today (and yesterday) have been great!

yesterday the girl from my global warming class wanted to hang out with me!
so i took a bus to her place. got lost on the way. very lost.
but i ended up at her place and she drove to ballard. we went to my two favorite places about ballard: a french pastry place called cafe besalu. and then we got a cupcake at this adorable bakery. YUM.

then she took my to northgate which is this giant mall/ she made me shop beause i casually mentioned how i need clothes.
SHE REMINDED ME OF SANDRA SOOOOOOO MUCH. which was a bittersweet feeling. i wonder how she's doing in buenos aires.
anyways, after shopping, we drove back to her place. i read some of her magazines and drank tea while she watched TLC. then i really felt like i was hanging out with sandra even more.

but it was mellow and fun.

she kinda got me down though. she didn't do it on purpose though. she just told me that UW has this thing called 'the husky promise,' which means that the school pays for her tuition AND for her apartment. she lives in an apartment that's 1,200$ a month, and the school pays for it all! she only pays for her books!
and i guess more than 3/4s of the school gets this Husky Promise. i think that's so cool. but dang. i want that!

being an out of state student is so absurd to me. i pay over 3x what a Washington state resident pays. and they make it impossible to become a resident. it's really unfortunate. for me at least.

i also realized that my tuition costs so much that i actually save $2000 by studying abroad. it's cheaper for me to live in another country! by a lot!
so maybe i WILL go for a year instead of just a semester. but i only speak english, which poses a problem.



today i went with my balkan friends (Oli and Stevan) downtown. we walked around pikes. then we walked sooooo much!
we walked to the space needle through queen anne. then to fremont. then to gasworks park (which is my favorite place in seattle!), then back to the dorm. insaaaane walk. but fun!

i love having foreign friends for so many reasons.
they love walking
they like eating slowly and chatting
they're always there for you
they're relaxed

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i don't know what i'm gonna do when they leave. :(

but they said i'm one of the most unique americans they've ever met. they say i fit in with them well. so yay!
but really. they (they, as in foreign exchange students) have been the only ones that have talked to me and genuinely tried to become my friend. they like socializing, and having friends. and they are always there for their friends. it's just different with them, and i enjoy it much more.

they bought me a beer and we each drank one while sitting in the park in the sun. it was wonderful and relaxing. they thought it was silly how i couldn't buy it myself though, and that we have to hide in public places. they say that more americans are alcoholics than in their countries because it's the forbidden fruit here. and i have to agree.
it's a shame i'm becoming so close with people that are going to leave soon.

but maybe i'll just go abroad for the rest of my college experience.

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anywayssssssss. here is a pic of gasworks park:



can you imagine sitting with friendly, genuine people, in the sunshine while drinking a beer? just laughing and enjoying things after a long long walk.
i like the small stuff in life. and, according to them, so do europeans. lols