Thanksgiving Pictures

A new roommate

My friend, Sebastian, moved in yesterday. He wanted a new place to stay because he was living in a bit of a crowded apartment, and ours had an extra room. Actually the evening started with the WPI men's basketball team winning a game 78-77. It was exciting but meaningless. Then we came home and made pancakes. It was lovely as you can see.

Green Schools Tour

I spent the entire day today in the Boston area, accompanying my former boss on a tour of green school buildings. I had helped to make the arrangements for the tours back in June and July, and upon request was allowed and encouraged to attend. There were a lot of architects there which scared me because I wondered how architects do their job. I mean there are so many details, and what if the people didn't like the building in the end? Actually one of the architects addressed that issue because some people did not like the rustic, weathered look of the exterior on one side. I noted that it kind of looked like the side of my house in Maine. The guy explained that he had opted out of completely staining the cedar shingles because he knew they would hold up without it, and he wanted a more natural look and feel to the structure. So anyway I learned a lot about buildings, I got really jealous of how nice the kids had it at those schools, and I really enjoyed the occasion overall. What else is there to say?

Now I think I will conclude this post with a picture of my friend, Ilan, in the Campus Center the other day.

soccer reunification

It almost looks warm out in these pictures. The Sun had just come out, but that didn't help much. It was so cold! Yet most of us felt like this was maybe our last good chance to play a little soccer together outdoors for the year. We played a frigid match of 5 on 4. I was on the team with 4, but I think I would have been just as tired either way.

Continuing the Streak

Feeling alright the next morning after getting a lot of sleep, i received a call from Kahraman reminding me of our tentative breakfast plan we had made the night before. We piled into the car at about 12:30 to go to IHOP for breakfast. When we got there it was really crowded so we had to wait. I took this picture while we waited:
For breakfast I had pumpkin pancakes. When asked if i wanted butter or whipped cream on them I said butter, which I regretted after seeing a huge glob of butter on top of them when they arrived. I had picture a thin slice of half-melted butter just oozing down the sides, but instead there was a heap of butter, enough to grease a large pan for maybe 3 batches of eggs. But I digress...

I took a short video of Merve and Kahraman/ In the video, there is a joke about the Turkish phrase "hayirli olsun" which means something like "enjoy it", but could be taken literally to mean "let it be with no".


So that was Saturday breakfast. Thanks again, M and K. Afiyet olsun!

Hygge of sorts

Some might wonder what happened to me. School happened. And other wonderful things but anyway, I started taking pictures again which means that I can start making blog entries again. Cuz who really reads the words anyway? It's all about the pictures.
So if you were wondering, my friends Sebastian, Valentina, and I decided rather spontaneously to have a dinner and a light gathering. After going to the grocery and liquor stores, we began making preparations for dinner. I of course cleaned the apartment frantically because I feel like it is messy all the time anyway, and also I had had no time to prepare for the company coming over. My apartment was soon a busy and exciting place with Danish hip-hop/pop music heard coming from the speakers in my room. A few additional friends arrived.
It was the kind of Friday evening that I wished for after a long week of classes, but I couldn't have planned for. Thank you to those who were there, and welcome to those who were not. Welcome to the next spontaneous totally-chill evening that comes and goes but leaves a good feeling.