Pura Vida

16 Jul 2009

Chapter 2: Euphoric Anxiety

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince at 12:01am.

Props to Christina Yu for getting all them tickets. And for her and Sabz and Gonica Mandhi for waiting in line for 5+ hours. Finished my paper for behavioral on kin selection and cooperation in Hymenopterans and…wild turkeys. Different.

3 hours of sleep. Breakfast = 2 green tea pills + Cinnamon Life in a ziploc bag. Last breakfast as a 20 year old and I celebrated it with a bang. woo. Behavioral class on honest and dishonest signals in animals..hm. Showed us a video of the Superb Lyrebird. Always amazes me. Hybridized Costusaceaes, transplanted Costuslettes. Gym.

Walked home and right when I was walking past the cows surrounded by the golden brown fields to both sides I played some Empire of the Sun. Blasting in my headphones I closed my eyes and looked up and felt one of the most intense forms of euphoria, a happiness that was self-induced because I knew I had no worries, just an amazing week to come. And hey, it was my last day as a 20 year old.

YuTube and I went in the pool when I got home, chilled in the jacuzzi. That “jacuzzi buddy” that Spicy Chai pointed out was there and talked to both of us a lot. Different. Made some dinner for the kids. Now I’m here, anxiously anticipating when I go to the bars in 2.5 hours. Weird. So. Soon.