sun-kissed

in a silent room where only a rotating fan is whirring its blades, my thoughts are screaming.

reading the forever war makes me wonder what the point of so many things is. anyway..

friday, NEIL PATEL WAS IN TOWN!! i met up with him, his sister, bijal, and bijal's friends from bu: meera and vishal. after a margarita and many bowls of chips and salsa, i biked home (albeit a little woozily). emily and i made mango sangria which was SO tasty and we went to mcsorley's for a round of light and dark. we got to people watch and see what was happening at the pub during fleet week. then we went to forum and danced around haha. we then went home and raided the kitchen. :)

saturday was so much fun. vi, michael and i met up at artichoke pizza for slices. we walked to soho and meandered the shops and found our way to jamba juice on west houston. eventually we subwayed to my apartment and hung out while waiting for neehan to move in. it's so sad! i'm so excited to go to california and start the next stages of my life, but at the same time... change is scary. at 7, emily and i went to bar paya for our roommate dinner. the food was pretty good, but i don't know if we would go there again. we had pisco sour, sea bass cerviche and lobster. then when we got home, we chilled out and headed to ulysses and another place (i forget the name, but it was next door) on stone street. with emily, vi, michael, brian, ben, and some new boys and girls, we hung out with a couple of navy sailors while drinking and snacking on french fries.

yesterday, emily and i woke up at 6:30 am to find out the path doesn't run on sundays! we took a cab to penn station and hopped on the train to mahwah. then savita picked us up, and the three of us met up with anjali and meera to go to avon-by-the-sea. tanya and rohini were already there. with doritos, strawberries and lemonade, we enjoyed the sun and sand from 11 am - 5 pm. the water was freezing, but it was awesome to jump in and cool down. i received a few texts that boggled my mind, but i think i figured it out: it was omar, my doorman. i drove us back and we went to red lobster. those cheesy biscuits were so delicious. savita and i shared the shrimp linguini and were quite satisfied with our meal. taking the train back, i was relieved to come back into manhattan. there is something calming about the busy streets and vibrant nature of the city. i somehow ended up at bar 29, ps 450, and tonic talking about topics i never thought would be discussed on a rooftop bar. it was really cool and a bit disappointing (as well as eye-opening to the nature of) hanging out with a group of guys.