the end of the wall. the end of an era. new first years. and drunk. and thesis. boy oh boy. i will regret this in the am.

brownies + fat tire + reading old lj entries = wonderful

sea isle city tomorrow

tampa on wed!

well friends its been awhile since i updated last. ive been up to alot and not alot, traveling and not traveling. chicago was fun but HOT. the city was triple digits and we didnt have air conditioning at crazy nathans. pitchfork was fun but also HOT and once you left you couldnt get back in which meant that we missed lots but also saw some fun ( Read more... )

saw jens lekman last night. man is he adorable/talented/etc. the girl from the ice cream shop put her hand on my shoulder and said hi like we were best friends. i dont think ive gotten ice cream that much while i was here (really!). maybe thats just what you do in a small midwestern town ( Read more... )

chicago in a week in a half. i canceled the hotel reservation the other day. instead ben and i are staying with nathan from craigslist. we are getting a good deal because ben is bringing him magnets from berlin for his mom. ben told him we are going to the pitchfork music festival and nathan asked if we would be singing songs (around a fire?) and ( Read more... )

i dont think ive been this satisfied with life since this past january when i was doing an isp that i loved (childhood: evolutionary and life history perspectives) and had free time for friends, boyfriend, and fun. i really think ive come a long way this summer with what exactly id like to do with my life (study marine invertebrate behavioral ( Read more... )

i just found my passport in a puddle of wet goo. its completely ruined. ugh. i guess its a good thing that i dont plan on leaving the country this summer, but still, man.

edit: it costs 97$ to get a replacement passport.

pirates of the carribbean was ok. the best part was the octopus-face villan and the kraken fight scenes. there was a mastercard commercial before the movie starring wes anderson, which made me sad that he would want to make millions from doing credit card commercials instead of making interesting movies. my friend katie got me excited about this ( Read more... )

back from camping/rafting in oklahoma. boy was it some experience. the landscape was pretty and much different from kansas, but even more shocking were the people. im sure rural kansans are quite different from the liberal townfolk of lawrence, but oklahoma seemed to be an entirely new country, full of super-americans. usually the river is ( Read more... )

cam and d's visit has been tons of fun. we have had a good time exploring this cute town and the funny city of kansas city (in missouri!) we have been eating good food and drinking good drinks and shopping and laughing. it has been so refershing hanging out with people who actually understand me and having real conversations again. i really think ( Read more... )