It is raining in New York. I bought an umbrella this morning from some guy on the street ("Very low price for pretty girl, umbrellas, very good quality"), and it just broke after a violent struggle to get it closed, right outside the windows of a very busy cafe.

Now I am sitting at a cafe using the internet, because the internet is not working in my apartment.

This morning I went to church at St. Patrick's Cathedral, which is huge and beautiful and kind of weird because the whole time mass is being said there are all these tourists coming in and taking pictures and stuff.

I finally met Jimmy, the other roommate and he is very nice but I think he thinks i'm boring, because he came home the other night and I was sitting on the couch with no make-up and messy hair all curled up in my comforter watching the wedding channel on tv and he said, "wow, exciting friday night," and some of his friends came over and they went out on the town and I stayed at home.

I went running with Aunt Lauren yesterday in Central Park-- it was a great run, we went on the bridle path, which is dirt and central park is SO BIG, there were times when I almost thought I could be on a trail run at home...almost. Then we met Zen (remember Lauren's roommate pre-Ken? We stayed with her when Cailin and I went on our NYC trip for our tenth birthday). We went to Lincoln Center where Fashion Week is happening right now and tried to spot celebrities. We saw Josh Groban, but that was it. But there were a ton of models around in gorgeous clothes getting their pictures taken and looking particularly emaciated.

Today I am going to Tabby's apartment for dinner again...she is having a little pizza party.

And then tomorrow I will be going to register for classes! Registration is between 10:00 and 2:00, and orientation starts at 3:00. I've been gathering all kinds of little tidbits that I want to put in a screenplay, so I'm sooo excited to actually make it happen.

Sorry Connor for the long posts. Stop having an attitude. Call the woman from whose loins you sprung.

Cailin: no man has yet told me he loves me, ten dollars or otherwise. But Zen did tell me that if I find anyone in the city I should run it by her first because she's "dated every loser in the tri-state area."

Grandpa Jim: how 'bout them red sox?