recycling bin seance
Mood:  quizzical
So last night I had a very strange experience. Walking back to my room from CCL at around 12:45, I came across a group of people having some sort of seance in the middle of cross campus. They weren't saying anything, but instead they were standing in a circle, banging furiously on pieces of plastic and recycling bins. There was a discernable underlying beat from the large recycling bin, but everyone else played his or her own rhythm, as if possessed by the need to express him/herself on a freezing cold night in the middle of a large patch of grass. They were oblivious to any outside activity, and their sole focus was on the beat of the recycling bin - DUM ...DUM ...DUM

This is what goes on at Yale

SOX and other shenanagins
Mood:  hungry
Now Playing: jimmy eat world
First of all, I have to say that I have never gotten so many comments as I did on that last entry...WAY TO GO PEOPLE! I don't know if that had to do with my incredibly drunken state of mind while writing it or the fact that you all love me soo much....

Anyway, this entry is much belated, but in the words of Josh:

The RED SOX are "un-fucking-believable!"

That series was some of the most amazing baseball I have ever seen...enough said. The best part, however, was watching it with other psycho fans like Josh and toasting to the sox with cheap champagne...good times all around. I only wish I were in Boston right now so I could experience the craziness of the parade and aftermath.

I have some pictures from the night of game 4 in the world series, but unfortunately I am "out of disk space" or something retarded like that and I wasn't able to post them in this entry. I think it is definitely about time I made a new blog.

I also went to a cocktail party the other night and took pictures from that but of course I can't post those either. GRRRRR......

Damn I'm so pissed now.

Ok peace out
Becca

YAYYYYY
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: FU
YAYYY
this entry is dedicated to ali....awesomest person in the whole wide world. so tonight i had a couple of drinks....and i got a drunk dial from matt. i wont tell you what he said but it was interesting....i was confused and happy and sad. I am starting to catch up on the wall.... i now have two boys.... probably another one tomorrow....this random hookup thing is sort of addictive. Like alcohol. even though all boys are bad kissers. except for matt. Ian was a bad kisser. and so was bryce. but then again i couldnt really tell then. So i havent updated this in awhile. nothing has really changed except maybe my attitude. i have changed from eh to whatever. that didnt make sense but watever (see?)

ok i think it is time for a new paragraph. so....the coolest new thing right now is magevet. I love everyone in magevet. They are so nice and cool. and even though our concert was sort of eh since i didnt know the words it was still fun and we didnt sound that bad. yayy.
soooo i miss people. like jamie. BITCH you havent called me. I am going to mess u up next time i see u. I miss matt too. and cuddling. I miss cuddling with dan and jamie and everyone. and laura....who came to see me btw! it was awesome... even tho there wasnt really anything going on. It was so good to talk to her. and i miss roh and morgan and lizz and everyone. I know i am forgetting people. that is why listing friends is always a very bad thing because then people hate u. this is so much fun i should do this more often (drunk blogging in case u were wondering). So.
..where the fuck is andrew. I am supposed to go to gourmet heaven with him now. BITCH. Ok i have to end this now because ali is going to bed. MUAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
love to all
Becca

Randomness
Mood:  chatty
Now Playing: bite me (a song i made up)
I really suck at keeping up with this, huh?

I think my problem is that I always feel like I need to talk about EVERY new thing that has happened since my last entry, and every time I think about writing I realize I don't have the time to explain as much as I would like. So...I won't. Instead I will waste your time with whatever random thoughts come into my mind. YAY.

Thinking...thinking....thinking....AH HA!
So my roommates decided it would be funny to print out giant pictures of all their "conquests" (aka hookups) since arriving at Yale and post them on the wall. We tallied up all the hookups and each of my roommates had at least two...one had three. Guess how many tallys were next to my name? Yes thats right - ZERO. Not that I wish my number were anything higher, but if we are going to fill up the wall I need to start doing my part...

Ok that story digressed. Other new things..... I had my first test today. It was chemistry fun (sarcasm). I had my first Magevet rehearsal. That was jew fun (not sarcasm). Yea thats about it.

Oh wait! I should mention that I went home last weekend and I got to visit with the fam fam and see Dan....super duper fun. Thanks for an awesome time at Anna's and your dorm room Dan! I also was sort of a good Jew and went to evening services for Yom Kippur.

Moving on...I need to talk about all the cool new friends I am making! (This section is in honor of Heiko who requested that I mention him in my entry.) So yea- I have this cool friend named heiko who is a big man whore! woo hoo. And a friend named Yoni who is a big prude (jk jk love you guys). And their roommate Josh who is a DEBATER. And two awesome girls from Pierson named Nicole and Jane. And an awesome girl named Yael. AND ANDREW OF COURSE. Oh this was a bad idea now I feel like I am forgetting people. I dont think many people from Yale read this anyway....so whatever. Speaking of which, I dont think many people read this in general. (THAT WAS A HINT PEOPLE.... LEAVE COMMENTS SO I KNOW THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THIS CRAP.) Anyway, I am also getting a lot closer with my roommates. I love roomming with Alexa, and I am a lot closer with Laura and Ali now. I think the "wall of shame" (see prev paragraph) was a big ice breaker too. We were soo hyper that night.

