a few weeks of not writing

there is been a break in writing. and now at this great moment, so prime and available (sarcasm) im deciding to write. i actually have to finish this big paper im working on.
three weekends.
santorini with melissa, met up with j, had an incredible time.
corfu the insanity that was pink palace and the longest busride of my life and being a homeless person sleeping at a makeshift bus station/tiny cafe while it stormed outside and i nursed my hangover.
chios with ben, renting a car and seeing the most insane waves of the aegean. two football games, mountains.
now back in Athena, working on this paper so i can leave for Thessaloniki tomorrow morning with Arcadia for the week without any stress on my shoulders.

im really happy

there is this thing inside of me. a freakout, an excitement. i havent felt it in a long time. im just so excited. i feel european maybe. or high or just so excited.
and i keep talking to people at school and its making me realize how much i love osu. i forget sometimes, you know? i remember those days of rain waiting for the bus on 15th getting soaked and annoyed. and those nights when its so dark early and i have tons of homework and then molly wakes me at 945 vacuuming. but i keep thinking about my big lovely house and phils cooking even and lior and zaas and everyone and cuddling in bed and napping on the couch in the tvroom. and taking the remote to chapter and explaining its use because people dont get it. and im typing all these things that used to annoying me slightly and now im just laughing because i really love them.
and im so excited for santorini this weekend. im reading the giver. i never read that, did you know? which is weird cause i think its very up my alley. im typing really fast.
im just excited about life and my travels and my moleskin and the hilarity that is melissa jayna and i.
i made potatos last night and now my hands smell like garlic (jayna i used your garlic btw) and i have a zit that is crazy annoying.

rebel with a cause

hi. this is the last thing in the world i should be doing. but im irritated so i dont care. i just took the most amazing nap but had to wake up and run to school carrying like 20 pounds of my laptop because we dont have internet in the apartment but i had to email something in that was on my computer, by 5 because they are crazy and i was followed half the way by some creepy dude and im so tired and thirsty and i still have to finish my greek hw. ive had tons of homework this week. and tons getting assigned for the future. a little overwhelmed. not really cause the work is hard, but because it is so time consuming and i dont even have internet at my apartment and i need that to do so much of the hw. why do they give me homework where the internet is so essential but they couldnt even provide internet?
annoyed. have to go to class.

also. this is kinda goofy. isnt it ironic that the greeks started the Olympic games, along with several other games in classical times because they thought sport was so important. but now, nobody in this country seems to work out. i love it. if someone is running down the street. they are def an american.

edit./ apologize for my outburst earlier. hectic life here. great night. sat in melissas bed until i couldnt feel my behind and planned out our excursions for the next few months. santorini this weekend, corfu next, possible somewhere the next weekend? Thessaloniki for a week with Arcadia, the rents and traveling with them. Paris first weekend in December!! jet/boatsetting!

more funny things: Greek McDonalds is probably the most hilarious thing. We have one about 200 ft from our apartment so its great for thursdays when we cant bare the idea of another turkey sang, or late nights when we are hungry for something other then yogurt.
A. Every time melissa and i go in there (often surprisingly) we make a SCENE.
B. Even though the names of the foods are in English (i.e. Mcnuggets, Big Mac) nobody who works there can understand us.
C. Melissa said "tessera me koka kola light" (number 4 with a diet coke) but the guy thought she ordered 4 diet cokes, apparently calling something but its number is not popular here.
D. They give you these hilarious mini-tridents (like the one Poseidon used!). we didnt know what they are for, but Maurice, our friend who works at MickyDs, told us they are for showing our french fries who is boss.
E. Although in the US we know it as FAST food..it takes longer in Greece to get your food then to have an intellectual debate on the meaning behind Plato's Third Man Argument. (I dont know what that is i just googled Plato but the point is, we make friends at Mcdonalds because it takes about 10 minutes to get your food)
E.a. Actually one time we tried to make conversation about the upcoming election, but they werent having any of it. Apparently they think we are Communists.
F. All workers at Mcdonalds wear these Mcdonald jeans. they are dark wash denim with the golden arches stitched into the back pockets. wtf. (we know this because in our ten minutes of waiting time we cant help but watch Maurice fill drinks and make coffees)
G. We love mcdonalds

i did not take this photo but it was there when i googled mcdonald jeans!

quiet weekend..but not?

my weekend is been kinda bipolar so far. thursday the girls and i decided to explore psiri, the neighborhood we usually go to, but we ended up not bringing the name or address of the place we were attempting to find, and then we just got lost. we ended up somewhere unknown, a Bermuda triangle of athens. filled with great bars/clubs! we were a litle intimidated by the bouncers at the doors, were they checking to see if we were hot enough? some clubs here do that. the dj was great, played great american songs and amazing greek ones. melissa is trying to get into greek pop. they have some great songs! i cant tell them apart. they all sound technoy/the same.
our cab ride home was ridiculous. we were ultra hyper, not even drunk, just happy and hilarious. talked to our driver. kept yelling lokamathas! (greek for donuts) ended up at this italian place near our apartment that we didnt know existed (damn we never go right) we got crazy desserts that even i couldnt finish. it was a success!! great night.

my roommates left friday morning to go to Delphi for a class trip and i slept late. well i attempted to. i was woken up at 1130 thinking aliens were invading or the water heater had exploded. the loudest scariest noise ever. the people upstairs are doing something crazy like putting in hardwood floors. or just using a time machine. cause it was the craziest noise ever. blood curdling. i couldnt go back to bed. it was a chilly cloudy day so i wondered around pagrati. found an awesome coffee place!!
i came home and chilled, made a great salad, caught up on my news, talked to the rents, watched some how i met your mother. went to bed early. it was very relaxing. i needed a rest.
im about go to kolonaki to meet a family friend who lives in athens. her and i have never met so on the phone before we hung up she was like wait, how will i know who you are? we have never met? i laughed and tried to describe myself. that was kinda awkward. im so much more awkward then people think.
it thundered this morning. i loved it. sleeping through thunderstorms is the best.