Lion (Brand Yarn), Midterms and Books: Oh My!
Pardon my little Wizard of Oz stuff, I have it on the brain since on Sunday I saw Gregory McGuire, author of Wicked at Bryant Park's "Great Read in the Park" Originally, I had planned to go into the city last week for the Annual Knit-Out (and Crochet Too) event in Union Square Park. But, in searching for info on that, I stumbled on this occurence in Bryant Park. How the paper didn't list it, I don't know. Not only were 150 authors to attend (grant it, only two I was familiar with, but I'm sure the others were good too), but also cast members from Wicked, and Midge something or other from PBS. She announced GM. But, that still wasn't the best part. And it wasn't just that I could use this for my Creative Writing Reading Attendance assignment either. No, the piece d'resistance (pardon my horrible french spelling) was the book sale. And not just a few dinky little paper backs and a hard cover either, this was a major booksale. First, you had to purchase a totebag for $25 (all proceeds go to the Brooklyn library, so it was a good cause), then you had to get on line for the actual books, which were on a really long row of shelves in the street, protected by a gate and a tent (although we could still hear the cars). Then we had to squeeze through that narrow space up and down both sides of the row and fill up that totebag with as much as we could carry. Mom had to restrain me, because we would have to carry all of that home later. I did get a lot though, but I saw a girl who had much more, and overheard the guard telling her that a guy had books in the totebag all the way up to his chin. Now that is impressive. I don't think even I could have done that. So I acquired a great variety of books, including classics, fantasy, and foreign language (not that I could even read the title of my Japanese one, but I figure something to strive for). After that was done, we took the subway down to 14th street for Knit-Out, where I acquired a great variety of free patterns, deposited my piece for the Warm-Up-America booth, and saw some cool crocheted things on the stage they had there. Mom wanted me to show the blanket I made for my dad's cousin's new baby, but I didn't want to cause it wasn't finished off and there were strings hanging from it. Afterward, I brought it to my grandmother's to do it, which I still have to pick up. So, anyway, I was in heaven all day.
So now the dreaded midterm season approacheth. We recieved our Japanese group assignments, and, as my luck holds, i get the group with the girl who has to present early, because she's not going to be there on the day of presentation. This is good and bad, bad because we have to do stuff earlier than everyone else and have more meetings and whatever (although we're a pretty well organized group so far, so that should facilitate stuff a bit), good because we don't have to do it in front of everybody (although in truth I'm more scared of doing stuff in front of Kaneko-sensei than my classmates.)
So because of our midterm group discussions after class, I was afraid I'd be late to meet Mom, who's off for Rosh Hashanah and wanted to have lunch in the city w/me, since I have a 3 hour break wednesdays (it's my monday lab's fault). But as I'm walking down the street, I hear someone call my name, and I see Winnie, Meryl, and Jhonathan! He was visiting from Brandeis for the holiday. So I had to chat with him for a little bit. I wish I'd known he was coming, we could've hung out longer. And I could've introduced him to one of my old Japanese classmates ~_^. But ah well, it was good to see him anyway. Then Mom and I tried to find the Emerald Planet for lunch, which was actually renamed as Albert's, and so we went around in a complete circle. But we found it, and the food was pretty good, although a bit pricy. Considering the size though, I guess it was worth it. But I think I like Campus Eatery's wraps better. After that, I had to go to the library. Mom was a little bothered that I ditched her, but she walked to Macy's, so it wasn't as if she didn't have stuff to do. She bought slip on shoes for the winter. Then at 3:30, I had my Creative Writing class, which I really love. We workshop a lot, and my classmates' work is fantastic. That accounts for the music I'm listening to know, one of them read a poem using this song, called "Hollaback Girl, as rediscovered by William Shatner". It was really hysterical. And after tomorrow, 4 day weekend! The first Columbus day in history that NYU gets off. Technically, it's only a 3 day weekend, since i always have friday off, but i have to go into the city friday anyway for our meeting. But I don't mind so much, maybe I can do some shopping then catch that sale at Seaport Yarns ~_^.
So now the dreaded midterm season approacheth. We recieved our Japanese group assignments, and, as my luck holds, i get the group with the girl who has to present early, because she's not going to be there on the day of presentation. This is good and bad, bad because we have to do stuff earlier than everyone else and have more meetings and whatever (although we're a pretty well organized group so far, so that should facilitate stuff a bit), good because we don't have to do it in front of everybody (although in truth I'm more scared of doing stuff in front of Kaneko-sensei than my classmates.)
So because of our midterm group discussions after class, I was afraid I'd be late to meet Mom, who's off for Rosh Hashanah and wanted to have lunch in the city w/me, since I have a 3 hour break wednesdays (it's my monday lab's fault). But as I'm walking down the street, I hear someone call my name, and I see Winnie, Meryl, and Jhonathan! He was visiting from Brandeis for the holiday. So I had to chat with him for a little bit. I wish I'd known he was coming, we could've hung out longer. And I could've introduced him to one of my old Japanese classmates ~_^. But ah well, it was good to see him anyway. Then Mom and I tried to find the Emerald Planet for lunch, which was actually renamed as Albert's, and so we went around in a complete circle. But we found it, and the food was pretty good, although a bit pricy. Considering the size though, I guess it was worth it. But I think I like Campus Eatery's wraps better. After that, I had to go to the library. Mom was a little bothered that I ditched her, but she walked to Macy's, so it wasn't as if she didn't have stuff to do. She bought slip on shoes for the winter. Then at 3:30, I had my Creative Writing class, which I really love. We workshop a lot, and my classmates' work is fantastic. That accounts for the music I'm listening to know, one of them read a poem using this song, called "Hollaback Girl, as rediscovered by William Shatner". It was really hysterical. And after tomorrow, 4 day weekend! The first Columbus day in history that NYU gets off. Technically, it's only a 3 day weekend, since i always have friday off, but i have to go into the city friday anyway for our meeting. But I don't mind so much, maybe I can do some shopping then catch that sale at Seaport Yarns ~_^.