Sunday

Today is one of those perfect days, where you feel comfortable being outside. It’s not hot, so you’re not sweating. But you don’t mind being in the breeze in short sleeves.

The sun finally poked it’s head out in the afternoon.

I decided to take some pictures. And when I did…I found something I’m not ready to see yet…

Dried up, brown leaves. Oh no…fall is coming.

Regardless, I’m still sitting on the back porch drinking cheap beer with my dad as he grills chicken. There’s corn on the cob boiling on the stove inside. These things still mean summer to me. Even if it’s about to end.

  I seriously love PhotoScape. If you’re looking for cheap and easy photo editing, I suggest you download this.

How the days fly…

Wasn’t I just concerned about my weekend?
And now it’s basically over.

4 years ago, when I started college, I remember thinking that the days flew by so fast at school. I don’t remember them being like this when I was in high school. I guess I thought it would stop.

But it’s been three months since I graduated. Summer is beginning to end. Everyone at King’s is starting class tomorrow. And I’ll just be doing the usual things.

The only thing I really did this weekend was go to work. But I did  go to Wal-Mart around midnight on Friday to buy wings because I was craving them.

I watched Goblet of Fire, Sex and the City, and Good Dick. I’ll probably go off and watch another movie when I’m done with this.

Oh, I also did a bit of a photo shoot by myself. That probably sounds self-centered. But I was bored, so why not? I call it Shower Series. No worries, it isn’t anything racy (though it does, in fact, involve a shower). They actually came out pretty cool…but I won’t be sharing them because I’m embarrassed (Also embarrassing? I am constantly getting corrected by spell check when I try and spell any form of the word “embarrass”).

Maybe one day, when I have a better camera (not if, of course…but when), you will see more. I am dying to do more, especially since I can’t stop looking at this blog. I am in awe of some of her photography (and of course, her fashion!). I love that it’s fun, fresh, and fashionable. Though I basically want to take pictures of any and everything in my life, I also want to be able to take fun photos of my family and friends too. This is the kind of photography I like to see.

Bowl-A-Rama

I suddenly got the urge to bowl.

I’ve never been that great at it.

But the last time I went, a little over a month ago, I got a strike and I actually managed to win the second game. And I was in a bad mood. Fancy that…

Gloomy and Gray

I’m not anticipating the best weekend, especially since the only thing I have going for me right now is work tomorrow.

But it looks like rain all day today. So relaxing with the Order of the Phoenix, some magazines, movies, and good food sounds pretty perfect to me.

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Gobbledygook

• I love the word “druthers”. If I had my druthers, I’d use it all the time.
• I also love the word “rendezvous”. I love that it isn’t spelled like how it sounds. I love that it sounds so exotic.
• I can’t sleep these days. I’ll get extremely tired or doze off in the middle of something anywhere between 5-9 PM. But if I actually have to go to bed, I can’t. This means I’ve been staying up ‘til 3 AM and later most nights.
• I am constantly craving ice cream these days. Add hot fudge, malt, and chopped peanuts and I’ll be the happiest camper.
• I’ve found myself putting a pickle slice on top of a chip and eating the whole thing together. It’s tasty but I know mostly people would find it strange and it makes me feel like a pig.
• I can’t wait for my hair to grow out. It’s doing pretty well considering it was almost a year that it was…well…like this:
  I’m looking forward to braiding it at night and letting it out in all it’s wavy glory.
• My sister is off in Florida visiting her boyfriend for the second time this summer. She’ll be gone for the next week and a half. And I’m sad. But not because she’s not here (though that is a bit disappointing).It’s because I’m not somewhere, jet-setting (even if it’s only a quick airplane ride on the same coast). I miss my London days.
  
  
  {Cute picture of Maria and Josh. Just thought I’d share.}
• I’m trying to reduce interaction time with some of the toxic people in my life. It’s going pretty well, save for the occasional slip. One downside: My phone doesn’t ring as much as it used to.
• Thanks to my sister, I’m re-obsessed with this commercial. I know you remember it. I still have a crush on the spiky-haired guy in the middle section (Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet and Donnie Darko fame…he looks so young and cute here!).
• When I wrote the title of this post, spell check corrected me. I love that crazy words can become official.

Grumpy Gus

Today was an average day. But by the end of it, I had become such a grouch.

I like to think that everything in my life, good and bad, is leading me down the path I’m supposed to be on. Everything happens for a reason, as they say. So I try not to worry about things that I can’t change right now, specifically things in the past.

Unfortunately, I find my regrets catching up to me every now and again. It’s all very pointless, I know. And usually I get over it after a few hours. But it’s not fun at all to look back at things you wish you had or hadn’t done (big and small), especially when it tends to be the same things all the time.

I always try to tell myself that it would’ve gone the other way if it was absolutely supposed to. But it’s hard to stay in that mentality. Things I need to work on…

In other news, if I were still a King’s College student and not just an alumni, I would’ve been moving back in this week. Ordering prints of photos for my wall. Covering my wall in multi-colored pieces of paper. Rearranging what little furniture the school provided me with. Drinking with friends who lived a quick walk away. Laughing. Dreading classes in the morning.

I’m sad. I can’t lie. Though I don’t really feel like I should be there anymore, it’s still hard to think that this is really it. Perhaps that’s why I’m so funky lately.

Sure, my wall was concrete and cold in the winter. If you didn’t cover everything in pictures and posters, it would look like you were trapped in a prison. But I loved it all the same. I still miss ya.

Come with us now on a journey through time and space…

When it comes to The Mighty Boosh, well…I don’t really know what to say. This BBC show is, in one word, crazy. But another good word would be hysterical. I first watched it about 2 years ago. But my friend recently bought the first 2 series, which are finally on DVD here in the States, and I fell in love all over again.

Perhaps you’d think I’m crazy for loving it so much. But the fact that two guys can come up with a such a strange show that is uniquely funny and pretty out there is admirable. And if you watch it, you’ll find yourself wanting to remember all the crazy lines they utter.

Here’s a little taste. The show isn’t all animated. But this is one of my favorite stories they tell.

If you’re down with mod wolves, large-thumbed hitchhikers, and random outbursts of song and rap, please check this show out.

Image from last.fm