Wendesday, April 6th, 2010 is the first day of the new year here on the blog. That's about all I can think to say right now.

Day 48

I broke my fast with french toast today, sitting with Gwyne, David, and others. Jimmy, Aidan and I went with Kit to cut down stumps and move them. We moved about half a cord. At morning meeting, as I ended my time on the news with “I'm Ian Kernohan, signing out.”, there was an extended ovation, which made me feel good. I had such a good time doing that. Lunch after standing out in the heat wearing jeans and lifting logs, getting attacked by the sun, was bagels with baked sweet potatoes. The baked didn't really fit the 75 degree day. But the bagels did: I had one with cream cheese, a plain, and another with turkey, cheese, mayo, and a small amount of onions; this one was sesame seeds and onions. It was delicious. I remember sitting with Zoe J, Tina and other people talking about ticks.

During my free I sat outside with Hallie, Rachel, Charlotte, Sam S, Sarah, Kemi and others. I had changed into shorts and Ray-Bans by that point, but moved inside to get out of the sun. I played a small amount of piano with Yoyo, but then Taylor sort of hijacked that. In History we watched lol-worthy film clips of propaganda. Well, not lol-worthy, but amusing in that they actually acted like that. Eye-opening, you could say. We discussed McCarthyism, then watched a part of Good Night and Good Luck, when the guy totally shuts down McCarthy and the noob intern forgets to turn on the phones. It was like Johnny from Airplane!.

In English Jack talked about the natural hierarchy... I was uncomfortable. I asked logic questions, and he shushed me. Later we went to Garden Hill to debate whether we had a natural night to take the earth for our own. After that, we played some tagging games: blob tab, birdie on a perch, red rover, that type of thing. Freeze tag. I 'forgot' my meeting with Susie, which might've been a good thing... in my religious furor I might've made awkward situations. I talked about it with Taylor and Lex coming downhill, and that cleared some stuff up. During my free I... did some pages of Spanish and the English reading. And lots of internet. And running around shirtless in the rain [with Miles] to Conard and Underwood but getting cold 90% of the way and turning back. The rain wasn't that bad... a heavy drizzle. Driving.

Dinner was excellent- pasta, salad, vegetables, turkey parmesan, and bread. Ben and I discussed imaginary establishments: restaurants funded by banks located near apartment buildings and laundromats. At the table too was Dan, Charlotte, Aidan, maybe Zoe RA, and others. We also talked about a restaurant based on the Divine Comedy, with three levels: a purgatory bar, an inferno fatty food place, and a paradiso health food joint. That's a very simplified way of putting it. We made up the design for the whole place, potential menus... everything. We tried brainstorming a restaurant for the Oddysey, but that didn't work out.

After dinner I did more internet before heading back to Miles and doing no work. By the end of the night I did find three pages for my Spanish essay and write my journal about the restaurant and other things. What else... Becky had us take a judging-books-by-their-cover survery in the morning, answering questions about the personalities of girls based on their pictures. One was blatantly a guy though, even if they say she's a girl. I got a package of sandals, sunscreen, and pencils. I might go for a run tomorrow; I did wake up at 6:30 today with Jake and Sam S.