Okay, so I'm just here shamelessly listening to Lizzie McGuire-era Hilary Duff (she reminds me of my childhood, alright?) after a two-hour long figuring-stuff-out session for the next school year, and I've been thinking to myself "Shit, man. I haven't blogged in a while." No time like the present (12:34 AM on Labor Day), so here we go.
Summer is winding down. If I had decided to return to Ashland, school would've started almost 2 weeks ago. I'm still at home, waking up whenever the hell I want to and generally being a lazy bum. By the time I'm actually in school and going to classes, working, and participating in whatever I decide to particapte in, the life I'm living now will sound like paradise. But right now, I gotta tell ya, I'm itching to get back to school. Structure is good.
I had made a previous post in April detailing my hopes and plans for the summer, which at that point, seemed like a beautiful dream just a bit out of my grasp. For this post, I'd like to go back to that post and see if I accomplished all I wanted to accomplish, as well as offer a few other details about my summer, which has been pretty dang kick-ass.
(First off, I said that I planned on getting a job. Yeah, that didn't work out so well. Let's cross our fingers for next summer!)
1. Go to concerts
2. Grow my hair out
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| Beginning of summer... |
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| End of summer! |
3. Exercise every day
Ha. Ahaha. Hahahahaha. Yeah... I did not do this.
4. Swim
I did do this! And swimming is exercise, right? *hopeful expression*
5. Read
I read like 2.5 books. I fail.
6. Visit Ashland friends
I had the pleasure of seeing many of my Ashland friends this summer, and all experiences were quite fantastic.
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| Posing in Meredith's kitchen |
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| First Indians game! Woot! |
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| Enjoying the most foodgasmic brownies EVER, courtesy of Liz's mom |
7. Catch up on music intake.
Most definitely did this! My ears are very happy.
8. Watch (500) Days of Summer.
I think I did this like the day after I got home from school.
9. Spend as much time with my niece and nephew as possible
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It makes my heart happy that I've got to see them both a whole bunch this summer. They're growing so fast, and I feel priviledged to get to spend time with two such cute, wonderful kids.
10. Do some soul-searching
This is an ongoing process, of course, but I fell like I've made progress this summer. I've gotten a lot of things sorted out, and I feel very happy and excited about the path I am walking on.
ALSO. Let me share a few things that made Summer '11 what it was:
Foster the People- "Pumped Up Kicks"
If I had a dollar for every time I listened to this song this summer, my students loans would be paid off. Seriously. And I'm still obsessed with it. I'm listening to it right now, in fact.
Runner-Up: "Super Bass" by Nicki Minaj
Bridesmaids
The '90s are All-That on Teen Nick
Columbus, Ohio
My future home and the capital of Ohio gave me some memorable times this summer. Whether in a good way (Crystal Castles @ Newport) or in an effing awful way (being towed and having to walk into the ghetto in order to retrieve my vehicle), or in a fashionable way (just got my first pair of Ray-Bans at Rag-O-Rama, hellz yeah!). Oh Columbus, I can't wait to be able to see more of what you have to offer. (By bus, of course, I don't trust Columbus parking any longer.)
Friends & Family
Not to be mushy, but what can I say? The best part about this summer was having awesome people to share it with.
Salutations, summer of 2011!
-tjms
5 September 2011
