TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.

so. i've been gone since i started that other blog.
...
and i haven't written in THAT either...

yeah. it's been a hell of a month.

A month filled with laziness, television, and the worst of a 17 and newly-18 year old girl.

yeah. IULIUS was not the best month for maithreyi :(

It started with going hiking and kayaking and other outdoorsy things.
then hanging out with friends.
studying here and there to satisfy the indian papa who would question, "why are you not reading your boooook?" (in the quintessential indian man accent. i love it. i have been mocking it every chance i get.)

dance practice most nights & all weekend.
leaving the daytime for LAZINESS. insatiable hunger & endless hours of "Full House" reruns & "Gilmore Girls".

& Then Silapathigaram happened. (http://www.visionaid.org) & raised enough money for a new Vision Aid center in India!
& That was a hit! My family loved it, I loved it, it had gone so so well. My friends had come to the show and enjoyed it, too, though they ALL left earlier than curtain call, much to my dismay.

& then I had a day with my mother, just relaxing and cooking before I turned 18 :)

On my 18th birthday, my closest friends in my hometown headed to the big city for a chinatown lunch/dinner (linner?!) & frolicking in Beantown :D We ate like there was no tomorrow. I ate golden triangles filled with delicious, with noodly something or other, topped with a pizza, ice cream, and then fried dough. on top of which i ate more when my family decided to venture to cheesecake factory. (5 rounds of appetizers, a large eggplant sandwich, and keylime mango cheesecake.)

& so at the end of my birthday, not only was every hunger in my body satiated, but so was the compelling sensation of nausea minus any of the actual event.

i will never eat that much. ever. ever. ever. again.

but aside from the food, the frolicking was a success! boston common was beautiful & our touristy pictures make for a nice remembrance of the day :]

and then began my spiral. though my birthday was only a week or so ago, i happily took to my throne of do-nothingness for the next 11 days. i did nothing till the vans came home carrying my mommy, upon which i went longboarding in an effort to fix the problem in a last ditch attempt...every night, conquering my fear of hills, yet not my ability to sail effortlessly down them just yet. (ah, to care so dearly about grammatical errors i wish i did. [yoda speak.])

& now, yesterday, i sprang from this nothingnessdoing valiantly, volunteering for an organization my mother knows and helping out a nonprofit-running lady. MY SPECIALTY! i went into the unknown waters that are south boston, and emerged victorious and proud. i have resolve!

and though i did nothing all summer, i believe that there is a story in it for the school year.

so i'm starting a new blog, and revamping the idea of the Activism one!

I believe in my sophomore year, there lies a great story and a journey to be followed.
I am going to tackle so much, I can hardly wait. :)
USC classes, Hindu Student Organization, Building Government, Drishti, Asli Baat, leadership frat rush, & a full load of engineering classes! I'm so excited.

It's going to be a year to remember. and it'll start just as soon as i get back from Yellowstone and pack all over again :D

xoxo,
Maithreyi

Be A REAL Activist!: Day #1: Making A Difference.

I created a new blog & wrote a new blogpost today at http://reyitheactivist.blogspot.com for my new summer project! Read it to find out how I developed it and why.

Be A REAL Activist!: Day #1: Making A Difference.: "(written on Wednesday, June 23, 2010) Two desi women are talking about my town, my choice of clothing (shorts won't KILL the world, just me ..."

Besides that, since the last time I wrote, I have been bored for a week, finished Calculus I with a pretty decent grade, I mastered the T bus and subway system, met up with my friends on multiple occasions, seen the biffles a half dozen times, graduated high school, missed my college buds, had fun at the banquet and the all-night party, did alright on my finals, scraped through Chem 105a, practiced tons of dance and had so much more to do, upgraded my phone software and am working on upgrading to a better phone as well! And I have been highly unsuccessful at finding a job. Hence the project! One thing I am a master at is blogging, and one thing I am improving is my vlogging. Now, I have motivation to do both.

So who's with me?! bookmark my new site, and let me know what you think of this project in the comments of the first post!
xoxo,
-Maithreyi