Chocolates and Cake

This morning, before I went to class, I went to the library to print off my dialogue for Creative Writing.  Being the last class ever, everyone present had to have their dialogue performed for the entire class.  I was slightly nervous because I haven't really gone back to read through my rough draft of a dialogue.  But I still went to print three copies anyway.  And I was a few minutes late, but I wasn't the only one who came in late.  Besides, Monica the instructor brought chocolate candy for everyone!  Yummy!  And a girl in class brought cake for everyone, not because it was the last class but because it was a prop in her dialogue.  We all know it was an excuse to have sweets in the last class, though.  No one minded.

My dialogue is about a psychic on the Tube who's trying not to read the thoughts of other people.  It wasn't had bad as I thought it was, and I blame my open-mindedness on it to my performers.  How my psychic was portrayed was not the way I imagined her to be, but the tone Kate used really worked, I felt.  So I was pleased.  If I were to fix anything, I would have someone else read stage directions instead of Rae reading both stage directions and the miscellany characters AND the stage directions.  But oh well. 

There is a girl in the classed named Becca with whom I tend to always talk.  We had said that we should meet up after class, but I've been too busy to do anything and she must have too.  But before we left after class, I said we should do something Friday since she leaves on Sunday.  She said we should, but I wonder who's going to make the first move.  Probably me.  Not sure what she's planning on doing this weekend besides pack. 

Went on another adventure today.  I took the Northern Line all the way to Kennington, of which I'm unfamiliar.  My intention was to go there and attempt to find the Tesco I so love to visit when I'm low on food.  The plan was to buy some meat and veggies and pasta sauce to go with the rest of my pasta.  And I bought some of that and then some fruit to munch on since my only munchies include Pringles and leftover Chinese take out.  Might as well be healthy, right?  Also got milk, which is half gone in just one day.  Damn, I miss having a giant supply of milk. 

So I got lost when I exited the station.  I thought I was going the way I wanted to go, but then it turned out I wasn't.  And then I walked through a park because it was a park and it was pretty outside and it was a nice park.  Then I passed an intersection and walked further, then realized that maybe I'm going the wrong way again.  So I actually looked the part of lost and turned around on the same street again and attempted to figure out where I was. Then I saw the 159 emerge from the street with the intersection and I knew where I had to go.

Thought I saw a back way into the parking lot of the giant Tesco I know and love, but I didn't pursue it.  It looked kind of sketchy.  Not a place I wanted to wander even in daylight.  So to the familiar I went.

Got home and attempted to organize my room.  At least I got rid of the pile of old newspapers that accumulated in a corner.  A thing to know about me, I like picking up newspapers on the Tube and taking them home, but I don't like walking all the way to the ground floor to recycle them.  So I put them in a pile in my room and they tend to build up there for a while until I decide to get rid of them.  Also took out my trash and did my laundry.  A day of chores well spent.  The only thing I didn't do was actually organize my desk, and that was because I got distracted with paper writing, reading blogs, and America's Next Top Model (did I mention that guilty pleasure before?  I can't remember.) 

Remember that Avatar keychain I bought?  Yeah, I made it a small paper Ikran (which is really a really colorful paper crane in disguise).  I decided to name the keychain Tarya.  Her paper Ikran is named Ateyo.  Tarya is also known as the Turuk Ateyo, which means Rider of Last Papercut.  I credit Dan in Madison to the name Last Papercut.  I think it's clever.  Why did I do this?  I'll post a link as soon as my idea is finished.  But it is currently just an idea and nothing more. 

For dinner, I decided to make all my veggies so they don't sit in the fridge and go bad or get thrown out at the end of the week.  And holy man that's a lot of vegetables.  One can of bolognese sauce was barely enough to coat them all, so none of the noodles had tomato sauce flavoring unless they were paired with a veggie.  And I didn't even use all my peppers, either!  I think it's the mushrooms.  I used all my mushrooms because I didn't want them sitting in the fridge.  I made so much pasta sauce that it didn't all fit into my tupperware containers.  Since Toby was in the kitchen at the same time I was, I offered her the last serving of the pasta sauce.  She said "If you're offering, I'll take it." and I said "Well, I'm offering, so have it!"  Seriously, I had no place to put the rest of that sauce.

And now I should be set for a few meals until maybe Friday.  Or Saturday.  Depending. 

I am currently crediting the 12 Girls Band to my success with completing my Linguistics essay.  200 more words to go and I told myself not to go to bed until I finish it!  And I will finish it!  200 words is a nice paragraph and a conclusion.  I can do this!!