crazy straws and such

i miss college life. i'm not saying i want to leave edina right now. i love being with my friends here and such. it would just be great if my dad didnt live in the room next door and my mom didn't wanna sit and watch me eat my lunch cuz "she's just so happy her duck is home."

i need to escape to somewhere where i can sip a drink and say bad words without getting an evil eye and not have to call home if i'm coming home after twelve.

but her occasional surprise twenty is very nice. very nice indeed.

its a paradox, i don't know if thats the right word, but thats what i'm choosing to call it.

disturbia

it's quiet here. and not just in a 'the bitch across the hall isn't blasting that one taylor swift song' kind of way. it is quiet in a 'no one in the edina area is currently awake' kind of way. i like it. it scares me.

on the downside i am having a lot of trouble occupying my life until my job starts half way through july. i've been taking a lot of naps, rewatching all four seasons of the oc, laying in the sun, and just recently joined the YMCA. today i went to a fitness yoga class. i was the youngest person in the class by AT LEAST twenty years.

this summer is gonna rock.

spreadsheet it

final tally from my internship:

illinois finance chair's grandma's brownies eaten: 14

nacho cheese trays eaten: 5

number of 1st time donors: 10,000

elevator rides w/ michelle obama: 1

handshakes w/ senator obama: 3

money made: 0

the billy joel musical that is now my life...

there is nothing quite as sad as an empty wall that used to be covered w/ gorgeous men...goodbye manwall, you served me well all freshmen year.

goodbye weird broken ikea clock on aly's wall.

goodbye ugly spotted rug that sheds all over everything, see you in three months.

oh yeah, and Chicago, we've had our rough times and our happy times, and I'm happy to say, I'll be back next year.

all you have to do is call my name

after learning about all of the sadness that comes along w/ forrest gump and being away from home, i called my support system for a good cry and got a whole lot more.

thank you real big to meg and kess for saving me this weekend from my emotional duress with a lot of time spent horizontal and at the lincoln park zoo. not both at the same time of course, that would be strange.

also, feel better soon and cuddle with the bunnies sweatshirt, it has healing powers

fav quotes from weekend:

if you're already in the bathrrom you might as well just make a poop out of it
-me

you better get off my mother fuckin myspace page
-random man on fullerton

this tea tastes like an alfalfa sandwich
-kess

Growing up we're all surrounded with people who are constantly telling us who we are in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, and I think we sometimes believe them. To put yourself out in the world where the only thing defining you is your own actions and thoughts -- it was such an incredible growing experience.
-movie star i can't remember from indiana jones movie

Chicago feels a little less like a completely different world from home now, and that makes me smile a lot.

three weeks :)

2 uncrustables please

sometimes i feel like my internship is the placebo pill of the obama campaign.....think about it.

thats all, short post.

living in a ghansta's paradise, except w/ free tshirts

wanna know what i love? i love naps. especially on my bed w/ my head by the window. i know its weird but i just like it, it is probably one of my favorite parts of friday afternoons...

wanna know what i don't love? bad cover bands. especially when they play at the greek community festival in the quad right outside my window during my nap time....

is it summer yet?