Warmth and color

The ice is melting. It's still colder than back home, of course, but for now there'll be no more slipping down flights of stairs or hilly streets, thank goodness. Exams are about half over--I'll be done next Wednesday, and then I'll have four days until my parents and brother show up. I skyped with my dad and The Brother last night. Every now and then I forget how hysterical their sense of humor is. Dad thinks The Brother and I bicker, but it's not bickering, it's banter. Ridiculous, teenage banter. (I might not be a teenager any more, but all The Brother has to do is open his mouth to bring me down to his level. So much for maturity.)

My colorful quote wall is spreading steadily, blossoming over the dirty beige paint. It makes me gleeful as anything. I'm so glad I didn't spend money on half a dozen posters, even though it probably would have made the room look more ordered and maybe more sophisticated. This, though, makes the room mine. It's my handwriting, my choice of quotes, my doodles between the words. And as for color--never underestimate a box full of Crayola markers. :)

Stolen printer paper

I bought markers and snatched some printer paper from the library. I’m going to decorate my room!

My freshman year, I started stealing a bunch of movie posters that showed up around campus and putting them up on the walls. And I had stuff from home as well as postcards and letters from friends from high school. But I started writing quotes I liked onto post-its and sticking on the bottom of my lofted bed so that I could look up and see them while studying. Hardly anyone but me sat at my desk, and when someone did they never looked up or spotted the post-its. It was like my own little secret in plain sight.

This year, though, they’re going to be in COLOR. And on real paper. :) Mega-paper, even, since the printer paper here is absolutely enormous. It looks like it’s about thirteen or fourteen inches tall.

GIANT COLORFUL QUOTES ALL OVER MY WALLS.

I’m so excited. Even if they’re not going to be secret. :)