It's hard to sit still today.
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Just saw that I missed seeing Belle and Sebastian on the Williamsburg Waterfront...DAMN....
In other news, I woke up and got completely ready for the day only to remain sitting at the kitchen table drinking my coffee well past when I should have left for class. Fail. I just - hate - the rain. It's a cold, rainy Monday and I just couldn't leave my apartment. I know that missed class probably calculates to like $400 and I'm really sorry about that but it really was just not happening today. Maybe in a few hours.
I miss driving in Jacksonville, gliding over the highways in the sweet summer air. Driving over to Emilie's house in highschool, Pat's house in college. I will forever love that feeling that I had in highschool and early college. All those "firsts" and coming into young adulthoodness. There's really no replacement for that and sometimes I really miss it. I had that feeling a few times while abroad in Dublin. I keep waiting for it to come back here in New York but it just isn't right now. Maybe I'm putting too much pressure on that form of thought for it to actually make its appearance. I just hope it isn't gone forever.
I have an evening lecture to attend tonight. It's called "Media, Education, and Sustainable Social Change in Unstable Places" and Dr. Mathangi Subramanian is speaking. It's basically about the use of media in areas (particularly their education systems) that have been destroyed by freak circumstances. I'm excited to see what is said. My Thinking Globally, Acting Locally class is required to attend several of these evening lectures in conjuncture with the Sustainability Series put on by the department of Social and Cultural Analysis.
Very interesting...especially this one I went to a couple weeks ago on Masdar City. Have you heard about this? It's some crazy shit. The same oil tycoons that have made bank over the past century - all because of the fossil fuel economy, of course - are now pouring their fortune (we're talking BILLIONS here) into the creation of the first "carbon neutral" city just outside of Abu Dhabi. (Note: NYU has a satellite campus, like a four year official campus, in Abu Dhabi. WTF? Why? There are just so many questions and relationships I would love to ask about right now.) This city is an enormous feat is if it is possible and it would be an incredible environmental city. Of course, it will unfortunately perpetuate the whole "rich-people want to build walls around themselves and live "sustainably" and keep all the lesser-thans out" phenomenon which I don't think is good. Also, why are we building something brand spanking new when there are so many communities that need help reconstructing or building for the first time? Since the effects of global warming are going to hit those with the least luxuries and the least resources the worst, why are you oil tycoons putting your energy into them? It's not really about "helping others" though. It's about the powerful symbol. Which could be good for environmentalism, too, I guess. It just depresses me nonetheless.
Things I want to do right now:
- Play Scrabble
- Drink hot apple cider
- See The Social Network and You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger
- Tumble...maybe Tuesday night gym class
- I actually feel like painting....maybe I'll paint today?
- Eat a raspberry bran muffin from Build a Green Bakery.
That is all. Good day!
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