight we're seeing Mass Transit at Skirball. Join us!