Current music:

bob dylan.

you shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you.

Okay, so, best weekend ever? I think so.

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown


It pretty much started with Thursday afternoon & buying Novick and Parisi a tree, then subsequently spending 5 hours making a card with quotes that summed up what AmStud means/is/was. Got two hours of sleep that night. Went in for the AmStud final...swayed to "America," discussed our loves, cracked up about Robert Frost, cried while writing reflections, and then died laughing watching Parisi on American Gladiator. Then took my Chem final. Ugh.

Thennn...Barbara, Charlotte and I hit up Blockbuster to find AmStud themed movies & pretty much failed. Got Waiting for Guffman and Thumbsucker. Finally made our way to Beachfest whereupon we had the world's greatest dance sesh during Tribe Suburbia & Joesoup. And then the adrenaline rush ended so we stopped at Las Vetas for some energy and while we were on the way home we were stopped at the stoplight across from the town green where the gazebo is and the sprinklers were on. So a mass, "OMGOMGOMG, BARBARA PULL OVER!!!" occured & we went insane and frolicked through the sprinklers in a very public display of amazingness. Drove home soaking wet blasting Good Charlotte, Halifax, and terrible English rappers.

i looked like a zombie after running through the sprinklers.

ahhhh.

amstud pajamas (note the Gatsby's American Dream shirt & patriotic boxers) & the pelvic thrust angle.

charlotte the chemist!

loveeeeeee.

love2.

i'm sorry you had to see that!

that too.

Woke up at 5:00 Saturday morning to go to O'Rourke's. Heard the lovely dream that Charlotte had. Met up with all the girls and made our way to Middletown, driving like 90 miles an hour. Didn't get lost! Had amazing food, eggs, bacon, Irish bacon, fingerling potatoes, various breads, kiwi!, etc... Used all of my quarters in the jukebox to play "Gettin' Jiggy With It" among other classic songs. Took pictures outside of O'Rourke's, & said our goodbyes. (Oh and found out about Novick's Jesus costume!) Drove home blasting Spice Girls, Gogol Bordello, Jay-Z, and Weezer. Apparently missed out on some high-octane races! Spent some time out by the pool with all the AmStud girls. Then it got wittled down to just Charlotte, Barbara and I again.

inside o'rourke's.

greatness.

also greatness.

my other thirds!

Decided to go to the beach. Had ice cream. Tried to take pictures of ourselves laying in a circle...failed, completely. Um, seagulls?! Haha, AMAZING. Then went for dinner at Rawley's (also AMAZING), pumped up The Darkness & went and sat in the gazebo. Made friends with a little girl who was eating at Centro. Great Novick-centric conversation. I made a good call on walking to 7-11 to get slurpies. Frawg, much? Walked over to Borders only to find Sam Carlson, some good laughs, lots of Bob Dylan, and ourselves spilling said slurpies all over the CD section. The drive home was a Dylan celebration. "Like a Rolling Stone" came on as we pulled into the driveway so the three of us sat in the car and listened to it all the way through & that was officially goodbye to AmStud for me. I realized that I had been turned loose. And it was empowering & sad & great & scary & beautiful & it made me love life. We went inside and finally watched Thumbsucker (which was a great movie). I fell in love with Lou Taylor Pucci ("If I married him I could be Mrs. Katie Lou...is the cat Pucci. HAHAHA, THAT'S LIKE CAT AND POOCHIE!) Pretty much fell asleep and ended the streak of greatness with the tired departure of Barbara and Charlotte & now I'm having withdrawals! THE END!

haha, we have bad aim.

really bad aim.

did i mention we have bad aim?

it looks like charlotte's hair is mine...but it's not (FYI).

frawg tongues in a speeding car.

frawg tongues in a speeding car with the flash on!