Friday

9:00 a.m. Greyhound from South Station, Boston to Port Authority, New York City.
1:30 p.m. Lunch at Odeon with my boss and CollegeOTR founder, Doug, in Tribeca
3:00 p.m. Back to the classy Port Authority for departure to Philly.
5:00 p.m. Arriving to Philadelphia via Greyhound.
6:00 p.m. (Unless I fuck up directions) with Jessica at her apartment.
7:00 p.m. Dinner, followed by partying. The works.

Saturday

11:00 a.m. Breakfast. Gym with Jessica.
1:00 p.m. Shopping. Eating. Unbridled consumption.
6:00 p.m. At some point, seeing my friend from the University of the Sciences.
8:00 p.m. Dinner. Hot date with Penn boy at McDonald’s.
10:00 p.m. Marbar with aforementioned hottie. Sex, drugs, rock ‘n roll.

Sunday

11:00 a.m. Depending on the previous night, either breakfast in bed or a far tamer brunch.
1:00 p.m. See ya, Penn.
3:00 p.m. Hello, Manhattan. Pit stop at Beacon’s Closet?
4:00 p.m. Coffee with any number of New Yorkers, but most importantly RKB and Jules.
10:00 p.m. Back to Boston. With no school on Monday, maybe more partying?

Weather has been beautiful the past couple days. Head of the Charles was clearly blessed this year. A few blurbs:

* This Thursday, come hear me speak at a True Love Revolution discussion forum from 5-7pm in the Winthrop JCR. Details follow:

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LENA CHEN vs. TRUE LOVE REVOLUTION

A discussion forum to be held Thursday, October 25th, from 5-7 in the Winthrop JCR.
PIZZA PROVIDED.
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Could opposites attract?
Join us as Lena Chen, author of blog “Sex & The Ivy,” and Janie Fredell, of the True Love Revolution, face off in an open discussion on sex & dating at Harvard over pizza.
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* Decided that my Halloween outfit should come with a twist. JB is going to be Peter Prep/Pan, his Jewish boyfriend is going to be Captain Hook Nose, I am going to be Chinkerbell, and Kay (who’s Indian) is going to be Tiger Chutney/Lily. We’re going for “Most Patently Offensive” group costume. Still need a costume? Buy from Pierre Silber. I was this close to coming as a sexy version of a Hogwarts gal.

* Totally pumped for next weekend’s Halloween parties. Always tend to have fun at these, and I love that Heaven & Hell forces my River friends to party at the Quad for once (and thus, visit me in Currier). Might be hosting a pre-game since I anticipate more pals willing to make the trek than usual.

* Summer Guy visited this weekend. Was fun and significantly less stressful than when he visited this summer in New York (in the midst of my 50-hour weeks). Might be spending Thanksgiving in D.C. with him. Never been to the city, so it could be fun. Plus, tons of friends from California are spending this semester in D.C.

* Was supposed to go to Dartmouth homecoming, but couldn’t since Summer Guy visited. What a shame, because I wanted to see CeCe, my UCSD friend who spent last quarter at Dartmouth and flew in to visit.

* Been thinking about visiting Philadelphia as well. It’s been six months since I last visited for spring break, and I kind of want to check it out again. Plus, my friend’s boyfriend, a Penn student, was visiting this weekend and I found myself yearning to be on the campus while talking to him about what was going on there.

* Somehow managed to light the conveyor toaster in Mather on fire yesterday. I was trying to toast a warp and it got stuck at the end and caught fire. The dining staff — who let me say preemptively, I do love and appreciate — came to my aid but one snapped, “Those are not allowed in the machine!” I replied, “Sorry, I didn’t know!” (After all, the sign above it only says that buttered goods aren’t to be toasted.) I got a terse “Guess we’ll just have to make a sign” in response. Great, I am now responsible for the dummy-proofing of Harvard dining facilities.

Very rough list of Columbus Day weekend activities/tasks include thus far:

Friday
-4pm: Target Free Fridays at MoMA
-Visiting the office
-Dropping off my heels at my favorite shoe repair place
-Dinner at Koo Sushi, my favorite sushi place
-Visiting my piercer and possibly getting another piercing

Saturday
-10am: Crossfit NYC (free beginner class)
-Central Park
-Picking up altered cardigan from Henri Bendel
-Coffee with a Cornellian
-”Big big amazing party” in Brooklyn with Steph on Saturday night
-Jules, Jules, Jules

Sunday
-Brunch at egg in Williamsburg
-Hitting up Beacon’s Closet
-Picking up heels (from Friday)
-A wholesome activity with Kay
-Partying, continued

Monday
-Leaving town!

Get in touch if you want to hang out. If you can’t catch me this time, I’ll next be in town for Veteran’s Day weekend in November.

Also, on a separate note, I’m hoping to do Europe for Thanksgiving. If not, going to visit Summer Guy in D.C. Yay for getting out of Cambridge!

I just had a flashback. It wasn’t until my mother delivered a lecture today on smoking, that I realized I watched “Thank You For Not Smoking” in its entirety last week while simultaneously getting high. Sometime between viewing JT’s Future Sex/Love Show (which would’ve been the more appropriate entertainment) and stumbling into my house at an ungodly hour, I managed to ogle Aaron Eckhart while inaugurating my new turtle-shaped pipe. How did that whole movie manage to completely slip my mind? That’s like 90 minutes of my life — poof! I really must’ve been stoned out of my skull.

In other news, I scored three packs of Turkish Golds for a cool $11.17. Hard to beat Cali bud or cigs when it comes to price (and definitely in terms of quality for the former).

Last night, I had those deliciously artery-clogging chili cheese fries I craved from a little greasy spoon in Westwood. Then my friends walked over to Diddy Riese for the $1.25 ice cream cookie sandwiches which I ate throughout last summer and during every Thursday of my CNN internship. In three hours, I’m taking off from Long Beach and I think I’m actually satiated. By sunrise in Boston, I’ll be outside my Currier single, desperately trying to break in rather than waiting until 9am for keys to be distributed.

Currently sitting in a too-nice, too-expensive Tribeca studio, where I’m temporarily crashing post-Long Island. Cece left this morning at dawn and I’m following suit tomorrow at 4:30pm, flying from JFK to Long Beach.

It’s been a pretty fantastic 13 weeks — I’ll wax nostalgic once I’m near the Pacific again. In the meantime, I’m spending my last 24 hours doing a few of my favorite things: shopping at Henri Bendel and Beacon’s Closet, having sushi for dinner, boozing (of course), brunching with Jules, and … taking care of my new piercings. Ended up getting two out of five — decided to skip getting second lobe piercings.

Estimated time of arrival to my dearly beloved California is 7:30pm PST. For now … peace, kids. I’m going shopping.