Rome (NY)

Today I am at home. I was not nearly as freezing waking up today as I was yesterday. My parents are NOT too cheap to turn on the heat which I am really enjoying. I'm sitting on my couch, next to my baby Duncan. My parents are at work and it is SO quiet. I don't think I've ever heard this place so quiet. Duncan slept in my bed with me last night. Apparently, he was VERY excited to have me home. He started out on the edge of the bed and in the middle of the night he got up and snuggled himself right up next to my face. I put my arm next to him and he put his chin on my hand and went back to sleep. It was love, I'm sure. I think today I'm going to read the diving bell and the butterfly (FINALLY) and make dinner for my mom. She hates cooking and made me dinner for years so I figure now that I know my way around a kitchen, I'll make dinner for her. Maybe some oatmeal raisin cookies too.... those are her favorite!!

I've been in this phase lately (that I believe may be permanent) where I just want to know everything about everything. Different philosophies and political movements, the economy, wars, mythology, historical figures.... the list goes on. Every time I learn a bit about something, I discover twelve other things I want to know about. Its getting overwhelming, but I like it. I've learned about existentialism a few times in different classes but its always been really difficult for me to wrap my head around. I was reading about it online yesterday and the worlds always just become sort of jumbles to me. Then I remembered the movie I <3 Huckabees. I've tried to watch it a few times before but never made my way to the end. So last night was the night. I watched the whole thing and loved it. It gave me a much better grasp on the whole concept of existentialism and was entertaining at the same time. Sooooo one interesting topic down, 78trillion to go!