Down and Dirty

Hi all,

Today I spent a good portion of my day off cleaning my new room. It took about 1.5 hours to get it ready to move my stuff in. It wasn't filthy or anything, but after having several male co-workers in succession, there were definitely some nook and crannies that needed wiping down. My old room also needs some cleaning still, but I'm too pooped to do it now.
However, I am well-pleased with the transformation:







This pretty much ate up my day, and I had lunch and dinner (a cookout...nice) with the house. Now, I am feeling a bit cooped up, but also too lazy to call around to see if anyone wants to do anything. Good motivation, right?

Last night I watched a movie called "In the Cut" with Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo. It was incredibly intense and definitely not a movie you'd want to watch with your parents or on a first date. But the acting was incredible, the plot fresh and fascinating. I'm not typically a murder/suspense film watcher, but I definitely admire the amount of work went into the film.

I also have been enjoying the birthday mix CD that Bean gave me. My favorite is a Beatles cover of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (since my CD for her birthday had the German original on it). It's quite tormented.

Anyhow, tomorrow we having an outing to learn about the White Rose Resistance movement. Should be very interesting.

Hope all is well,
Steph

I've Got the WHOLE World (In My Room)

Hi all,

I was disappointed to find out that Denmark has released Greenland (as of 2008??) and thus my map is outdated. Oh well. I finally got around to taking pictures of my room today. Along with getting that mirror put up on that wall. Yes, I know it's enormous, but they don't have anywhere else to store it... I also got a bed frame that actually fits my bed, before there was about 4-6 inches hanging off each side. Made sitting down a little dangerous!


As you can see, I also have my posters up. However, the one in the middle is merely a place-holder. I'm still waiting for the poster my brother is going to send to me. One of these days...
Before, my bed used to have the head near the shelf to the left. This left no space for where my desk currently is:
Amazingly, this is the most-cluttered place in my room.

Other than cleaning and putting things together today, my day was rather uneventful. I participated in "Bible Evening" and almost laughed when "prosecuting Christians" became a central theme. Clearly, I am not mature enough to handle such serious discussions.

Oh. We also made some Valentines today. Because I am awesome and have construction paper, glue and crayons. I am very put-out with Rose Art though, the tip off the red crayon fell off as soon as it touched the paper! Wonder if I can get a free box of crayons out of it? I'll just have to claim I can't return it easily as I live on a commune, should be a good conversation.

I'm super-excited to actually have a plan for tomorrow, and the fact that I can hopefully pick up a few books! Not that I have a lot of time to read them, but having them around is always nice. So yeah...until then!

Hope all is well,
Steph