Ranger Danger

 Hey Ferry Friends--

I'm Alison. I'm a sophomore from Newton, Massachusetts. I'm spending my summer working at CVS ("Hi, thank you for calling CVS/Pharmacy Newtonville where the customer always comes first, this is Alison speaking, how may I help you?") This will be my second semester in Ferry. <3 

This past weekend I went on an adventure to Maine to take my sister on tours of colleges. Since one of our fun ferry friends, Cody, lives in Portland, my sister and I planned to stay there. To my delight, Bri (my roommate from last semester), chose the same exact weekend to visit!

What ensued was a magical weekend full of Ferry fun.

Pictured here is Bri, Cody, and I looking at beautiful Portland, Maine.

Aren't we just soo adorable?

Cody showed us around the city and we went to an art supply store, the Art Mart, which sold sandwiches for $3.50 (best deal in town!).

On Saturday afternoon Cody had to work, so Bri, Emily (my sister), and I wandered around.  We decided that we wanted to find a nice beach, so my sister and I "followed the tingling of our breasts" (that's what we call it) and we drove around with Bri until we ran into the most beautiful state park beach ever. 

We talked to a beautiful park ranger (who we honorarily named Damien) and were mildy dismayed to learn that it cost $4.50 each to get in. He then said "That will be $9 please" and we awkwardly realized that he didn't see Bri in the backseat. I now have really bad karma for sneaking Bri into a state park. (I'm sorry Damien, please forgive me baby, I didn't mean to hurt you like that! I did you wrong, honey bear!). I guess Damien and I were never meant for each other. 

Anyways, this beach made my life.

I frolicked in the water and splashed around and floated. It was one of the most refreshing beach experiences that I've ever had. (One of my fears is being in water where I can't see or feel the bottom, so I kept on swimming out too far, freaking myself out, and coming back in.)

This is Bri with a real state park ranger behind her!

This is my sister and I. She's the one who looks like a model and has a runner's tan. I'm the one wearing my 10-year-old cousin's dress. Srsly. 

Anyhoo, I'm wicked tired from romping around Maine, and I think it's my bedtime. I want all of you Ferries to write posts so I can read them and smile!

xoxo

Alison

 

HI from HI

So...I'm Grace, and I'm a rising Junior majoring in film. I'm from Springfield, Missouri (birthplace of Brad Pitt and Bob Barker!) but I'm currently in Honolulu, Hawai'i. (Birthplace--somewhat disputed--of our dear President!)

I'm one of three pre-production interns for Professor Kathleen Man's indie short, "Lychee Thieves." (http://lycheethieves.com) This means I'm basically just making a lot of tax Excel spreadsheets, calling a bunch of people about casting and housing, and stapling fliers to telephone poles in Chinatown. And then I fuckin' go swimming in the sea!!

I won't actually be on set when they start principal photography, because I'm flying back to New York on August 25th. That's right...I'm moving into Ferry early. I think I'm going to go camping for a few days. There's an ice cave in Ulster County I want to see.

<- So this is me, at the exact moment I accidentally murdered my cell phone in a rogue wave at the Halona Blowhole (I'm to the left of the wooden pole, barely visible as I cling on for dear life).

And this is me on the b-roll shoot last month (we had to get footage of the lychee fruit when it was ripe). I'm on the right, a disgruntled Sung Dynasty peasant from 900 AD.

I love set decoration, the Outing Club, Barnes and Noble (my second home; I never buy anything but my record is spending seven hours there in one day), and eating whole ripe tomatoes. I've discovered I really dislike long walks on the beach by moonlight, because sand is exhausting.

Bri's email got me really excited about life next year! Can't wait to (re)meet all you'uns soon.

peacegrace

Hello everyone! My name is Jeremy... I'm a rising junior, geography major, I love streams, carob-flavored things, finger lickin' raspberries, finger-pickin' guitar, and roaming Vassar campus on cool summer nights, watching the stars and fireflies and the sun set from the Earth Circle by the new observatory. The first picture is my and my mom at this awesome botanical garden type place overlooking the Hudson in the Bronx, and the second one is the Coxing Kill, a stream I spend a lot of time at for work this summer in the Mohonk Preserve near New Paltz. I'm staying on campus this summer doing URSI with Kirsten Menking, an Earth Science professor, who I love. we're researching lots of stuff about streams in Dutchess and Ulster counties.. so I often find myself in chest waders, waist deep in casperkill muck. yummmm! Vassar during the summer is really excellent for the most part- at first it is maddeningly quiet and slow, especially right after finals week ends, but soon you get used to it and begin enjoying the slower pace of life, the warmer weather, the extra time to just sit on the quad or go out for ice cream, and the BEAUTY of the campus over the summer. it's great.
Anyway I'm super excited to meet all of you and get to know you all better in september. Oh, and I'm living in 212.

much love,
Jeremy

p.s. The album "Pink Moon" by Nick Drake is making my life right now-- so perfect

Postcard from Peru

This is what I mean by a Ferry Postcard. Like the email you got from Alison, show us who you are, where you are, and what you're up to!

This is me in transit from Cusco to Pisac, Peru! My camera got lost while I was there so you'll see a lot of this one photo until my friends from the trip post the rest of their shots. Anyway, I love adventuring, from Ferry to anywhere, whether it be Sunset Lake, the Vassar Farm, New Paltz, Portland, ME, or Cusco, Peru! I also love hearing about other people's adventures, so tell me yours!

Welcome!

Hi everyone, and welcome to the grand opening of the brand new Ferry House blog! Ok, so, there's nothing here yet, but, with the help of all of you, that will shortly change.

My hope for this blog is that it becomes another aspect of what Ferry does best: community. Ideally, it will be a discussion-style common space where we can all sit down together and figure stuff out -- everything from dates for FRAN nights, to special projects and committees, to new songs for the Haus Band, to what is actually the funniest/cutest/weirdest video on YouTube. Use it to find a ride to the train station next weekend, to find out if it's alright with everyone if you host some friends next Tuesday, use it to share recipes and photos and your brilliant late-night insights into the newest ways to make us the most sustainable we've ever been. Use it to get to make living in Ferry simpler, easier, more fun, dreamier, wilder, and just better. I know you thought it couldn't be any better -- but here it comes.

First and foremost, let's use it to get to know each other! Send us a Ferry Postcard, by replying to this post with a picture of yourself doing whatever fabulous thing you're doing this summer, and a few lines as to who you are, where you are, and what you want us to know about you. We can do round-two of postcards in August, and by move-in, maybe we'll start to recognize each other a bit. (Oh hey, I know her, she's that crazy girl who spent her summer training elephants for the circus and growing organic peaunuts to increase sustainability at Ringling Bros.! Cool!) And in the meantime (and always) help me make this space better. I've never had a blog or website of any kind before, so I need all of your help to make it work!

peace, peanuts, and ferrylove b