didn't i, didn't i, didn't i see you cryin'

i can't comprehend how some people are just so awesome.

talia, dorri, dorri's friend (shirin), and i hung out friday night. we went to this delicious place in harvard square called veggie planet. the resturant is rather small, and definitely hippy. it was amazingly flavorful for the price and amount of food. i had a "thanksgiving pizza", which was cranberries, mushroom gravy, and some other random things topped on pizza crust. oh, and the waitress had an avacado tatoo on her ankle. i need to go to harvard sq more often. it seems that everytime i go, i discover some new place that sounds delicious.

after dinner, we went to a baha'i fireside. One of the GRTs at harvard hosts a fireside session every friday night (i think), to introduce and discuss the baha'i faith. basically, there is a speaker who gives a general overview of what baha'i is about, and then a discussion follows where people ask questions and we all talk nicely. the environment was friendly, welcoming, and even comforting. it's like a bunch of strangers coming together just for a nice conversation. i enjoyed the fact that baha'i seems to be rooted in civil discussion, rather than argumentative debates. the session also got me thinking about things i never thought about before...what religion is, and whether humans can globally unite and understand each other.

it was so awesome to hang out with all of them. the fireside also had amazing food. there were gingerbread and chocolate cookies. then there was cake and tea. the cake was one of those with a hole in the middle. it was soft, spongy, and filled with cranberries. last but not least was flatbread and THE hummus...the best hummus i have ever tasted in my entire life. it was a bit smoother than the hummus in the house, had more spices/flavoring and contained the magic ingredient of cayenne pepper. it was so good, after a long night of discussion about global unity, the three of us concluded that hummus was the answer to uniting mankind.

back at wilg: this week, the 3rd floor held a bop language study break. for those of you who need some therapeutic relief, try speaking in the bop language. to speak in this language, you spell out a word by saying the vowels and adding op to the end of consonants. for example: bowl-- bop-o-wop-lop; water-- wop-a-top-e-rop. isn't it great? we were laughing hysterically.

this evening, wilg had a girl's night in. we watched 10 things i hate about you while eating lots of cookies and junk food. during the middle of the movie, we realized that we got jipped by blockbuster because the dvd was scratched up and kept skipping/stopping, and that was blockbuster's only copy of the movie. it stopped working at the best part too--when heath ledger sings in the soccer stadium. in the end, we went to hollywood express and got a ghetto vhs version of the movie.

we all decided that 'cameron' should've been an mit student. he's incredibly cute and has just the right amount of awkwardness and nerdiness. i have also decided for myself that this is probably the only movie where i really like and respect heath ledger. and of course, we sang along to the songs, especially our favorites, letters to cleo: cruel to be kind and i want you to want me...

and now, back to the busy busy weekend, if i don't want to overly suffer this week and the week after.