This is my new favorite blog. It's a woman who just goes through and reprints bits of old Babysitter's Club</a> books describing Claudia's batshit crazy outfits and it is awesome.

I went to see the Samurai Davis Jr.'s Super Happy Fun Time show at Dad's today, and let me tell you that there is no place in Atlanta where so much fun can be had for only $10-$12. You guys, there were oatmeal cream pies. I had one fed to me by a girl in a sensei uniform. Attractive people with Little Debbie products, you guys. Srsly.

Also, Cat may or may not have been dubbed prom queen and had to dance on stage, because she is amazing and I really hope the video footage makes its way to the internet.

Oh shit usher is at faset. no joke.

I have recieved some pretty fabulously awesome texts in my time, but that one right there just about made my already perfectly nice weekend.

Also, I have some of the new-fangled peach-flavored tea dry candies from the farmer's market, and they are the height of deliciousness. Yum.

( Camping, etc. )

I saw Adi today, which was lovely. Six weeks is far too long to go without seeing your freaky soul twin.

Beyond that, my laundry is a-going, my things are unpacked, and I'm ready to decompress before the week begins in earnest.

I just uploaded a good 2 1/2 months of photos onto my flickr. Photos of the vacation to Baltimore/DC can be found here, photos of Spotlight (including Mr. Cow and Trevor doing a Mr. July pose) can be found here, and photos of this summer in general can be found here. Hurrah!

And happy birthday to Elena.

Gaaaaah.

So, first off, I need to schedule my Georgetown tour and my parents are not being terribly helpful. However, I think I'll be more or less able to schedule the thing tomorrow during business hours, so woo.

However! The second issue is senior portraits. Some studio called my house (and, upon checking with Emily H. and Christina, apparently most other folks' houses) talking about what I think were senior portraits. I don't know because Elena got the call and didn't pay much attention to it. However, because I didn't get the piece of mail I was apparently supposed to get, I don't know the name of the studio, the number of it, or if this is in fact the actual senior portrait thing. Everyone seems to think it isn't, but the '08 folks I talked to said they had theirs done during the summer, which is worrisome. And no one at the school is picking up the office phone. Admittedly, this is probably because it's 8:20.

So! Does anyone know wtf the deal with the photos is? No one appears to know what's going on.

My favorite things that cost $2 or possibly less

1. My bright-blue, yard sale suitcase
   
2. A slice of Johnny's cheese pizza
   
3. MARTA Cliff shuttles (free! and they don't suck!)
   
4. Parks (also free! also don't suck!)
   
5. Mint iced tea at Chocolaté on North Decatur
   
6. Mango iced tea at Java Monkey in Decatur
   
7. The Decatur library (again with the free and lack of suckage -- I got a linguistics book today, woo!)

And that has been my summer so far. :)

However, my favorite thing that costs $8? My current favorite dress, which is a lovely 50s-style shirtdress that is red and has big white polka dots. Because really, what else beats big white polka dots?

I got a completely excellent bright blue Samsonite suitcase today from a church yard sale. It's lined and after a bit of searching through its pockets, I found the key to the suitcase locks, which still work. I'm going to clean up the outside and remove the attic smell and the stains from the lining tomorrow. Hurrah, summer! Hurrah, impractical but completely wonderful luggage!

I managed to bruise my knee sidewalk chalking today and I ate an entire bag of dried coconut slices. Truly, it is wonderful to be on vacation. :D

I could go without the heat, though. I will never get used to it, I swear. Seventeen years of this kind of weather and it shocks me every time.

Checked out Dangerous Liasons (the film version) from the library today. Think I will be rocking the French intrigue tomorrow.

Also, am knitting the DNA scarf</em> right now. I always forget how much fun cables are. I'm much better at them than at color work -- and find them more interesting, besides. Plus, this way I only have to carry one ball of yarn. Huzzah.

I should probably begin studying for the SAT or doing my summer reading one of these days. Feh.

I can't decide if the video for "Touch My Body" is really stupid or sublime. I'm leaning towards the latter because she sings the whole song with a straight face. It's very strange. Check it out.

Oh, and I'm a senior. Woo!

Over the weekend we had prom, and that was alright (could have been better, but hey). My sister told me what she and la famille talked about while I was gone, and I laughed at my parents' misconceptions about my behavior. Pictures, for those who are interested, are here. The flickr page has also recently been added to with photos of Ruthie and Kimya Dawson, photos of Chicago, and various bits and pieces from school.

Took my AP French Language exam today. I was doing something related to it from, no lie, 11:30 to 4:15. And then I sat with Ms. Donavan and Adi in her office while we generally bothered her rather than go to AP US study group. Good times!

Am currently reading The Pope's Daughter after finishing The Handmaid's Tale, plus I have a new CD thanks to Ruthie. It is impossible for life to be bad.

So, yesterday at the grocery store, I bought some new face cleanser because I'm running low. Plus, it was the Clean and Clear morning burst stuff, which is supposed to make my normally shiny nose not-shiny.

For those interested, it is false advertising, and I was shiny by mid day. Boo.

However, I was having bigger issues with it -- neither myself nor any other member of my family could open the damn pump mechanism. I have been outsmarted by the pump manufacturers. But the best part? Is this website. Because not only do I have issues with the stupid thing, but it is a common enough issue that there is a thread on the internet.

The best best part is that none of the responses are actual solutions.