Oh weird sidenote....IAN MOLONEY just IMed me and it was really awkward cuz he actually meant to IM his sister. We havent talked since high school ended.

I forgot to mention that I just came down with a cold and that I am snotting everywhere.

Yea ok...I told you this would be a random entry.
Football game this weekend? We shall see....


Love and kisses.
MUAH MUAH MUAH MUAH MUAH (more kisses)

Becca

Long time no write
Mood:  lyrical
Wow - this update has been a long time coming.

There are two major pieces of news. First of all, I got into an a capella group! It is called Magevet and they sing jewish, hebrew, and israeli songs from around the world. It seems kind of weird that I was never active in the jewish community at home and now I am in a jewish a capella group, but from what I have seen so far it seems like an awesome, fun group of people that I can totally relate to and see myself being super close with. Anyway, last night the whole group came to my room at around 10:30 and chanted my name outside my door until I let them in. Then they made a circle around me and sang one of their songs to welcome me to the group. I met all the other freshman who had been previously "tapped" in the same way and were blindfolded. Then the groupmembers handed me a green Magevet shirt (which for some reason had an orange gatorade-inspired lightning bolt on it) and then promptly blindfolded me as well. They led me outside with the other blindfolded freshman, and we picked up a couple more tapees before heading to a secret undisclosed location in Branford college. There they sat us down in comfy leather chairs and told us to remove our blindfolds. Before us, they had set out heaping plates of cookies, fruit, donuts, and other tasty items. Then they popped a bottle of champagne and we all toasted to...Magevet. After that we played a few getting-to-know-you games like two truths and a lie. (I'm too lazy to explain what that is at the present time.) Then, when several of the group members were sufficiently drunk from the champagne, they led us to a back room with candles and sang a final song before ending the tap ceremony. Probably a lot more than you wanted to know about the Magevet tap night, but I thought it was exciting. Tonight is tap night for all the other a capella groups, so it should be even more crazy. I'm almost certain I didnt get into any other groups, but I am looking forward to watching people in my entry way get tapped.

The second piece of news (although at this point it is about a week old) is that I finally broke up with my chemistry 332 class. We had some good times together, but in the end I realized it was a self-destructive relationship. I am now dating a new chem class called 118. He is good to me and has homework that I can understand and lectures I can follow. Overall a big improvement.

Until next time,
love you all!
-Becca

PS. Upcoming dates: I'm going home this weekend "for Yom Kippur" which is basically just an excuse to see my family. Call me if u will be in the Boston area and want to hang out.

Laura's BDAY tomorrow!
Yoni's BDAY on Friday!

MY BDAY ON OCT 10!!!! The best part being the fact that Laura is coming to visit me! Yay! Possibly going home that weekend to see Dan and Roh? I'm not really sure yet.

Parents weekend! (I don't really know when this is yet, but I think it is sometime in late october) Also, Magevet will be having its first performance with all the new freshman!

Thats all I can think of right now...I'm sure I'm forgetting some random pieces of information, but that's what I get for not updating in like a week and a half.

Did I mention in a previous entry that I am now a star player on the Saybrook IM ping pong team? Well if I didn't, then there you have it. That's that big news.

Ok now I'm really spent. I should stop procrastinating and actually do some work.
*MUAH*
Becca

ANDREW IS AMAZING AT IMPROV!
Mood:  hug me
Andrew is my hero because he got into every single improv group he tried out for! To put this in perspective, there were about 60 people trying out, and he was one of three from each group who got tapped.

Anyway, I was talking to Andrew last night, and he pointed out to me that I always seem to be in a good mood when I talk to him, yet all of my recent post on my blog have been a bit depressing. I think there are two reasons for this. First of all, when I see Andrew, he reminds me of good old Lex and it puts me in a good mood. Secondly, I am actually having a good time. I think when I sit down to write these things, I get into a certain frame of mind where I think about home and compare all of my experiences here to ones at home. Writing these posts makes me almost as homesick as talking to my parents or friends on the phone. Which is why I tend to talk about everything in a depressing light.

So last night I did have a good time. I played pool in the Saybrook basement, hung out with Andrew and people for a while at this random party, and then hung out with some people (Yoni, Josh, Heiko) in their room for a while. I was really drunk and probably said some things I shouldn't have....but oh well. We listened to music and sang to it loudly, and then we went outside and played some 2:30 AM frisbee. Good times.

In other news, I got rejected from the tap dance group I tried out for :( It wasn't even that I couldn't do the combination - it was SO easy. I just haven't tapped in like 6 months so I was rusty. Whatever. For those of you who have been wondering about a capella, I don't find out for about a week and a half. In the mean time I have been eating rush meals (described in my last entry) and going to singing desserts. Singing desserts are nights where one particular group does a full length concert and serves yummy cookies etc. Lastly, I am offically playing club lacrosse. I went to the first practice yesterday and although I was disgustingly out of shape, I had a blast. I was definitely on par with the level of play, and it was so good to get out there and toss around the ball again.

