<p>I leave 12:25 am Sunday morning. So I’m probably leaving for the airport around 9-10ish. Excitement :)</p>
<p>=)</p>
<p>I just had some time while playing the sims to think about that thread you posted on CHS or CSH, whatever that was. And then I started to get it! It sucks because me now thinking the way I am is exactly what my horoscope said will happen and although I’m not one to take horoscopes seriously, mine has been right almost every single day i’ve checked it for the past year (one through google). It’s kinda freaky actually. </p>
<p>Anyway, if we don’t make it to 500 I’ll just post on here myself. I’ll think outloud and such.</p>
<p>Whoa. Horoscopes = freaky. I’m quite superstitious, unfortunately. </p>
<p>Oh my horoscope is TOTALLY off. Me and new person are going to make a good team, apparently. But I haven’t met anybody new today, and am not going to. WRONG. Lol.</p>
<p>And if you think outloud and such, I will read every single one of your posts (and just think of how high your post count will be when we get back! Higher than mine, probably :()</p>
<p>=) yay! I’ve always wanted to beat your post count! 
</p>
<p>my first random thing will be this. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.collegiatechoice.com/mydave.htm[/url]”>http://www.collegiatechoice.com/mydave.htm</a></p>
<p>HAHAHA poor socialogists. I actually think socialogy is somewhat interesting 
and me, the English major. I hope I can make up lunatic stories. Actually, I’m sure I can :D</p>
<p>=) yay! </p>
<p>I got another link now. <a href=“http://www.theu.com/videos_view/columbia_university?v=v63b1d[/url]”>http://www.theu.com/videos_view/columbia_university?v=v63b1d</a></p>
<p>HAHAHA. Karen, how do you find these things? It would have been a lot funnier if there were like 4-5 people though…instead of just the one guy. That’s brave!</p>
<p>EDIT: Oh, just kidding a few more guys showed up. Lol.</p>
<p>yeah i thought the same thing though. Well the one person thing made it cooler in a way. I just love the allusion to Dead Poet’s Society. I LOVE that movie. </p>
<p>and how do i find them? The first one I found a long time ago while looking for videos on colleges. The second one i found this morning while I was watching the u’s videos about columbia. The pic i sent you before was stolen from my friend on facebook.</p>
<p><a href=“http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/100Movies.pdf?docID=301[/url]”>http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/100Movies.pdf?docID=301</a></p>
<p>how many movies have you seen on the list. I’ll post back after I count.</p>
<p>I got 67…</p>
<p>Eeeeek 2 days! A few days ago it seemed a distant impossibility…</p>
<p>P.S. I’m in Chicago right now, and just came back after visiting a certain institution of higher learning (haha guess which one!) Needless to say, I’m exhausted but very, very happy :O)</p>
<p>Okay bye!</p>
<p>There’s always an emotion face next to the ivy spot on cc’s home page for some reason. ANd the odd thing is it always reflects my attitude towards the university located horizontal to it. Yesterday i was so happy about it so it was a 
and today I’m realizing I still have no chance so it’s a :(. I don’t understand why it’s there/ how it’s so good at guessing my mood!</p>
<p>Now to amuse everyone who is not reading this I will address each point made on the “You know you’re from New York City when…” group on facebook from the perspective of a central jersey girl who has port authority literally 1 minute walking distance from her house. </p>
<p>1.You say “the city” and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan.
What other city would you mean?</p>
<p>2.You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
I’ve been to the Statue of Liberty once i think a month ago because my cousins were visiting. They had never been to NY and wanted to see it. And even though I tried to talk my way out of it, my mom insisted I go and be a nice hostess. It still gets me mad. </p>
<p>3.You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can’t find Wisconsin on a map.
This is very true. </p>
<p>4.Hookers and the homeless are invisible.
yeah, but then you go to LA and realized they’re everywhere. It’s so strange. </p>
<p>5.The subway makes sense.
How doesn’t it? </p>
<p>6.You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
HAHA, that’s actually very true. If people ask me how many languages I can speak I’ll say 6. I only know 2 fluently though. =) (I can understand two others though. Just not very well)</p>
<p>7.You’ve considered stabbing someone just for saying “The Big Apple”.
I’ve NEVER heard it been called this and I hope I will never have to. </p>
<p>8.The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
Haha, I don’t have a car but my mom can definitely say this is true. </p>
<p>9.You call an 8’ x 10’ plot of patchy grass a yard.
What’s a yard in everyone else’s definition then?</p>
<p>10.You consider Westchester “upstate”.
Obviously</p>
<p>11.You think Central Park is “nature.”
Central Park is the epitome of nature. I’ve been to national parks and places normal people would call “nature” but for some reason, they’re not in my eyes. They’re so quiet and open and you can see the horizon. I love having ice rinks in the middle of the park and seeing buildings along the trees. </p>
<p>12.You see nothing odd about the speed of an auctioneer’s speaking.
