re-adjusting... dream-lag?

italy was a straight up dream man... no ties, no worries, no deadlines, no starbucks, no homework assignments. so much freedom, exploration, inspiration, first impressions, sincerity...

basically i got back and went to school on monday and tuesday and just felt satisfied in my italy-experience and limited in the confines of the classroom. its so much better to learn things when you're amidst them, when you've walked atleast 4 miles and finally come to a monumental artifact with so many stories layered into the textured structure. this is why taking the day off on wednesday was perfect.

I caught up on mentor crap (powerpoint presentation which ended up rocking today for mr. obryan's class), but more importantly, i went to DC with rach and danielle to see the cherry blossoms. it was really great to go to DC, and realize that we know nothing about our own magnificent city just 30 minutes away. it was great for lots of reasons... one was just walking around, because we walked soo much in italy and it was really satisfying-- you know, that pain in the arc of your foot is like the trophy of a day spent well and lived raw without need of gas-guzzling vehicles.

it was great because i love rachael and danielle (and i have no clue how i'm gonna go away to college without the loves of my life!... but i just try not to think about it). it was great because i totally connect with nature, or as rach put it "you're at peace with nature" or some sort of similar deep and meaningful phrase that rach so often blurts out in her extroverted stream of conscious... which i love. we saw magnolia trees while looking for the cherry blossoms that havent really blossomed all the way yet. (some have.. not many). that break got me back in the mindset i needed to be in... loving the weather, the walking, the friendship, the asking ppl on the street how to get places, soaking in so many things at once, its just perfect.

today was sort of a blur.. i'm about to fall asleep and its 9pm, but basically i fell asleep in english and then on the way to the ho-co tv studio today to record some, i pack up my car to find that i have everything... except the keys to my car, which happened to be locked in my house. i even had this laptop with internet connection, but no way of driving to the TV studio or getting into my house. everything worked out, nuc drove me over, we made the best recording of "without knowing" i've ever heard, then my dad and i ate at a cuban restaurant and talked about sudan and ideas about saving the world... well not really the world, but yeah, okay i'm going to go to sleeep. night kids,


Jodi

ps- i wanted to write this post about something else; the thing i wrote on my bathroom wall: "hope is a fire, asking to be caught... so i catch on. " ..eyes wont stay open cause i'm typing in bed, more on that one lata.