My classes are good for the most part. Shopping period is over so I know what I am taking now. The list is: Chemistry, Math, Basic Drawing, and The Psychology, Biology, and Politics of Food. I am also taking chem lab (blech).

So thats all for now.
Leave comments! You don't even have to respond to anything I have said in this post, but if u are someone from home, tell me about your life! If you are someone from Yale, you can still tell me about your life.

Ok love you all,
Becca

Recent happenings
Mood:  hug me
Now Playing: Dispatch...reminds me of old times
Sorry for those of you who read my last entry. Although I am still very homesick and practically every time I talk to my parents on the phone I start crying, I am beginning to have (some) fun. Mostly I have just been keeping myself busy with random activities and a little bit of hw. Yesterday I did my laundry for the first time, and much to my excitement my clothes came out of the dryer relatively in-tact. I also went to two A CAPELLA auditions. Yes, I know what you are all thinking - "I didn't know Becca could sing!?!" Well, the truth is, I can't really, but I am trying anyway. I sang "Part of Your World" from the little Mermaid as my solo, which I think was a good choice because it was incredibly easy to sing and all the groups loved it. I'm not expecting anything since there are a ton of people trying out, but I guess it is worth a try. Also, the audition process itself is kind of fun - almost like rushing for a frat or sorority. In fact, they call their auditions "rushing." The audition is only the first part, though. After that I have "rush meals," where I eat a couple of meals with one or two members of the group at one of the dining halls. Then, if the like me, the have callbacks, and when they finally know the final cuts, they have "taps night." Taps night is supposed to be very mysterious so I don't actually know what day it is, but I think it is in about two weeks. Apperently, on that night at 10 o'clock, all the groups run around campus banging on the doors of the people they want to join their group and they yell and do all kinds of crazy stuff to recruit the people they want to join. It should be a riot. (That is, only if I actually make one of the groups. Otherwise, I will probably be moping in my room.) Today I had another audition for the jewish-hebrew-israeli A capella group on campus called Magevet. I'm not sure if they take part in the whole "taps night" thing, but they do rush meals, etc. My final audition is tomorrow, and then after that all I have to do is be really peppy and social for the rush meals. I will let you all know (If I ever feel like writing in this thing again) how that goes later.

Whew. Besides the whole A capella thing, I am going to try to play club lacrosse. I just got back from a barbeque with the team, and they all seem really cool. My FOOT (freshman outdoor orientation trips) leader is on the team so that made me feel a little more comfortable being there. There were actually only 4 freshman that showed up, but hopefully there will be more when we start playing.

Tomorrow I think I might try out for a tap dance group. We shall see.

Besides running around to various activities, I have made some feeble attempts to make friends. I have been spending some time with my roommates, but lately I have been spending more time with these nice jewish kids who like to EAT. Definitely my kind of people. So far we have gone to a family style shabbat dinner at the yale hillel and this morning we went to a brunch with bagels and lox (sp?). Yummy. I think they were angry at me, though, because they had to wait for me to get ready. I'm sure you all know that I'm not the fastest when it comes to getting ready in the morning. Anyway, I think once we all got some good food in our stomachs, whatever hostility there had been melted away. Overall the food on campus has not been bad at all. Even the normal dining halls have pretty good food, so by no means have I been going hungry.

Well thats all for now. I miss you guys more than you can imagine.
Lots of love,
Becca

I am too miserable to write an entry today.



I hate college.

First Day of Classes!
Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: stuff
First day of classes! I woke up at 8:30 and managed to drag myself to the dining hall for a quick breakfast and then to math on time. It was multivariable calculus, and the TA didn't speak english all that well so needless to say it was kind of a painful way to start the day. However, one of the advantages of Yale's registration system is that you don't have to register for classes until two weeks into the semester. This means you can try out as many classes as you like before deciding on the final course load. I think I will "shop" some different math sections in the next few days to see if I find any teachers who are a little more coherent.

After math, I practically ran to my chem class because I had to walk up this massive hill known appropriately as "science hill." Just to put things in perspective it takes about 20 minutes to walk there from my room on the other side of campus. Yea...LOTS of walking this year. Anyway, I made it to that class on time and I immediately fell in love with the class and the professor. You know how I thought I failed the chem placement exam? Well apperently everyone else failed it worse than I did because they put me in this physical chem class that is basically only for juniors majoring in the subject. I think it will be a hard class but it doesn't seem over my head. :)

Finally, after a lunch break I went to the last class of the day which was "The Psychology, Biology, and Politics of Food." It was interesting but I was way in the back so I could barely hear the professor. I think I will shop a few more easy classes tomorrow and decide whether to take this class then. Also, I am planning to shop a couple of drawing classes tomorrow. Screw the language requirement.

Well thats all for now.
*love and kisses*
Becca

P.S. Send me letters! My room is directly over the post office so it is very easy for me to check my mailbox every day. My address is:

Rebecca Taft
Saybrook LWB21
PO Box 204873
New Haven, CT 06520-4873

(Packages are nice too!)

DISCLAIMER
Mood:  chillin'
Sorry that last entry sucked. I am pressed for time here so hopefully when things settle down I will have time to write better posts.