hi yo

it's sunday and i just woke up (my roomie and neighbors are gone), and already i'm at a loss for what to do. this weekend was a ton of fun though. by the way, happy seis de mayo! yeah, i missed the other one. aside from being a day of cultural celebration for mexico, yesterday was also stephan's birthday! we surprised him with pizzas from some amazing local restaurant that he loves (he's from around here), a COLDSTONE ICE CREAM CAKE, and lots of other delicious stuff. however, i didn't know there was food involved, so this was right after i had convinced artur to take me to wendy's. so i was very full. it sucked giant balls.

i'm also helping mary make a music video for her sound and image class, and it's very very fun. we're doing this dark, artsy theme to a mix of dj shadow and nine inch nails. in it, i'm picking and handing out "patriotism poppies" and people are passing the fuck out. or something like that - the film seems to be taking on a direction of its own. it's been a little harsh on the sinuses though, because i'm walking through thorny fields in an old-fashioned dress i have basically inhaling weeds that look like flowers and smell like shit. my allergies are going crazy. the sacrifices we have to make for art...i also get to go goth by the end of the film, which is pretty fun, but scaring off a lot of random passersby.

a bunch of us are going to el dorado in a couple weeks. i went last weekend with mary, artur, trey, stephan (it's his cabin), and aaron and it was AMAZING. we had so much fun being in the middle of nowhere - it's about time. i miss the mountains so much. we went rafting down the american river in this tiny little thing with a bunch of oars and about killed ourselves. the rapids didn't seem that big while we were approaching them, but they were giant once we got up to (or under, rather) them. despite the fact that we were supposed to "keep paddling" through them, everybody pretty much dove into the center of our "raft" every time these rapids pretty much curled over us.

hmmmm...what else do i got? oh! i just booked my flight to come home for the summer! i am ecstatic. my dad was supposed to drive out here and help me move everything back since i'll be gone from here for the next year and a half, but gas prices, coupled with laziness, i think, convinced him that storing would be a better option. well i hate storing stuff! i always get spiders embedded in all my stuff. oh well. this summer i'm going to be working at 303 magazine...i've already written shitloads of articles, but i don't think they've put them in yet since my articles have inspired a series and they have to organize everyone...yeah. i also get to sell advertisements for the magazine for some extra cash, and apparently the commission is great. we'll see. and then, for some extra extra cash, i'm gettin another job on the side. i could probably go back to express since i sold those credit cards like a fiend, but i'm not terribly into working til 1 or 2 in the morning refolding clothes, so maybe i'll transfer to victoria's secret...oooooh, sexy.

i've been finding lots of really sweet songs lately. i can't wait to make a mix and listen to it in my new car. (i'm getting a new car when i get back, did you hear? it's going to be sweet. actually, i'll probably get the ol' shaft again, so i'm trying not to get my hopes up right now, but my brother has already totalled my old one, so i'm fucked anyway.)

goodbye friends.

stung in the middle of the night

why the FUCK are there giant bees in our bathroom at 4 in the morning. i demand an explanation.