Speaking of, where the fuck did September go? All of the sudden I'm hardcore in the middle of autumn. I'm not complaining about that, I love autumn weather, it just seems like September flew by. I think it's time to do a little pondering on the state of things.
The summer ended up being a mix of ridiculous fun and annoying dramatics. It became very difficult to see everyone, especially being as there was (and still is) no way that everyone will hang out together. Still, we worked out a system (a crappy one, but still a system) that pleased everyone and no one.
A Brief List of Major Happenings in Summer '09:
-Trip to L 1: C's knee injury
-The Bangles concert with Na, K, and M
-The discovery that Fired Up! is a fantastic teen movie
-Kt's Dad's retirement party
-Trip to L 2: the power goes out and we realize the stove is electric; C, J, and I torture ourselves with crossword puzzles from the '50s
-H's pre-birthday birthday party, plus finally going out for "pancakes"
-Cannoli night! Completely ridiculous and completely amazing.
-Sonic's opening, which led to us getting up ridiculously early and going in pj's just to have a carhop bring us our breakfast
-Na's and my Cape Cod blitz trip
-Fourth of July Fair Lawn style: I don't quite know what this actually means, but we put up pretty red, white and blue lights for the occasion
-Creating the Game of Real Life with Na and C over a three and a half day period
-The trip to Sonic after we stayed up all night working on the game, including our transcendent Don McLean moment
-Trip to L 3: Kt replaces M and J as guest, a cabinet goes up in extreme flames
-Fictional Character Party: I bitched out and just went as Princess Mia. Meaning I made sure I was wearing converse and bought a tiara. This would also be the night that would ultimately cement K and M's friendship split.
-Visiting Kt's new house
-Blondie/Benetar in Brooklyn with Na and C, quite possibly the most stressful trip of Na's life. But it was free.
-Week o' family dinners with K, Kt, and C
-My two birthday parties, one at K's and one at casa de awesome (to borrow Na's name for it, otherwise the L household)
-SingStar.
The transcendent Don McLean moment is really worth recording.
So we stayed up all night, waiting for Na to come home from her friend's house and working on our board game. Na returned and decided that she was not going to attend work. The group decision was made that we would just go to Sonic for breakfast because there was only like an hour and a half before it opened anyway. We make the trip to Sonic, Na calls out of work, and we drove back home in C's pickup on 17.
Na is in the tired place and demands that something good comes on the radio. C hits the station and finds a station playing the entirety of "American Pie" by Don McLean. The three of us proceed to sing along, cruising down the highway in a pickup truck. It was truly amazing. And one of the few things that I would describe as an infinite moment.
Bottom line: even though there was a lot of shit to deal with in Summer '09, we still had a rockin' good time.
Septiembre.
The beginning of our junior year of college. I choose to not believe this. Even writing that sentence made me want to throw up a little. I'll move on. We moved all the way across campus this year, so now we live in Laurel Hall. It's pretty awesome. Each room in Laurel is a set of four bedrooms linked to a common room, kitchenette, and bathroom. Pretty damn sweet. It makes things a little easier when someone wants to go to bed earlier than everyone else. And we don't need to watch our individual shows and such with headphones.
Classes of Fall '09:
Shakespeare Plays
Major Authors: Chaucer
Historiography
Western Studies II
They're going pretty well so far. Historiography is boring as all hell and I basically never want to go to it, but I'm dealing. And I think it'll get better soon, pretty much as soon as we stop learning how to write about history (which I got the gist of already). Shakespeare Plays is a good class, but in my opinion we watch too many interpretations and don't do enough discussion. My Chaucer class is good, it's definitely harder than the two other classes with Professor K (Brit Lit and currently Shakespeare) but I'm keeping up with it. We usually get out at least a half an hour early from Western Studies II. I can't complain too much about this semester.
I'm still working both at the library and at the tutoring center. Having four straight hours at the tutoring center is very helpful. Being as it starts at 8:30 in the morning it interferes with my sleep, but I surprisingly get a ton of work done.
I'm also working my way through watching Doctor Who quite quickly. The show is damn fantastic. So much so that I'm now trying not to watch it too quickly. I'm almost halfway through series 3, and so far there are only 4.
Pure amazingness. Although I do miss Rose as a companion. Martha does not measure up in my opinion. I also now totally understand Kt's desire to possess a sonic screwdriver, even though the one in reality only lights up blue.
Madre purchased Beatles Rock Band for us. Love it. Love it so much. Kt and I visited the Lawn for the day two weekends ago to have dinner and apple pie with the fam, play Beatles Rock Band, and watch Get Over it. Such a good day. We also went to the Joker's Child, resulting in all of us wanting to buy things that we shouldn't buy or can't afford. Sigh.
Octubre.
Today is actually the first day of October, but it's been awesome. Even though I have a cold. I got an A on my Chaucer recitation in middle English. Historiography was canceled. As was our test in Chaucer. And I drank very good apple juice.
Love it. I hope most of the days are like this.
"Doctor, they have guns."
"And I haven't. That makes me the better person then, don't you think? They can shoot me dead, but the moral high ground is mine."
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