Nope. To add my own little story to this, I was put in speech in kindergarten because according to my mom I wanted to say everything at once so I talked so fast you couldn’t make out the words I was saying. She said I was born to live in New York. Apparently, I’m still the same way if I want to be. I hate talking slowly, it’s such a waste of time! </p>
<p>13.You’re paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you think it’s a “steal.”
Uh…Okay I live in jersey once again so i can’t really say I’m paying that much. But I do consider that cheap. The apartment my parents were looking at was something like 15 grand a month. But then they realized they still have my college tuition to pay. </p>
<p>14.You’ve been to New Jersey twice and got hopelessly lost both times.
This is the only one I flat out disagree with. Although i got lost in north jersey multiple times, and south jersey too. They’re just so different! </p>
<p>15.You pay more each month to park your car than most people in the U.S. pay in rent.
I don’t have a car once again. </p>
<p>16.You haven’t seen more than twelve stars in the night sky since you went away to camp as a kid.
I didn’t even see that many stars at camp. </p>
<p>17.You go to dinner at 9 and head out to the clubs when most Americans are heading to bed.
This is very true. I went to Vermont for a ski trip this year and my friends and I wanted pizza at 1 in the morning. every single place was closed! it was so horrible. They all closed at 9. Let’s just say I yelled at Nate for not telling me i was gonna starve. </p>
<p>18.Your closet is filled with black clothes.
Yep. In fact, I think it was monday that I didn’t wear any black for…the first time in my life. Noone could believe it in school. </p>
<p>19.You haven’t heard the sound of true absolute silence since the 80s, and when you did, it terrified you.
haha yep. </p>
<p>20.You pay $5 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28 cents.
We’ve paid a lot more than that for a beer without a second thought about it. </p>
<p>21.You take fashion seriously.
Yep, and I hate it when designers decide to come out with 3 summer lines all a month apart from one another. So you max out your credit card, pay it off, and then max it out the next month just because the last shopping spree you had is now out of style. That gets me mad too. </p>
<p>22.Being truly alone makes you nervous.
This is extremely true as well. I’m always scared when my parents aren’t home because my neighborhood is so quiet. It’s safe as hell but everyone keeps to themselves and their homes. It’s just strange. </p>
<p>23.You have 27 different menus next to your telephone.
I think I have more than that and I bet you only about 5 are not from a chinese or pizza place. </p>
<p>24.Going to Brooklyn is considered a “road trip.”
I consider going to school a road trip. </p>
<p>25.America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you.
This really depends on what part of the Hudson you’re talking about. I’ll have to say no though because I’ve been to PA so many times. </p>
<p>26.You’ve gotten jaywalking down to an art form.
My friends say i’m gonna kill myself one day. That and my bro got a ticket in LA for jaywalking. He had no clue it was illegal. Neither did I until he told me that story. </p>
<p>27.You take a taxi to get to your health club to exercise.
I don’t take a taxi but I drive there. I guess that counts. </p>
<p>28.Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
Ah, I don’t completely agree with this. </p>
<p>29.$50 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
Since when do groceries come in paper bags anymore?</p>
<p>30.You have a minimum of five “worst cab ride ever” stories.
Yep. </p>
<p>31.You don’t notice sirens anymore.
Very true. It’s so funny because my dad has reached that age where it annoys him so much when we here sirens in Jersey (except for at home) but in NY he doesn’t even notice them. </p>
<p>32.You live in a building with a larger population than most American towns.
The building I live in has 3 people in it. =/ </p>
<p>33.Your doorman is Russian, your grocer is Korean your deli man is Israeli, your building super is Italian, your laundry guy is Chinese, your favorite bartender is Irish, your favorite diner owner is Greek, the watchseller on your corner is Senegalese, your last cabbie was Pakistani, your newsstand guy is Indian and your favorite falafel guy is Egyptian.
besides the doorman and super part this is true. Oh and the watchseller is not on the corner, he’s down a few streets. </p>
<p>34.You’re suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
Walk away</p>
<p>35.You secretly envy cabbies for their driving skills.
Not really</p>
<p>36.You think $7.00 to cross a bridge is a fair price.
Yep</p>
<p>37.Your door has more than three locks.
Yeah but that’s just to keep my parents out. </p>
<p>38.Your favorite movie has DeNiro in it.
Can’t say it does</p>
<p>39.You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
It depends on the situation. Normally I would say yes but if it is a date/romantic type thing then no way. </p>
<p>40.You run when you see a flashing “Do Not Walk” sign at the intersection.
Those things are always wrong anyway. </p>
<p>41.You’re 35 years old and don’t have a driver’s license.
I’m 17 and don’t have one and I see no need. I can get everywhere I want by walking/bus/hitching a ride off a friend/subway/taxi. </p>
<p>42.You ride in a subway car with no air conditioning just because there are seats available.
And it gets hot as hell down there, trust me. </p>
<p>43.You’re willing to take in strange people as roommates simply to help pay the rent.
