five things i've recently received in the mail!

1. letter from dann :)

2. report card :(

3. graduation card from miss kelly :)

4. nyu stuff :)

5. graduation card from beanie :)

i like mail, and that's why i'm sending everyone postcards from florida.. where i'm going in about 14ish hours. we leave from philly at 7am and then i'm faced with absolutely no worries/troubles/work for the next seven days. i'm incredibly excited for this peninsula adventure. the only thing i have to really do is write my article (deadline=the day after i get home), but i've been coaching myself to enjoy writing. maybe i'll even write a few poems or stories when i'm down there. i'm certainly going to take a lot of pictures and listen to all of my new music. i actually have quite a few things to do tonight before i go.. a) shopping b) packing! remembering everything! c) uploading alllllll of my new music d) updating my iPod. e) return things to the library. f) upload all of my camera pictures and then delete them so i have maximum room. i'm mostly worried about packing because i need to remember things like my cameras, notebooks, pens, clothes, sunglasses, towels!, reading materials.

i've crossed a few things off of my summer to-do list, and hope to do some more in the upcoming week while i'm out of state. brian lent me "jay and silent bob strike back" and i'm pretty sure kelly is bringing her portable dvd player. OH! i watched a fantastic movie called "wristcutters" the other day and lent it to my dad (because tom waits is in it, duh) and he also loved it. i'm also bringing "the punk rock book of lists" and "rant" because it's light/fun reading as opposed to things like "prozac nation" and "the rum diary".  yeah, that's my reasoning.

let me now write about an adventure that happened to myself, cait, britt, jeff, brian, danny and mike motza yesterday. so we were innocently on our way to go see LESS THAN JAKE and GOLDFINGER in my mother's mini-van (which i borrowed to fit everyone).  then, on 287 south near route 1 (in the middle lane, no less).. the check engine light came on.. followed by every other light in the car.. followed by the loss of the brakes and the loss of the gas.. followed by white smoke pouring in from the vents.. followed by the engine smoking.. basically, the engine seized and now the car is pretty useless. we then stood on the side of 287 for a long time until we were rescued.  oh, what a night. then we all just came back here, cried about not going to the show and swam and hookah'd. but atleast we're still alive.

be back in seven days, blog.

five things i got at the library today.

1. jenny lewis and the watson twins - rabbit fur coat

2. flight of the conchords season 1

3. sleater kinney - all hands on the bad one

4. notes on a scandal

5. common - finding forever

plus a lot of others. the library may be my new favorite place in the world, next to time to eat. the only reason i say that is because cait, britt, jill and i went there last night and a lot of strange things happened and we laughed a lot a lot and it was pretty entertaining. much like the library was today when danny and i went. we got so many things and i can keep them for a whole week and even renew them online! wow! i got a letter from dann in the mail and i'm very excited to read it. i'm also excited to watch "wristcutters: a love story" tonight (thx, library) with annie and gracie and to go night swimming. i'm excited to work at noble tomorrow and walk out of fye for the last time tonight. i'm excited to go ghost-hunting tomorrow night and have a sleepover at sarah's house for the first time. saturday i'm excited to see LESS THAN JAKE and GOLDFINGER. sunday i'm excited to leave for key west and do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but read and listen to music and go in the ocean and party and sleep for AN ENTIRE WEEK. maybe knock some things off the to-do list while i'm down there.

five songs that alkaline trio played on friday that made me incredibly happy.

1. GOODBYE FOREVER.

2. old school reasons.

3. she took him to the lake.

4. i lied my face off.

5. armageddon.

now that i've heard goodbye forever, i'm pretty sure i can leave the world a lot happier. the show on friday was a lot of fun for being in the back of the crowd (something i've never really done, but i was so tired that i think if i had been near the front i would have passed out). tonight we're (cait,jeff,mike,brian) going to the free show at monmouth mall. tomorrow at eleven i'm going to start learning the art of overpriced coffee making. 

five things i'll miss about high school.

1. real good friends.

2. not having to worry.

3. b.s. classes.

4. living near everyone.

