New set of photos up at fotographie. They start at Saturday evening and end Sunday afternoon.. I wrote about that weekend on my June 9th post. So you can put pictures to the story.

Big update again? Sort of. Arney moved into his new house (in Fox Croft.. pshah) and it's beautiful. The deck and backyard are tres cool and I can already tell it's going to be a big part of my summer. Haha.. Mel and I already have made plans to live there for a weekend.

Saw Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. I loved it! It may have been mindless fluff, but anyone who knows me knows how I love my mindless fluff. Lucy Liu looked gorgeous, as did Demi, who pretty much stole the show.

What else, what else... ehm. I'm going to go make tomato basil linguine. Oh! I re-learned how to knit. I'm almost done with a scarf.. now I just have to learn how to finish it.

Update! Monday I finished HP book 5. Damn that's some good stuff. I cried a little at the part... well I don't want to spoil it. But you'll know the part when you get there. And also went bowling with core friends (Mel, Arn, and Jeff) and Ricky stopped by, which was fun. Then we went to Wendy's (really, the places you resort to when you live in a crappy small city), where white trash circled round the restaurant like a hawk around its prey. Lastly, we went to Mel's and jumped on her trampoline. And talked. And watched the stars.

Sunday I went to the Mall of America. I love the hopefulness of makeup-- you always think, oh, this might be the one! And this one is pretty close. MAC foundation and Blot pressed powder. I'm trying it out. And got stuff incredibly cheap from The Limited. Also bought huge tub of clay mask from Origins.

Saturday... what did I do Saturday? Oh, Julia's goodbye party. It was pretty fun--I talked to the Ross brothers and Matt quite a bit and gained a teeny bit of insight. And also, the Rosses are going to hook me up with the sixth season of Sex and the City since they have HBO. I'll probably still end up buying it when it comes out like three years from now.

Friday I did much stuff, I think. I'm working backwards here people.. my mind can't think back far enough forward. Went to the Harry Potter Midnight Magic party. Tres sweet when Melanie was all like, whenever I'm pretending to say a spell I somehow have a homosexual voice. So the boys took off with that. Hilarity reigned for some time. We also got HP glasses, made our own wand, and got our picture taken with Harry's cutout. Good times. What did I do before that? God, I swear one of these days.. you'll find me ranting and raving outside with no memory. Jeff's open house!! That was very chill. And before that, saw the Hulk. Ugh, bad movie. What is Ang Lee doing???

You know, sometimes a girl just has to trust her intuition. And her best friends. I don't think I can stress enough how much I love my friends.

Still haven't gone to our city's festival of fat on a stick. Eh. I'll get to it.

Saw Better Luck Tomorrow tonight. Had to go online as it appeared as though no one was having a party. Need to be around people. Or connected. It was a good movie. For two hours I forgot about certain things I don't care to think about anymore. All in all, very worth the buck I paid.

What else have I done? I wish I could regale you all with stories of my glamorous life. But, that would be lying. And liars are baaaad.

Summer. I love it. Except for the skeeters. And humidity.

Went up to Aaron's cabin with 7 others. Pictures will be up soon. And other pictures from open houses, Ayesha's farewell will be too. But don't depend on it any time soon. My moods regarding the internet are volatile. Generally, I am much too hot and lazy to go online now. Audioslave's pretty good. More mellow than Rage.

Been hanging out mainly with Mel and Arn. Fun fun. I think I've seen Arney every day since school got out. I think I've also been to Super Target gazillions of times.

Somehow the 'net just doesn't appeal to me as much anymore. I want to spend as much time as possible with my friends. Friends are so great, man. Me and Mel were just talking about this after watching some Sex and the City.

I love my pals.

Watch out guys, this is going to be a long one.

This last weekend was so long and fast. Saturday I had graduation, then two open houses, then the senior party. Our school really went all out on decorations... they looked great and I actually managed to stay awake the entire time.. from 9-4:30 a.m. and even a bit more after that. We went to Ayesha's afterwards because her plane was leaving 1:30 pm Sunday.

God, Ayesha leaving. I didn't think I would cry, because before, when everyone was all like, omg she's leaving and we're graduating it's so sad, I was just like... eh. But I did. Seeing her go made me go off because I have never seen her cry, and because it was SAD.. no more fun, dramatic Ayesha. So there we were crying, with the boys all holding strong and Lauren taking pictures. And we said goodbye. The beginning of many ends.

