SPRING BREAK WHOO!

Just thought I'd mention this and get it out of the way... I'm going to IRELAND tomorrow. Ok, I won't mention it again the rest of the blog.

So midterms are finally over and I believe they all went well. But then I receive an e-mail that was like a shot to the heart. "Hello, Marissa. Here is... your... scheduling date... for NEXT semester's classes!" Nooooo! I am in severe denial about this whole being a senior thing as well as the fact that this semester has to end. True, I do want to go home but I want to be here too. Can't I have both? Like my birth chart says, due to the opposition formed by Jupiter and Saturn, I am caught between the need for the familiar and existing structures in my life and the need to expand my horizons which includes things like traveling. Aren't you all glad that I've spent my semester studying planetary aspects and the meaning of the signs (and getting credit for it!) while everyone else studies real subjects? I'm telling you, this class will help me in any life path I choose to take.

Guess who's in Venice right now shooting a movie that I desperately want to stalk? Angelina Jolie? No. She's there but its her costar I want to follow around. Yeah, that would be Johnny Depp. He's RIGHT THERE. Much better than silly old Elton John, whose apartment everyone oogled on our trip instead of looking at the centuries old churches or fantastic canals. Even if Johnny (and Angelina's significant other Brad Pitt) weren't there I still would want to go back and see the awesomeness that is Venice without Carnivale.

I have been continuing with my culinary experiments and last night I made a sort-of stir fry thing with carrots, celery, potatoe, tofu, olives, mozzerella, basil (which I didn't particularily like in the dish) rosemary and pepper (what else?) and the ever present olive oil. It was a success especially when I finished off the meal with a slice of bread topped with my goat cheese. And, while on the subject of gastronomic experiments, the other day I tried a new flavor of gelato-- riso-- which is rice pudding flavored. Good choice Marissa! So today I got a small thing of it at the store to try it in reality. I'll let you know how that goes!

Most unfortunately, I've had Party in the USA stuck in my head all day. All semester, actually, that is, when I don't have Bad Romance in there (much better than Party in the USA). It doesn't help that those are pretty much the only songs they ever play here, those and Tick Tock. grr. Now that I've got them stuck in your head...