or, the emotional explosions of an emancipated eccentric

Photo of the Sometimes

Alp — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:39:04 +0000

Gives a whole new meaning to crabs, doesn't it?

Photo of the Sometimes

Alp — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:39:30 +0000

My baby shot me down and up and all around.

Photo of the Sometimes

Alp — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 02:09:13 +0000

It’s been too long. But I’m making a come back. Just you wait!

Iceland makes me happy even when it's gray. I'm going there someday.

Photo of the Sometimes

Alp — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:39:44 +0000

I'll be the color wheel, you can be the light wheel.

Photo of the Sometimes

Alp — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:12:01 +0000

A little excitement never killed anyone.

Small Updates of Myne Life

Alp — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:20:47 +0000

Hey y’all. (See, I have started utilizing “y’all” quite shamelessly. I blame Rémy for this. She loves it, I’m sure. It feels sort of out of place for me but I still do it. I do sort of like it. “Y’all.” Has a nice ring to it. Sounds very inclusive and friendly. But again, is it for me? Only time will tell.)

I have realized that I haven’t updated my blog in more than a month. Sad, sad, pathetic life. (Well, actually, maybe it means that my life is actually SO filled with activity and general up-to-no-goodery, I have little time or need to write on this blog. Or I’m just lazy.) I have been quite busy with classes (mostly readings. God. I have SO many readings to do. Even as I type this I have about 100 pages of Queer Theory readings to do for Bad in a Good Way, the Art of Failure for tomorrow. Scary. But I really like that class so I will bear the burden. With grace too.) and rehearsals for Nunsense (most of which I generally do not attend. And it makes me mad because I really feel like I should and I have SO much fun while I’m there.) and just spending time with friends.

I really am enjoying myself this year. Last year, for most of the first semester I had a problem with not having a solid group of friends to go back to. I felt like everyone around me had a close enclave of friends that they spent most of their time with and that I, being a both self-and-peer titled social butterfly, didn’t really have a “group” to go back to and I missed the security and familiarity that my close friends group from back home that offered me. This year, however, I’m so much more okay with just hanging out with whomever is available to do so at the moment. I think I got over my needless fear of “being forgotten or less liked” if I didn’t see people all the time. (I actually ate lunch on my own several times this year. Yay, self-development?)

I do feel slightly “anchorless” sometimes. I don’t see my closest friends for long periods of time on occasion. But I think I’m okay with that. I’ll just “float” wherever I happen to go to. (Wow. That sounded so much more poetic than I wanted it to.)

Buuuuut, what have I been up to otherwise? Highlights of the month include baking pumpkin cupcakes with salted caramel buttercream icing, going a(l)pple picking (FINARRY!) and painting a closet in many colors of the rainbow (Woot!) Oh and I’m not even mentioning senseless, drunken college time partying. (Club 72. There will be more carnage. Just you wait.)

...no one was hurt. Too much.

Photo of the Sometimes

Alp — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:38:56 +0000

Cloud-maker at work.

Back at Brown for More Mischief

Alp — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:31:43 +0000

After another lengthy disappearance act, I am back to my blogging! As you might guess, a LOT of stuff has happened since I came back from London. (So much in fact, I’m not even going to attempt to list them out.) My last couple of weeks back home were mostly uneventful and was comprised of me seeing my friends and family as much as I can and me going to Cyprus to see my dad for two days. (A trip that ended up being surprisingly better than anticipated.)

Anywho. I am finally back in Providence, my home away from home. It’s been…what? Wow. I just realized that it’s nearly been a month since I’ve come back. It felt like I had been away for only just two weeks and this whole summer wasn’t actually as long as it was (or had seemed to be.) It was nice, slipping back into my collegiate life, sort of like a Lego piece fits easily back onto a block.

I don’t really know what to expect from this year but the fact that I know that I have close friends who love me makes me very happy (as sappy as it sounds, it is true. I’m a romantic. So sue me.)

Last year what I wanted from Brown was change. I wanted it to change me. I learned however, that change comes in a multitude of ways and not every change is desirable necessarily. So this year I’m just going in with an open mind and a wary eye. I have a shift in my mindset though. I have really decided to become the “no-nonsense, no-bullshit” kind of person. I’m tired of all the hypocrisy that goes on because people feel like that can’t say what they are thinking or what they want to say and then complain about other people not being honest or straightforward. I’m just going to tell people what I think and feel without playing games. (There is a difference between honesty and tactlessness though. Being brutally honest is not what I’m going for. I just want to make sure that there is as little miscommunication as possible and that everyone is on the same page.) We shall see how this resolution keeps up as the year goes on. But so far, so good.

So who knows? Keep your fingers crossed and look ahead. Maybe it will just be more fabulous than any of us can imagine! (Fuck Sophomore Slump! Sophomore Splendor anyone?)

And one day you'll look back and wonder where it all went!

Photo of the Sometimes

Alp — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:41:59 +0000

Sunny, sunny day, you make my heart sway.

Photo of the Sometimes

Alp — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:17:30 +0000

Current background. Awesome.