Fairy Tale

I've decided that my fairy tale is Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.  This is primarily because I'm channeling Snow White right now (basically black hair with bangs, extremely pale skin (this place is not so sunny) and rosy cheeks and lips).  One essential element of fairy tales, that I usually forget, is that it is never easy, and if it were, we wouldn't care.  The heroine is always beset with problems until her prince comes to save her.  In my version of Snow White, the problems are no sleep, no sun, fear of writing poetry and a strange smelling kitchen, and the Evil Queen seems to be the university accommodation department and the bars outside my window are her wicked accomplices.  I have seven dwarves too, who make my life better: tea, poetry, castles, film camera, snow, new guitar and shopping.  I am anticipating a prince too, and I think he'll take the form of the city of Edinburgh.  I'm falling in love already.  Today I found a health food store with baby kale, and that just about made my life. There is nothing better in my (cook)book than baby kale, mozzarella cheese, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar.  Delicious.  So not to worry, this princess will persevere!

In other news, my classes are going well, although they have an alarmingly small amount of meeting time per week.  I bought a new guitar yesterday, and I'm totally in love.  I got caught in a snow/rain storm in Toms, which was unfortunate, but the "ithacating" weather made me feel at home.  I've successfully finished one week and am enjoying this beautiful city.

Of course I didn't fix the camera charging program from last semester, so I came with a camera that died halfway through my first picture...   I know exactly which universal charger I want, so its only a matter of time until I'm back up with the pictures, and the film from my first Holga roll will be developed by tomorrow, so expect some pictures soon!  For now here is the one and only picture that my camera allowed me.  Its not very good, but its proof that I'm here!

This is The Meadows, which I'm told is a very popular student hang out when the weather is nicer!

Love, Calaandra