it's list time!

halfway through my first week of classes, i have a few observations.

1. no mater how desperate i am for distraction, to leave my house, chemistry still blows.

2. one of my favorite things about moving back to Puerto Rico is that my brain has switched languages, making Spanish the frontrunner again.

3. along the same idiom lines, i'm beginning to use the appropriate Spanish word for items/feelings i never thought to translate, like "laundry" and "whatever," and "popcorn."

4. i have traded one set of paranoid thoughts ("TERRORISM!") for another ("CRIME!!"), but ultimately i am less anxious.

5. i still often oversleep, except now i can't count on a quick cab/subway ride to save me. yesterday i woke up at 7:15 for a 7:30 class, and thanks to traffic and my slow ass, i got to class 20 minutes late.

6, it's cool to go to the same school as Elba. kinda reminds me of high school. except she's no longer President of the Student Council, since she has traded that post for "President of Getting Cristina Organized."

7. i like it here. and i especially like the commercials we get on Fox Caribbean et al, particularly the ones from the Virgin Islands, advertising clothing stores and used car dealerships. that shit cracks me up.