Why not. </p>
<p>44.There is no North and South…</p>
<p>45.It’s uptown or downtown.
Don’t forget midtown. </p>
<p>46.When you’re away from home, you miss “real” pizza and “real” bagels.
THIS IS SOOOOOO TRUE!!! I think Central jersey in a way is most like the city because we have the same food. We have real pizza and bagels and chinese food. I can’t stand having this stuff at school because they don’t know how to cook! Sorry, my friends have heard this rant one too many times. </p>
<p>47.You know the differences between all the different Ray’s Pizzas.
haha I have to say I do. </p>
<p>48.You’re not in the least bit interested in going to Times Square on New Year’s Eve.
Or the tree thing in rockefeller center or the macy’s parade. </p>
<p>49.Your internal clock is permanently set to know when Alternate Side of the Street parking regulations are in effect.
Nah, sorry i don’t drive in. </p>
<p>50.You know what a bodega is.
Si</p>
<p>51.You know how to fold the New York Times in half, vertically, so that you can read it on the subway or bus without knocking off other passenger’s hats.
Common sense people</p>
<p>52.Someone bumps into you, and you check for your wallet…
Or your purse in my case. </p>
<p>53.You cringe at hearing people pronounce Houston St. like the city in Texas
I learned this the hard way when i was young. </p>
<p>54.Film crews on your block annoy you, not excite you.
Unless they’re the US Olympic Synchronized Swimming team shooting a performance for an Aflac commercial, yes. </p>
<ol>
<li><p>People from other states cant tell a polar bear from a peanut, but they know you’re from NY the second you open your mouth.
My mouth never shuts, I talk too much. </p></li>
<li><p>When you are able to make a right turn at a red light… you think it’s the best thing ever.
Half my friends don’t even remember turning right on red in jersey is legal. </p></li>
<li><p>Rather than waiting safely on the sidewalk to cross the street, you wait inches away from speeding traffic waiting to cut through it.
Did you see the part where I said my friends tell me i’m gonna die? </p></li>
<li><p>Your local news is national news.
Yep. </p></li>
<li><p>You walk a mile in 13 minutes and think that everything should be open 24/7.
How did you know! </p></li>
<li><p>You know who Dr. Z is…
Okay no i don’t </p></li>
<li><p>You think you know better than everyone else in the world… when in reality… well… you do.
:D</p></li>
<li><p>Yellow light means speed up.
What else would it mean. </p></li>
<li><p>Red light means speed up because you know have that 1 second pause until the other light turns green.
=) You’re reading my mind. </p></li>
<li><p>Communicating with people on the road only takes one finger.
I’m from Jersey, this is an art form for us. </p></li>
<li><p>You order your dinner and have it delivered… from the place across the street.
Guilty </p></li>
<li><p>You cross the street on a greenlight, and if you get hit by a car you blame the driver for "not watching where they’re going.
Guilty again. I don’t understand what it is with drivers, pedestrians always come first. </p></li>
<li><p>You can tell a gunshot from a firecracker and not get scared.
they do sound completely different </p></li>
<li><p>You know the lights above the skyscrapers is the closest thing we have to stars.
Yeah. There’s this one antenna thing by me which has a star at the top. It’s really pretty and always lit up by the mall. Believe it or not it’s the only “star” you can see at most given times. If you look up and see a “star” I’ll bet you $20 it’s just an airplane.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Okay I’m getting really lonely over here.</p>
<p>god you should have split each of the points into a different post…</p>
<p>obviously not a goal-oriented person ;)</p>
<p>Oh Karen I love you. I agree with Nate, though, you should have split each point into a different post :D</p>
<p>I guess everybody went to sleep. Makes me sad to be on the West Coast. (Soon I’ll be almost East Coast though :DD)</p>
<p>sorry to interrupt the fun you guys, but does anyone mind pm-ing me a successful copy of their tasp app? thanks</p>
<p>yay I don’t feel quite as lonely anymore. </p>
<p>My dad ruins everything. EVERYTHING. Apparently he is extremely against going to Ann Arbor for a family vacation. he says “You’ve seen pennsylvania. Well if you drive through the state, it’s more of the same. THen comes Ohio. Its the same thing again, just flat.” So I’m going to do visit UVA the week of Independence day. =/ However I did get my parents to acknowledge maybe buying me a plane ticket so I can go myself. I still have that birthday present to receive afterall. We’re gonna talk about it later today.</p>
<p>Oh and trust me, separating it did come to mind. I swear I thought about that while writing the post but in the end i was just too lazy. I think this is Nate’s horrible influence on me.</p>
<p>Hehe. Oh Karen please come <33. I guess if your family’s that against it, it’s okay 
we’ll just have to meet up some other time (Swarthmore Discovery Weekend? :D)</p>
<p>And newtexan, what do you mean by “successful copy of a tasp app”? Do you mean our essays? Because the application itself wasn’t particularly time consuming…</p>