omg hai.

Oh hello, Blog.

My birthday was last week. I am 20! I don't feel 20. I really don't feel an age. How do you feel an age? I think I grew up to fast to remember what it was like to not be a responsible adult. I've had bills since I was 17. I moved out a month after I graduated from high school. I've had pets to take care of and provide for for 2 years. The only thing I miss about living at home was not having to worry about how much energy a light was using, or how much rent is going to increase when my lease is up. I like living on my own, with my little family. All of you who are still with your parents should try it, if you think you're ready to start being responsible for your own well being. I did it, so you know it's possible.

At any rate, I just finished Pastoralia by Saunders. If you like strange short stories, I really recommend this one. It was absolutely fantastic. I really enjoyed his writing style and his unique stories. I'm currently reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Diaz. We have a book club at work (and why not? we are a book store) and Diaz is our September selection. It came out in paper back today so I swung by to pick up a copy. So far it is really catchy and fun. There are a lot of spanish sentences in it, however, and I find myself utilizing my super context clue detective work more than 5 times per page. Some times I have to google things. I had to Google galletazo earlier, and didn't really get a definitive answer as to what a galletazo actually is. All I found were some youtube videos of Hispanic kids sneaking up on and slapping the piss out of each other. So I guess a galletazo is a surprise slap? Either way, it is a great story so far and I'm really excited about it. Now, if I could just get off work for the meeting!

I did a lot of studying for statistics earlier, with the help of my dear Kittles. I got a lot of work done, which I hope will help me get an A on the first test. I still need to study for German, but I'd rather blog. The reminds me, my mom and I went to Henk's on Saturday. They are a German restaurant. YUM! It was freaking good! I will definitely go there again! If any of you blog readers, I think there is one of you, like German food, I'll give you directions.

I picked up the newest issue of Good magazine at work the other day, not because I like the magazine, but because this month's issue is on public education. I'm collecting all the public education reform literature I can because I might write my dissertation on it. I don't know yet. Any way, it didn't have much information in it. There was a small article on why our schools are failing, namely that we've taken all the "fun" out of learning. Then there's something about affirmative action, and then about playgrounds? Ummm.. ok. Yet the entire magazine is supposedly centered around the fact that children are being left behind, etc. etc... Oh well.

Ok, well. Bye.