on holiday

lately i've been dreamily planning out my 20s life in years. a year in europe, four years in graduate school, two years in korea, three years in new york city.

spending the day in chicago made me realize how much i crave a metropolitan atmosphere. its energy gives me energy. it's inspiring. i do not mind the hodgepodge of people crammed together into the same space. i do not mind the sounds of life everywhere. i definitely do not mind millions of gorgeous dresses for drooling over. i would be okay with acknowledging my role as an expendible periphery character in the world of a city. i would love being a small small part of something so big.

so, i swear my mind is already on winter break. this is not a good thing. tonight bret let me download all of the music i wanted from him and i took full advantage. oh happy with jason mraz and cat stevens and DHT's "listen to your heart [techno version]".

there are lengthy e-mails to write and 5-hour phone calls to make and distressing advising appointments to attend and Christmas/Hannukah presents to buy and current events to ignore, ah!