WOOT!

So, I outsmarted the wireless thing, and have the internet in my room once more.



I am ever so excited.

The question: Who gets drunk on a Monday night?
The answer: People who live by odd hours, Italians, and those with nothing left to lose

Interesting.

Ick

I hate Dayton. Also, I'm starting to think that maybe I should just read, and not have friends, since people will find some way to hurt you once you're really close to them. But I won't, because my Chicago friends generally don't. (I do it too sometimes. I know. But honestly. An island never cries....)

Also, the library in Dayton has an online database, as most do, and you can reserve items, and request them from the comfort of your own home. This is a problem for me, when I start thinking about all of the books that I've been meaning to read. One click, and they're on hold for me. I currently have 7 books sitting at home waiting for me to read, and 9 books that are pending on hold. Huh. It's a good thing I'm becoming a hermit, or else I wouldn't have time to read all this!

Yesterday was my aunt and uncle's annual fourth of July picnic. (They have it on some day in the weekend closest to the fourth, usually). They've been having them for forever, and I have some super fond memories of the old ones. The new ones... just not the same. There used to be more family there, and the cousins that are my age were all together, rather than several of them being too busy being bored to either show up or interact with us. The cousin that I am closest to was there, and it was like we had seen each other less than a year ago, which was cool. But we used to have sparklers, and firecrackers, and the adults used to drink much more. Kate and I reminisced, and then also discussed how weird it would be in the next 10 years. Some of Bruce's (my uncle's) relatives were there, and his nieces and nephews are starting to get married and have kids already. Kate and I mused on how weird it would be, bringing a fiance or a husband to a gathering that we've been going to since we were at least four. Not in an awkward, "so, this is my family..." way, but more of a way of having an adult life, when we still remember being babies.

It's all weird to grow up. But, the family is now cool with offering me beer, and fine with me drinking and getting involved in the political debate/discussion things that always start up when it's just the family and the friends have left. It's nice in a way; I've moved away from the kid's table.

For Cheddles....

Not much going on in Dayton... working and sleeping and playing video games. I haven't been very social. And when I say not very social, I mean I hadn't left my house except to go to work for almost a week, which is a long time when you realize that everything about the dorm is social. Well, I had been out, but it was to movies with my parents. I went to a movie with the guys from work last night, (Batman Begins=teh awesome. It was my second time seeing it, and it was grrreat!) and then I went to dinner with Alyssa, the girl that I used to work with at Oberer's (the florist) who was super cool. We talked forever, getting caught up on each other's lives, various dramas, etc. We laughed so hard that people in Olive Garden looked at us. (Breadsticks are tasty.)

Today was a crazy day of seeing people I know at the store. I saw a couple of people that went to school with me, and my brother's ex-roomate. Eric called me infamous... huh. Apparently Michael talks about me a lot....

Now, to find something to do for tonight, since watching Lemony Snicket and playing KotOR won't cut it for me this Saturday night....