Days 7 & 8

Thursday

Slept pretty well. Shahin has to work today and tomorrow, but he made me a list of cheap places to go and waste time. I've been to Boston before and there's all of this Ted Kennedy business going on, so I have no need to go try to be a tourist. I'm just looking for ward to relaxing. I'll probably hang out in a park today and try to get through more of this book!

Had brunch at the Rosebud. Tuna melt & peddler fries - SO GOOD! The waitresses were two older Bostonians with blonde coifs and thick accents. They were so sweet. I bought a mug and sat there watching the Ted Kennedy funeral coverage. Right now he's on his way here from Hyannisport. I realized I don't know much about the Kennedy family. I'm just sitting in a cute little park by Tufts digesting my food. I love that I picked up this handy little computer before I left!!!

I tried taking some pictures of myself, but they didn't come out all that great. That's a skill I have not perfected. The weather is gorgeous. I saw some alterna-goth-chick layered in socks and skirts and sleeves and just thought, "it it that important to look the part all of the time!?" You just can't let image hang you up like that. I'm here from SoCal; if I'm not cold, you're not. I'm in the skimpiest tank I own, shorts & flip flops. Puh-lease.

I realize that I forgot to pack tampons….

I am so happy to be out of Cali for a bit. This is really wonderful. I know it probably doesn't sound like I am doing much, or at least anything very interesting, but this is awesome and I needed it. Grass, trees, parks, books, introspection; the ingredients for a happy healthy Brooke.

Unless I give in to the incredible urge to buy a pack of cigarettes….

Friday

Didn't give in to the urge to buy cigarettes, but bummed a couple while I tied one on with Santiago's roommates. Nice guys. We had a good time just shooting the shit. Of course, I'm a little hungover today. Cheap wine is just dirty. Passing the time hanging out in Harvard Square. Had some pizza before wandering around, checked out the old graveyard, etc…. I'm at the Coop for the moment, eating pasta salad after browsing through their comics and graphic novels. Picked up a copy of The Little Prince and a graphic novel version of Fahrenheit 451. I'm kind of tired of reading Thoreau, although I've only Cape Cod to go before I'm finished with the book. We might go to Walden tonight when Shahin gets off work. Just to see it and maybe swim. It'll be an early night; I have a train to catch tomorrow morning.

I totally feel that a nap is in order….

I finished it! I'm done! I guess I'll be reading The Little Prince and Fahrenheit 451 until my calculus and linear algebra books meet me on Tuesday! YAY! My favorite quote from the book (The Maine Woods):

"We saw a pair of moose horns on the shore, and I asked Joe if a moose had shed them; but he said there was a head attached to them, and I knew that they did not shed their heads more than once in their lives."

No Walden - it's raining. Hanging at Santiago's playing poker with the boys and watching late night TV.

Off to DC tomorrow....