andy doing a great impression of a woman for the costume contest and yeah, he was the winner

a little halloween craziness...

one wrong exit and you end up here in the Bronx... i love being lost NYC...

B-more's interesting architecture

oh yeah...the fresh out the shower costume....clever and cheap. and actually in this case true. (the party was in the building I live in)

local gang-bangers in B-more..:-)

an intriguing graveyard in baltimore

the journey is the destination... (aka: oh so lost in B-more)

my room is the second from the right

the road leading up to my campus

the end of fall...

i'm dreaming of a white halloween...it slushed (kind of snowed) a couple days ago....the word on the street is that it's going to start snowing really early this year.

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I'm so tempted to go to San Diego for Thanksgiving. Should I, should I, oh should I??? Money, homework, time? hmmm.... I have to decide soon.

I would maybe fly into LA because in my price searches so far that would be almost a hundred dollars less. Then maybe I could take the train down after hanging out with some LAer friends...hmmmmmm....I'm leaning towards no but so tempting....

I'm in Baltimore right now. Yes oh yes. Just finished a jog. It was weird. These 13 year old boys were flirting/making fun of me as I was jogging. They were pretending to jog and saying, "Hey lady, come jog with us." And saying other random stuff. Something was weird about that to me. I was like, "Don't they know how old I am?" They should see me as their mom or something.

I needed a break from SIT so I decided to come down to Baltimore for the weekend to visit Sandy. It's been refreshing to hang out with a close friend. Scott thought it was really bizarre that we pretty much studied the whole time. We spent hours at coffee shops this weekend alternating between deep talks and studying. It was perfect because we both had a lot of work to do but also needed to be refreshed.

I was supposed to leave this morning to drive back to Vermont but I got totally lost on the way to the highway. I know it sounds ridiculous but Baltimore is a really confusing city. So it got way too late in the day to drive that many hours in my super old car (that I borrowed from a friend). So I'm leaving early tomorrow morning. haha

Just to give you an update: Joshua is much better now and has been out of the hospital since the 14th. So thanks for your prayers.

Girls and Boys, Men and Women....

Celebrate "Love Your Body" day!!!

Oct. 19th!!!

(It's just coincidence that I went off on these very issues yesterday. Seriously, today is love your bod day.)

http://loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org/

taken from http://www.about-face.org/yv/forum/index.shtml

Jean Kilborne is my new hero! Just got back from one of her lectures/media presentations at a college near my school. wow

Fascinating/disturbing analysis of the depiction of women in advertising. Really got me on my soapbox on the drive home.

This is one of those subjects I've got to blog about. I'm serious this time. No more empty promises. But meanwhile I've gotta go do some reading.... :-)

For info on the issues check out, "About Face" or Jean's resource list.

"About Face promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through a spirited approach to media education, outreach and activism."

I should note that I don't necessarily agree with how they do everything but I thought the "make changes" link was helpful.