They say he changes when the sun goes down...at 4:30PM (FIRST DAY OF SNOW!)

That's the fun thing about Poughkeepsie. Well, being in New York state in general. Once daylight savings ends, say hello to SAD. Well, maybe. I kinda got it, but thankfully, the library basement is shut off enough from the rest of the world that I can hop down there before the sun goes down, be surrounded by some sweet artificial light and then come up at 5, even though it looks like 10PM by that point, and continue with my day like nothing ever happened.

Even more fun about the weekend, when you wake up mad late, you only get to enjoy the daylight for about 4 hours max. But that's cool. This weekend was particularly enjoyable thanks to Turkey Day (WOOOOOOOO FOOD). I've had a good bunch of interesting Thanksgiving experiences since I got to Vassar. My freshman year, some other international kids and I went with the Director of International Services, Andrew Meade, to his house where he and his wife, kids and friends treated us to a dinner out of this world. I think I was full until noon the next day. It was THAT good.

Last year, some other kids and I who live far away ended up staying in the dorm, Jewett. Thankfully, Jewett has the nicest kitchen out of any of the dorms on campus, and boy did we abuse having it. We got a 25lb. turkey, 4 or 5 cakes, 3 pies, and all the traditional American fixings for a good, nap-inducing Thanksgiving. It was great. There were about 12 of us and we started eating at 6, finished at 8, we were asleep by 9. I woke up and didn't know that it was 1AM. Good times.

This year, I went down to Manhattan with two of my good friends, Guillermo and Arjun. Gui's from Chiapas (in the south of Mexico), but lived a good deal in Mexico City. Arjun is from Bombay, which made the weekend much more meaningful, since Arjun lives across the street from one of the cafes that were attacked by the terrorists these past few days. Every now and again, he'd get a phone call from parents or relatives just letting him know they were alright. I can't imagine what that would be like. When it ended this morning, his folks were all good, although he did lose a few teachers from high school who happened to be in the area when the attacks began. I checked in with my other friends, Janeen (who also happens to be Gui's girlfriend) and Aniruddh, an investment banker who graduated last year, and they were all good.

Aside from that, it was a good break. I met up with a girl who was my partner in the Model United Nations class I took my freshman year who now studies at Fordham Law School, and I went to her apartment for dinner with one of her hallmates. It was excellent. She made a delicious turkey and to end it all, a triple chocolate pumpkin pie. It was absolutely lethal. Although, this year, I didn't pass out. We just ended up watching the Incredibles on TV and looking at failblog.org during the commercial breaks like good students.

We drove back to school yesterday with Gui's dad, since Gui got a new TV for his room, which is ridiculously sweet. To top it all off, we went to Thai Spice, the new Thai joint on Raymond Avenue, for lunch. Then the library for an afternoon of productivity. But I was wrong.

Turns out the library closed at 5, instead of 10PM like it usually does on weekends. Not like I would know that or anything, but I'm just saying. I only got about an hour of work in, and then decided to go erg with Peter, my erging buddy, and Lola, a coxswain for the women's team. It was a good time of sweat and bhangra mashups. It's the best for erging if you need some good music tips.

Now it's back in the library, and I've wasted enough time. I should probably get some work done.

Sweeeeeeeeeet.