Foreign American

One of my classes, called Vocal & Speech Production, teaches how to speak in the American Standard dialect. Coming here I did not expect to come across a whole new way of writing things, but here it is... the american language that looks foreign:)

Head, Shoulders, Knees, & "Look, I can touch my toes!"

Every day, during the week, the school provides a morning warm up starting at 8am, the only problem being every morning class starts at either 8 or 8:30. So instead of whining about it, I decided to do my own warm ups at 6am every morning. That's right 6 AM! By the end of the week I'm exhausted, but it makes me feel so much better. For all of you who have never done yoga, you should, and be sure to stick with it for at least a couple of weeks.

One of my main goals this semester is to become more flexible and yoga has definitely made all the difference. In just 4 weeks, for the first time ever, I can touch my toes and the ground and not feel like I'm going to break in the process. It's kind of lame that I took pictures of myself stretch, but hey, I'm proud of myself dang it!

A Day in The Life



I live half a block straight a head. I'm so close to everything!



The north view of the picture above

Conan O'Brien's blimp
 oh and ps, I passed him on the street walking home from institute on Wednesday:)

The mini farmers market across the street from the temple

Lincoln Square steps (the lights all say "welcome" in various languages)

First Christmas lights I've seen

NYC takes all kinds!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This museum is extraordinary! After going to it I called my mom a told her it was up there with Wicked on the "coolest things I've ever seen list. If you're ever in NY you absolutely have to go and be sure to leave at least 3 hours open for it. It's HUGE!

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THE MANSION? I can't remember what the exhibit was called:/

(A couple of kids from my orientation group)

ARMOR & WEAPONY

my favorite exhibit:)

EGYPT

Church of St. Paul the Apostle

All the incoming students were welcomed to AMDA in the Church of St. Paul the Apostle (for no particular reason except space). As ytou can see, it was gorgeous! I could never go to church in a place like this because I'd never pay attention. Too many beautiful distractions.