I spent all of last summer interning in Los Angeles, so I haven't seen many of my high school friends since this time last year. It was so fun to see everyone again!

I actually saw Jackie (second on the left) this summer, because she was interning in LA as well! But for the most part, seeing high school friends during college breaks go something like this:

"Eeee!!!!!!!!!!!" *hug* "Oh my god!!! You changed your hair!"
"Hi!!!" *hug "I know! I just went crazy one day"
"I like it!"
"After the boy and I broke up I just needed a change"
"You broke up? Why didn't you call me?"
"You were in Israel!"
"Oh right..."

(note: this is only a sample conversation, it didn't actually happen)

Keeping in touch with high school friends takes more effort when you're in college. You actually have to plan all your get-togethers, instead of being able to count on seeing each other everyday in school. But it is definitely worth the effort, unless you didn't actually like your high school friends.

Here we are at an alumni function held by our (former!) high school last week. All the current students looked so little! It was very weird.

And then I spent the rest of my time watching TV with my cat.

Well, not all of it. I also did some important things, which include:

- putting up the Christmas lights all by myself! (go me!)

- mastering two new recipes: a Basque chicken dish and a very complicated Waldorf-type salad. I also tried out a Jambalaya recipe, but managed to completely mess it up for reasons that are too stupid to admit.

- arranging and conducting informational interviews with people in the Bay Area publishing industry. I did two over this break and sceduled a few more for Spring Break. I highly recommend doing as many informational interviews as possible with people in industries you are interested in. They are a great way to gain insight and help prepare for getting a job after college, and deciding when or whether or not to go to grad school.