تكيف

i find myself in quite a pleasant mood at the moment. i'm playing Arabian princess - that means i'm sprawled out on my bed in my underwear smoking my hookah and listening to my 'Arabic Groove' album. this is all thanks to ben, who sent me new tobacco and new coals that work amazingly - i was getting so frustrated with the coal i have considering it wouldn't stay lit. with these i had thick, flavorful smoke in about 30 seconds. huzzah!

now this is after i biked home from campus. that's right, biked. i bought a bike from Jojo (LAG director) for $80 - a diamondback mountain bike with new city tires, a lock, and also an extra set of mountain tires. now since probably the year 2000 i have mounted a bicycle only once, while with my Polish boyfriend Jarek during the summer of '06. we went to the forest and lake region, Mazury, and we stayed at this lodge where he insisted we rent bikes to ride around. i recall being a huge spaz. nonetheless i managed to survive getting home today - it only took about 15 minutes. it was quite hilly, so i am definitely going to be sore tomorrow, but that's fine.

work was pretty lame as usual today, though i went and had coffee with bryan beforehand. i wish i could work in his office - everyone there is fun. i had to do some fulbright stuff for MT, which inspired me to work on the 2nd draft of my Fulbright proposal a bit. i think i made some good progress.