Tonight, the collective childhood of my generation comes to an end.

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Sitting on the beach, reading a book, mom eating popcorn next to me (and dropping every fifth piece, as she does anywhere else), when suddenly we are accosted by 20-30 seagulls.  The photo shows the ones on the ground behind my chair, not the ones hovering in the air above me or on the ground in front of us, waiting for the next morsel to fall.

Wishlist as a motivational tool →

Tiger Blood - I has it?

I made it to the second round of the Tiger Blood Internship selection process.  The volume of twitter posts crowing the same line make me question how special this really is, but it’s still kinda nice; a good pick-me-up for exam week.  It also made me realize how much I’ve let both this and my Twitter lapse since the fall; school has really been driving me crazy lately. 

I wish I could take a break and go do something meaningful and awesome for a while, but the opportunity would have to be really unique and things like that don’t generally happen to me.  So, as much of a long shot as it is, I’m really kind of hoping to get this internship.  It’s basically my dream job.  And no matter how crazy people say Charlie Sheen is, I guarantee that no other celebrity will be as quotable as he has been in the past few weeks for at least another ten years.

Here’s hoping that this is my chance to do something awesome =D

"An all-Texas Superbowl. His will be done."

Hank Hill

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Mice are nice. I like the black one. Her name is Beverly. She ate a cheerio while sitting in my hand today; this was quite a milestone. The white one is a bitch.

Tar Ball Jewelry! →

Pendants and whatnot made from BP oil spill tar balls.  Hopefully there will be some more pieces available for purchase online soon!

Satisfying without being truly productive

Today was exactly the title of this entry.  I got about half my to-do list from yesterday accomplished, but without feeling rushed or pressured.  It was nice.  However, now I must do these things tomorrow.  At least I don’t have any more classes until late September!

And on that note, is it September first yet? Agh.

And so it begins…

It’s finally summer break!  One whole month of no class.  Better than nothing, I suppose.  Of course, the first thing I did when I got home was start up the episode of That 70s Show right where I left off before my final.  This happens to be “Hot Dog”, season 5 episode 7.

Eric walks into a jewelry store, unaware that he is about to buy Donna’s engagement ring.  The obviously gay and somewhat creepy salesman tries to talk him into a variety of items by putting them on and modeling them.

Salesman: -putting on a ring- Look how that shines.  Oh, that’s nice.  Hmm?

Eric: Well, your finger hair curling over the ring is kind of ruining it for me.  Does wearing the merchandise usually work for you?

Salesman: I don’t know, I’m new here.  I used to work at the lingerie store… they fired me.

Of course, the salesman then shows Eric a diamond ring and succeeds in talking him into buying it, which starts a whole new plot line for the season (which is good, because the Jackie/Hyde relationship novelty is wearing off by this point).  It’s one of my favorite episodes in my absolute favorite season, and a great way to kick off my summer.

Yes, I know I’m a nerd.

Officially using this to sleep tonight.  Jokingly titled Echoes Across the Astral Wasteland, it’s Justin Bieber’s U Smile slowed down x8, or -800%.  Originally discovered on gawker a few days ago, it makes Justin Bieber tolerable, even awesome.  There’s a free download floating around on that gawker page if you really like it.