This is it!

This is it! I'm leaving this afternoon for Artemis- the culmination of another year's work and staff development. I still need to finish packing, but I've gotten a lot done, and I feel pretty accomplished, so I'm sitting down to blog.

This is my last post of July, because I'm not coming home until August 1. And on August 2, I leave again for another week. I'm (not intentionally) cutting myself off from all outside civilization. And I'm pretty excited. I love camp.

I'm nervous and happy and a little sad and stressed and excited, all simultaneously right now. 

[I'm really going to miss you, Sean.]

Camp....my first year on Phase III staff! Next week will be insanely memorable. :-)

[Phase three, phase three, rah rah rah!]

I'm obsessed.

Google Maps is such a wonderful creation. Haha, wow.

Oh, and, I finished that book, "The Time Traveler's Wife." And I cried for the last fifteen pages or so. It was so great. Thank you Zoe. And thank you, Rei, for further recommending it. I can't wait for the movie. Of course, the book is always better than the movie. They just have to be.

:}

"and possibly i like the thrill"

I've been in a blogging mood lately.

So I have two things to discuss (this blog being my medium of sharing them with you):

1. Kodak

2. A book I just read

Okay, to begin. 

Kodak has stopped making film. What?! See, that sentence just doesn't make sense. I've been meaning to blog about this. Inexpensive cameras and the use of photographic film were first made available to people by Kodak. The Kodak people revolutionized photography. I'm sure this sentiment has been phrased much more eloquently by confused photographers elsewhere already, but this really kind of makes me sad. Kodak not selling film is like Smucker's not selling jam-- and instead only producing those "Uncrustable" sandwiches because consumers are too lazy too make their own PB&J's. [Fine, I'll admit they taste okay. But still.] We can only hope that's not where our society is headed. 

Anyways....something different to ramble about.

 "King Dork" by Frank Portman is a great book. And while I'm not reading the books I should be reading as required by my school's summer reading list, this book is an excellent distraction. Great book. If I cannot convince you how cool this book is, I'll let you be intrigued by this excerpt from the introduction. This is how the main character describes the book:

“It's actually kind of a complicated story, involving at least half a dozen mysteries, plus dead people, naked people, fake people, teen sex, weird sex, drugs, ESP, Satanism, books, blood, Bubblegum, guitars, monks, faith, love, witchcraft, the Bible, girls, a war, a secret code, a head injury, the Crusades, some crimes, mispronunciation skills, a mystery woman, a devil-head, a blow job, and rock and roll."

And now, I have a new book to read, courtesy of Zoe. "The Time Traveler's Wife" by  Audrey Niffenegger. So, the end. I'll probably be blogging a lot these next two weeks before Artemis and White Stag.

Not your typical shopping trip.

We started out, not exactly knowing what we were looking for, but with a theme in mind. And, a limited budget. We were hoping for great finds.

 

First stop: Cost Plus

So I'm not totally sure what I bought, but it was seagrass and we were able to talk the lady at the register into giving us a 30% discount. And yoga-like mats? 

Next: Cheap, great stuff at Ross

We found out that cheap curtains come in many varieties, but why spend more than $4? Haha. Zoe was amazed at the low prices.

And then: We found Nikki! Or, at least, she found us.

It was pretty great that her mom was there, too. We were hunting for twine.

Third store: Staples

We didn't actually buy anything here, but we still went. 

Fourth: Osh Hardware-- We found the perfect twine!

It was a successful stop. :)

And then: Adventures in Gottshalks

Everything 80-90% off. We were skeptical about going into the store, but it was the highlight of our night. A basket of pinecones, plastic vegetables. A clown costume! The bottom half of a male torso. The most random stuff you can imagine. As Zoe called it, it was "surreal."

Overall, very fun. And spontaneous. And quite a successful shopping trip too, haha.

Artemis inspires us to do crazy things. [Such a random night.]

:-]

If you have a moment to spare.

[Sean, I thought you'd enjoy this. Even if it is a little girly, ha.]

[Everyone else, I hope you'd think it's cute!]

just 

enjoying

SUMMER!

I miss...

You know, I'm really starting to miss my digital camera. Broken cameras suck. People who break cameras (ahem, my SISTER!) also suck. Lame.

: (

But tomorrow will still be fun!!!

I recently realized how much I love having a P.O. Box address instead of a regular street address. My street address is okay and everything, but having a P.O. Box seems a little more cool to me. It gives an air of mystique, almost, since you're not actually giving out where you live. It's like an alias, part of my secret identity. Maybe I am over-analyzing this to the point of nonsense, so I'll stop. That's all I have today. 

"Don't forget to keep in touch."