Re-vamp

Clearly, I haven't posted much since beginning my blog last year. In fact, most of the few posts that I've had talked about how I didn't post. So, I'm starting over.

I went home this past weekend to spend time with my family and to see my friend Rachel. We went to high school together and afterwards I went off to school and she moved to Israel. It was supposed to be a year-study before she went to Pratt but she decided to stay. Rachel is one of the most unintentionally funny people I know. She interrupts when she is bored with the topic. She talks with her mouth full but makes it endearing rather than unbecoming. Rachel has huge eyes that look like at any moment they'll run out of her sockets; you can tell when she's really listening by the way they react. She has a laugh that is contagious and charming. She is artistic and silly. So when she said that she was moving to Israel and would have to join the army, I incredulously tried to respond in an appropriate way, whatever that would've been.

Anyway, Rachel comes back to the U.S. every so often, and this weekend she happened to be in. So, I made the three-hour trek home with my sister and a friend and met up with Rachel on Sunday morning (read: 11:30). She, my sister and I went to Panera for lunch and caught up as well as you can with someone that you haven't spoken to in a year. As nice as it is to see people after such long periods of time, it's kind of frustrating. You really miss out on the stories that keep a friendship going. The big stuff is important but the little oh-my-goodness-I-went-out-with-this-weirdo stories get left behind, and all of those together enhance the fibers of a relationship. But I'm rambling. Again.

We talked about our summers and I told her that I'm going to be in NYC to intern with one of our favorite magazines. Rachel's eyes expanded even farther out of her sockets and with complete sincerity told me I had to have a blog for everyone to read while I'm there.

So, I thought about this poor, neglected attempt of a blog and I told her I'd do it. I figure before I go I should become accustomed to blogging semi-daily, so I'm starting now. I leave for Manhattan in a month and a day. My goal is to blog 25 times. If there's anything you want to know more about or especially enjoy, please share it! I read many blogs but writing one is a task that I am nervous about, so I welcome feedback.

Here I go!