Setting Up for What’s Ahead

I’m here getting a few things done this Sunday afternoon while lamenting that this is the end of my “100% vacation”.  Summer school starts tomorrow and so I need a few lessons.  Summer school is a truly stripped-down version of the courses during the regular school year, especially for biology since we won’t even be [...]

All Over The Place

My arms hurt.  My feet hurt.  My chest hurts.  Even my toes hurt from kicking a soccer ball the wrong way.  But, all in all, I feel good because I’ve been using this vacation time to exercise and to do vacation stuff.  Yes, I’ve gone bowling and to the Pro-Am basketball game and I’ve gone [...]

Summer Stories

So far, Tuesday hasn’t been my best showcase of willpower.  The plan was to get out of the house early and to crank out some errands before hitting the gym in the morning (a feat in itself).  The magnetic strip on my ATM card is so badly scratched that I couldn’t use it to buy [...]

Getting It Straight

At the moment, I have no idea whether I’m traveling to Asia or not.  The China program has mysteriously and suspiciously fallen out of communication with me — it couldn’t be because of the earthquake because it is based out of the U.S.  I want to do it but I recognize that the intensity with [...]

Keeping Busy

Summer began in earnest once I turned in my keys to the building this morning.  I thought I should celebrate with something a little different, so I headed to the bowling alley at around 2pm thinking that going every day for the entire vacation would make me a great bowler.  I rolled a 110 the [...]

Last Days

Because I haven’t had to write lessons for these last few days of school I’ve been staying up past 1am.  It has backfired on me, though, because I’ve still had to wake up at 5:45am and I’ve been sleepwalking through this week when everyone has been generally blissful.
The graduation ceremony was particularly nice.  The girls [...]

My Favorite Songs

Over the last, mmm, four years…I’ve probably listened to Destiny every day except for 30. Guaranteed. It’s unquestionably my favorite song, somehow narrowly beating out La Femme D’argent. Anyway, I just found videos for them and they’re going up. I’m giddy over here.

Rant at the Airport

Discourtesy (?) really invalidates people in my eyes.  It could simply be that I’m tired and cranky here waiting for my plane in the early morning, but already there have been a few glaring examples.  My uncle couldn’t be bothered to hit 60mph on the way to Dulles at 5am this morning; I wanted to [...]

At Cosi Cafe

It’s 9:30 on my last night in D.C.  I’ve gotten the pass to escape from my family members because they’re at a post-funeral reception evening gathering and there wasn’t enough room for everyone in the car.  I got the nod over my cousin because I’m 27 and male and she’s 21 and with arrested development.  [...]

D.C. and Herb

I think I’m in Maryland right now although I wouldn’t bet a year in Asia on it.  Came to D.C. for my uncle’s funeral tomorrow and I’ve walked all over the place in the scorching heat and now I’m writing this blogger post while waiting for my French Dip in Bethesda.  Update: Now I’m actually [...]