After that, Laura, Julia, and I hit NINE open houses. I was sooo freaking full. Good food!! Then we baked choc chip cookies for Mr. Brehmer, our physics teacher who is a total sweetheart. And watched Strictly Ballroom and Can't Hardly Wait... we were in the mood for light-heartedness after the emotional drainage.

Today I had a fabulous day. Chilled. Woke up at 10, showered, did NYU stuff, then went to Arney's for lunch. I got Breadbaker tuna sandwich.. yuuuum. We watched TV (I love his house cause he has like 300 channels and all-music video channels) and played poker with candy. Mels came over and played too, but went out soon. We're all amateurs, but I actually had two flushes (!!).

Spur of the moment, we went to see Down with Love, which was sweet, but awkward. And felt long. Not a good sign. I adored her outfits though. Ate dinner at Outback (got free salmon cause I found a hair in one... eugh). Then chilled at my house watching fourth season of Sex and the City. Jeff finally watched it.. hahaha. I don't think he liked it all that much.. or maybe he just wasn't admitting it. Yes, it must have been the latter.

I miss having a nook.

Quick note. Oh my freakin gosh. Foot massages are SOOOO amazing.

Watched Miss Universe and UPN's Next Top Model. An hour and a half into my glut-fest of beauty watching, I started to get tired of it. All the Misses competing blended together in my head. But, while had some self-doubting moments, was okay. Danced around in my underwear this morning. Feel pretty dang good.

I agree with Miss J....I'm a lot more content now. No major ups or downs. Just sitting back and enjoying my friends before I have to leave. This last weekend was the first I didn't have any major pissy fits, and I liked not feeling like a total bitch. I now realize that if you're around the right people, you're not going to feel bad, because you won't want the right people to change. And even if you do, they're going to be all too willing to do it for you. Does that make sense?

Gotta jet.

Wow! I had such a good day yesterday. It's amazing how two lines of words can just work miracles! Gosh, and for all these months I kept thinking how it was sad that I could never attract that type of person. Maybe I can!

I went to yoga. That's right. And it was pretty great, even though at times I honestly felt like my legs or arms were going to give out. I am going to go every week. Maybe twice a week. I want to be able to do all the poses without shaking. And do the splits. I know it's going to take a long time, though.

And finally the sun decided to poke his head up from behind the clouds. And UPN's Next Top Model is on tonight. :)

Anyone else watch For Love or Money? I thought that Kelly (the materialistic girl), for being all into brand names, couldn't dress worth crap. Just my thoughts.

Time for weekend update!

This weekend was one big gluttonous spree of open houses. Saturday I went to Abby's, Reams's, and Pete's. Sunday I was at Andrea's, Julie's, Kate's, and Laura's. At this rate, I will literally be a balloon by the time I get to New York.

As for non-open house activities, I went to Finding Nemo Saturday night with Arns, Merv, and Mel (the ole gang together for the first time in a while!). It was very intense-- much more funny than Monster's Inc, but at the same time, more sad and emotional. I guess it's either one way or the other... extremes or none at all. BTW, question of merit: would you rather live the rest of your life middle of the road or with extremes--like very very down one month, then excessively happy the next?

Saturday afternoon I hung out with Dan (another friend I finally got to talk to again and have missed sorely). We went to the mall and Super Target. At Target, the best store in the whole wide world, we decided how we would decorate our houses. Apparently we have pretty similar tastes, which is tres cool. He likes the soft greens like me. But... he doesn't like red as much. I shall have to convince him of red's merits.

Friday night... I did something. If only I could remember what. Oh! Went to Laura's to watch Blow with Arney and Kyle was there. That made for awkward silences. Then Rick came at around 10:20. We left at around 11:00 (god, I'm becoming old!) and after we left, Laura told me that Rick was talking in his sleep and then when she tried to wake him up, he stood up, said hello, then promptly went back to sleep. Gah, wish I hadn't missed that.

Sunday played tennis for the first time in a couple months at least. It was lovely, got the ole workout. Saw Drew Erie there serving. I had forgotten he played tennis. He's rather good, of course, like his sister.

I think I'm going to go to yoga today after school. I have to... have 19 passes left. And it's good for you.