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so i was gone in iowa last week, having the best week of my summer so far. - especially since considering my other weeks this summer have consisted solely of work, work, and a little more work.... with a few moments of friend time literally thrown in there. don't get me wrong, i love the people i work with. eliot and i are the bad kids of the pancake house, mocking, teasing, and making fun of everyone we work with- but everyone loves it. we are everyone's entertainment. i HATE work itself though- the more and more i waitress the more and more i dislike the human race in general. it's horrible to say, but no wonder some servers are so bitter and rude sometimes.... especially if they're old. i can barely put up with this crap seasonally- i can't imagine what it must be like to be in your mid-life and have to work day in and day out as someone else's servant. the word "waiter" and "waitress" is just a moniker to make our job seem a little less demoralizing.
but iowa- i cannot reiterate enough how much fun i had. it was great, first of all, to see my little dq for a week, since i haven't seen her in over six months. then, i got to see her family again and got to meet her hilarious brother, stephen. i told him he looked like a midget with these shirts that he wore that were too big for him where the sleeves went over the elbows and made his arms look so tiny. it was a "had to be there moments" - so i got it on tape. whenever i'm feeling bad, i just go and watch the ten second tape of him acting like a black ghetto girl with those tiny, midget arms. then, dq's family from all over came in because it was her mom's 50th birthday while i was there and her dad had commissioned a concerto for her mom to play in (she plays clarinet). it was great- but even better was the open bar reception afterward. we went out to the bars every single night and got drunk. we played pool a lot (and her brother got mad at me a lot). we went to field of dreams again! i took SOOOOO many pictures. i'll have to put them up on the internet soon, so everyone can see the fun that i had. i wish i was still there, in good ol' iowa city.
i just finished reading the lance armstrong book, it's not about the bike, after getting it two days ago. the book it 300 pages long but i could not put it down. as soon as i would get home from work at 5pm, i would read until i passed out at 12am, go to work at 5am, come back at 3pm, and read until i finished it at about 8pm. it is one of the best books i have ever read. please read it people.
i hope everything works out well for lance in these last couple of stages so that he can keep his almost 3 minute lead and win the tour de france for the 7th, and last, time.
he's an amazing human being and really is inspiring.
now, i tried to read james joyce's ulysess and that bitch is hard to stay attentive with. trust me and everyone else that has said it- it's one of the most complicated books out there. so, i read letters to a young conservative instead and LOVED it. felicity buck, read that book. you will love it too. (along with our dubya shrine, we can create an ann coulter and dinesh d'souza shrine too.)
i cannot wait until senior year when i get to live with felicity and ashley and we can get a little puppy of our own.
then, after i graduate, i'm seriously thinking of doing peace corps. it's always been something in the back of mind- something that i would REALLY want to do. we have so much opportunity in our lives to do something, but hardly anyone takes advantage of it. i want to die knowing that i helped more people than just myself. that i gave myself, unconditionally, to a cause. i know i take SO much forgranted in my life, and that's because this first-world life is that only thing i have ever known. i want to live in africa for 27 weeks so, when i come back, i can know how incredibly lucky i am to live the life i'm living. that's really important that i feel that, and i know i cannot gain it any other way. i don't care if i have to take bucket baths or live in incredible heat in a broken down shack. that will just make me appreciate things more and more.
then, after all that, i will get an apartment in new york city or london with dq and will become a fashion designer.
or go to dc and become a politician.
and help out the right side a little more.
but iowa- i cannot reiterate enough how much fun i had. it was great, first of all, to see my little dq for a week, since i haven't seen her in over six months. then, i got to see her family again and got to meet her hilarious brother, stephen. i told him he looked like a midget with these shirts that he wore that were too big for him where the sleeves went over the elbows and made his arms look so tiny. it was a "had to be there moments" - so i got it on tape. whenever i'm feeling bad, i just go and watch the ten second tape of him acting like a black ghetto girl with those tiny, midget arms. then, dq's family from all over came in because it was her mom's 50th birthday while i was there and her dad had commissioned a concerto for her mom to play in (she plays clarinet). it was great- but even better was the open bar reception afterward. we went out to the bars every single night and got drunk. we played pool a lot (and her brother got mad at me a lot). we went to field of dreams again! i took SOOOOO many pictures. i'll have to put them up on the internet soon, so everyone can see the fun that i had. i wish i was still there, in good ol' iowa city.
i just finished reading the lance armstrong book, it's not about the bike, after getting it two days ago. the book it 300 pages long but i could not put it down. as soon as i would get home from work at 5pm, i would read until i passed out at 12am, go to work at 5am, come back at 3pm, and read until i finished it at about 8pm. it is one of the best books i have ever read. please read it people.
i hope everything works out well for lance in these last couple of stages so that he can keep his almost 3 minute lead and win the tour de france for the 7th, and last, time.
he's an amazing human being and really is inspiring.
now, i tried to read james joyce's ulysess and that bitch is hard to stay attentive with. trust me and everyone else that has said it- it's one of the most complicated books out there. so, i read letters to a young conservative instead and LOVED it. felicity buck, read that book. you will love it too. (along with our dubya shrine, we can create an ann coulter and dinesh d'souza shrine too.)
i cannot wait until senior year when i get to live with felicity and ashley and we can get a little puppy of our own.
then, after i graduate, i'm seriously thinking of doing peace corps. it's always been something in the back of mind- something that i would REALLY want to do. we have so much opportunity in our lives to do something, but hardly anyone takes advantage of it. i want to die knowing that i helped more people than just myself. that i gave myself, unconditionally, to a cause. i know i take SO much forgranted in my life, and that's because this first-world life is that only thing i have ever known. i want to live in africa for 27 weeks so, when i come back, i can know how incredibly lucky i am to live the life i'm living. that's really important that i feel that, and i know i cannot gain it any other way. i don't care if i have to take bucket baths or live in incredible heat in a broken down shack. that will just make me appreciate things more and more.
then, after all that, i will get an apartment in new york city or london with dq and will become a fashion designer.
or go to dc and become a politician.
and help out the right side a little more.