an extended description of my day

Some days shimmer and shine and today has just been one of those days: a shimmering day full of silly music and good people. I was already
walking around, complementing myself on what a productive and fun day I was
having. It is a perfect day to blog about and so, d'apres Tyler, I am going to
blog about my day!

As a random side note, this list is going to be really boring to everyone. It is in the style of The Autobiography of Benjamin
Franklin--ie, I mention all of the
productive things that I did and then do a little name-dropping of people you
probably don't know.

 

                                                      
                                                        

 

                                                                     

1. It began with an early morning jog around town. In my opinion, this is the
   very best way to start a day. The weather was ridiculously warm and when
   little drops began to fall from the sky, they felt mighty fine.
2. I made a few important phone calls, showered, ate some raisins, and soon it was
   time to go to class.
3. On my drive over, it began to rain torrentially.  The gates of heaven opened. I dashed into the building.
4. Very productive film class. I was able to sound extremely productive (after
   making the appointment I made half an hour before). I WAS feeling really
   good, however, because I finally settled on a theme for my film. All
   seemed fun and possible.
5. The sun was sending down bright and shimmering rays as I drove from Oldfather
   Studios to park my car at KU Admissions (a drastic weather shift). I heard
   a tidbit about star-crossed lovers on the radio that I really enjoyed--it
   was very Valentine-y and at the same time, tragic. Then, I switched from
   NPR to my guilty pleasure-- 95.7 (At this site you can listen to the music live).  Just as I had hoped, a motivating
   gangster song came on and it made me happy.
6. Saw my friend Sara. A bizarre but lovely meeting. 
7. Dropped my stuff in Nunemaker and ran into my friend Katie. We had a quick weekend
   catch-up, a quick relationship catch-up and a few laughs.
   
   
   Here is Nunemaker Center.
   
   
8. This might have been my favorite day moment. I walked out of the building into
   brilliant sun and gusty breezes. And just then, my Ipod sang the first
   line of Happy Boys and Girls, a ridiculous Aqua song from the 1990's. It
   was such an amazing moment that I doubled back and recreated the moment
   for Katie. 


9. I saw my friend Lily--another pleasant meeting.
10.  My new passion is medieval French. In my class, we discussed Les Lais de Marie de France. Those stories are
    so fascinating. I got really excited by the teacher's suggestions for
    things to watch. Here is one: TF1.fr, the French news channel. Another was
    a YouTube video of La Belle et La Bete.


11.  I entered back into the sunny wonder of outside and walked over to Carruth O'Leary, listening to Britney
    Spear's Circus and more Aqua.
12.  Over there, I had a great talk with Jeff Severin, the Director of Sustainability on the KU campus. He read my
    article about the recent LJ World Poll (where stupid Lawrencians voted no
    to the creation of a position of Director of Sustainability in the city.)
    We also made plans for KU's green to blue week. I am coordinating a forum
    between the Mayor's Task Force to address Climate Change and KU students.
13.  I went and talked to Katie B, my editor, about my column.
14.  I ran into my Info booth friend Jack. It was good to chat with him and he was just who I wanted to
    see--even though I did learn that he was a Republican.
15. I got a call from my friend David. Not only did he agree to judge little kids in
    Kansas National History Day with me, but he suggested finding more people
    to act as judges. Plus, it was good to hear from him.
16.  I talked to Patty Noland and got some answers about an internship I am doing this summer. For example, I
    can enroll in the internship for credit and take care of a journlism
    elective.  I worked on my
    resume and then called the folks at the Chicago Center about when I'll
    move in to my Hyde Park Apartment. (Yeah, I know!)
17.  Then, with that information, I was able to book my flights to England for this May! I found great times for
    the flights and great prices! And I choose my seats--PERFECT.                                                                                            !
19.  Then, on this unexpectedly gorgeous, blustery day, I went to a farm with my class.
20.  The day ended with a quiet shift at work, the reading of The Learning Tree, by Gordon Parks, and backrubs with
    my room mate.