So! Summer is kind of... over. Tomorrow I go to my dad's, then he and I will head north Saturday. He is being left in Delaware to catch a train on Sunday (we are going to visit the highest point in Delaware... because he is my father, and this is what we do). I'll get back to dear ol' Wes sometime late Sunday. Then on Monday, my campus job starts, froshies invade, and I start getting geared up for the school year. AHHHHHHHhh. Classes don't start until the 4th, though, so I have plenty of time to adjust.

I'm not packed. I just started on my clothes about an hour ago, and I've not touched anything else. This is bad.


IN OTHER NEWS, I GOT A NEW CAR.

Like, a new-new car. It's a 2007 Honda Fit, it is bright blue, and I love it. I have dubbed it the Cardis, as it is tiny, yet huge on the inside. And blue!
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Today:
I picked up my last paycheck, had a remarkably non-unpleasant chat with my ex-boss.
Then I went and got some deodorant that doesn't smell like public restroom air freshener and the Vogue Fall issue - aka the BOOK OF FASHION OF DOOM. It is 840 pages - which averages to 168 pages per dollar. And it has the new Burberry ads with Patrick Wolf in them. NICE.
Then a friend from high school and I got lunch, discussed fashion, laughed, and had sexual tension (which he pointed out, which was amusing). I also questioned the purpose of life rather loudly in the midst of Atlanta Bread Co., which made an older man turn and look at me oddly.
Then my pseudo-step-brother went to see "Superbad." It was nice; I like hanging out with him. The movie was sometimes very very amusing and sometimes not, but I liked that in the end it was good-natured and actually rather responsible, in its way. And I loved the parts with the cops.
Then my mom and I went for a hike up to one of my favorite places around here, this beautiful heath bald with rhododendrons and rowan trees, and ramparts at overlooks, and a "picnic shelter" which is huge and built rather like a Viking lodge. It is all very Middle Earth and I like it soooo very much. We got there at sunset, ate a picnic in the grass, then stumbled back in the dark with no flashlight. My easily distracted, very old dog got to play seeing-eye, because she was on the leash in front of me, so I could tell when she dipped down or scrambled and figure out what was going to happen. The moon was ridiculously bright, but the trees were dense, so some places were quite dark. When we finally got back to the parking lot bats were flying about right above our heads, squeaking. It was really cool. And on our drive back there was a huge owl just sitting on the edge of the road; very odd, very pretty.
Now I am packing, burning CDs for my mom, generally getting ready to go. AHHHHHH.
Also, I just ordered some really cool shoes that have every potential to be really ugly. I got them for $15 after shopping around, and I am pleased. They were $25+ from Urban Outfitters, even on sale. YAY! They should be waiting for me when I get to school.
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I have officially developed an obsession with The Flight of the Conchords, by the way. <3s. I am kind of falling in love with both of them. Especially Bret, 'cause he's adorable and I know he is freaking gorgeous below the scruff. And he was that random elf in Return of the King that I got so distracted by. And those songs... Geez. The Foux Da Fa Fa (the French song - see icon), Bowie's in Space, and If You're Into It (see subject line) are my current favorites. And I love the video of the French song, because of the visual references and the food.
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Things I love:

1. Cry Baby. This movie rocks so hard. 1950s, Johnny Depp, John Waters, music? Um, yes. HOT.

2. The person I just talked to after 6 months of not hearing from him. He's still wonderful. (Damn China. It takes away my friends, and it's full of disease and pollution and badness. BUT it let me have him back, in the end. It just better return the rest of them. 6 friends going to China within a year? Not cool. One of them is Chinese, but still.)

3. The new necklace I just made. Ribbon + crochet + sequins = awesome.

4. Raspberries.
5. Chocolate.
6. Chocolate and raspberries.

7. The moment today when I was driving along, musing about how much I can't wait to be driving around in my new car, and the exact same model and color I'm getting drove by me. That car is so swwweeet. And blue.

8. Scrubs, and the fact that this (Cry Baby) is the second thing I've watched today with someone riding on top of a car while clutching the tops of the doors.

FUCK. The stupid fire inspectors STOLE ("confiscated") my F'IN kettle, and my toaster! And charged me 100 dollars. Which I hardcore can't afford.I need that money for Europe!
But the worst thing is that, to reiterate MY KETTLE IS GONE. I CANNOT MAKE TEA. ARGHHHHHHH. The weirdest thing is that I'd had the thing for 3 semesters and they'd never done anything about it before. The toaster was admittedly contraband and I was stupid to leave it out, but my kettle had never been touched before! In over a year! They could at least be consistent.
(/righteous anger)

Um... I feel like I had other things to say?

My car has a $380 part going in at some point soon to make it semi-functional again.

I went to a good concert last night. Hardcore sung (not sure that's an accurate word) by someone I know, blues punk, dude with guitar that I missed most of, punk folk... Good stuff. Bought a CD of the last band - Ghost Mice.


OOOOOOOH my radio show starts tonight! Yes, listen in! http://www.wesufm.org 12-1am, EST. (8 hours from now).


EDIT: It bears mentioning that there have been so many mediocre-annoying-bad things happening to me in the last few weeks that I'm finding it hard to deal with them without freaking the fuck out. I think I'm having teh hormones, and am stressed. Today I screamed and took of my shoes to throw them at my door.

Patrick Wolf talks a bit like a kid, and it makes me very happy.

I got my car to the dealer to (maybe?) get fixed today. It actually ran, which was nice, so I drove it over there. I also found a frozen cup of watered-down Pepsi, and a sock frozen to my floor. Oh, the cold. And I got my other stuff out of the car, too, stuff I'd left there since January.

Good stuff.

I so very want to live Patrick Wolf's domestic neverland, lying in bed and gardening and being in love...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A19214958