5. the IMC.

so, yesterday i graduated and i still don't feel any different. weird that i'll never see some of these people again in my life? sure. but this summer i'll see who i want to see and we'll do things i feel we should do. i still have to write down my summer to-do list, but i haven't had any extra minutes. wednesday night some people came over and we enjoyed our first night of summer (except it was an early night, considering someone planned graduation at 8:30am). yesterday i graduated, went out to lunch, went to the MALL and came home and slept. then at 9:15 we left for philly.. got back this morning at 6:30. it was fun! i liked taking pictures of people. i came home and slept again. i just woke up.. need to shower and then we're off to see alkaline trio! holy shit! tomorrow is cayce's party, sunday is alkaline trio, monday is work/cynthia's party, tuesday is alkaline trio, wednesday is alkaline trio, thursday is work, friday/saturday is work until seven. i need to start my to-do list.. so those two nights will probably consist of adventuring and to-do-ing. sunday i leave for key west or something for like a week. i don't actually know what's happening with that, but i'm pretty sure i got a plane ticket today. hahah. adventure.

five sentences that prove henry rollins is a genius.

1. "i don't read books because anyone who writes them must be oppressive and insecure."

2. "now, i only want to be near you and give you everything."

3. "nothing we do will ever be understood, rather feared and kept well away from."

4. "i'm moving pretty fast these days, but i still think of you."

5. "i expect nothing from everyone, so i am rarely ever let down."

i would like to write like henry rollins one day. and speak like him, too. i would like to have life experiences like he has to give me something to write about. i could write about how amazing prom weekend was, and how close i became with some friends and how distant i became with others, but i think that this picture of cynthia passed out on the hardwood speaks more volumes than even henry rollins could write.

five reasons i'm awake right now (11:51 pm).

1. hanging out with knockout theory/interview until 4:30.

2. awkward dinner with belsky until 9:15.

3. rummaging through jess' house until 9:40.

4. physics problem set until 10:30.

5. packing for prom weekend until 11:51.

everything for this entire weekend has to be ready by the time i wake up for school tomorrow. every time i think i'm done, i think of something else that has to go. and then, of course, i have to think about what i need to keep at my house for the next day and a half.  hopefully everything works out. prom preparations are almost complete. PS: DARK KNIGHT COASTER AT GREAT ADVENTURE IS OPEN. i had to write that down while the commercial was on. anyway, a few of us are going to the beach after school tomorrow.  i'm going to wear the same pair of shorts two days in a row to school, so i hope no one notices. not that it matters, because they're only gym shorts. whatever, i dressed like a dude everyday this week because this week has been horrible (stress wise) and my hair has looked like shit 24/7.  you know what a weird feeling is? wanting to tell someone something, but not being able to because it could either: make the rest of your relationship with this someone incredibly awkward or make it incredibly amazing. not being able to because i'm frankly quite afraid. other things: new weezer album is awesome! and barnes and noble called me up for an interview today! hell yeah!

five headlines i read just now.

1. "bruce springsteen, mastodon"

2. "hanging out with condoleeza rice, still extremely rich"

3. "r. kelly trial: video not fake, kelly's mole visible"

4. "cool v. uncool guide to dancing men" (so good)

5. "built to spill to tour u.s. in the fall"

i like news. i'm incredibly tired right now and should REALLY and truly do my physics homework but i'd rather sit outside by my pool and read gossip magazines. i have to upload a lot of pictures and type up prom stuff tonight, too. i probably won't do my physics homework. so my party last night i made a playlist called "first night of (unofficial) summer" because i don't care about school anymore! so this weekend was awesome. friday after school we had a prom meeting at panera/borders and prom weekend is going to be amazing. yep. after the meeting cait, lindsay, britt and i went to the belmar house. the ride down was awesome and we just blasted good tunes and yelled out of the windows. when we got down there we went to the beach until like 7:30. climbed on the jetties, linds and britt SWAM. crazy. then we went into the town square to watch an irish band. we danced. after working up an appetite dancing, we headed to surf taco. after surf taco we walked home, BOOZE CRUISE, went for ice cream, screamed things at the police officers.. went back to the house around 11 and played some board games and painted. then we watched "are you afraid of the dark?" and screamed like babies. but it was great. we woke up early that morning, went back to my house/garage sale-d, lindsay's car died in front of my house. :( i had to go to work. then i went to the knockout theory/waffle stompers/crash romeo show! but crash romeo sucked because they didn't even have the fucking courtesy to stick around and watch knockout theory. i felt it was really uncalled for. anyway.. after the show we had a party of my house. a lot of awesome people showed up and we had a really chill time. the last people left around 5:30 this morning, so it truly was an all-nighter. quite great, though, and i loved everyone who was there.