The sweetness that is summer

I vowed to blog when school let out, and now I'm finally getting around to it. By the way, the end of school this year was one of the most euphoric feelings ever. To be able to relax and read and sleep and be a human again is so inconceivably divine!

So, with my sweet, sweet free time I've been up to various escapades, as you might imagine. I recently went camping with some friendsies, which was a smash. We may have been impressively overpacked, but we had loads of fun. Among other things, we constructed a sand fortress of epic proportions. Needless to say, we all had a grand time. Spending time with people and not freaking out about AP exams is refreshing. I've been driving a lot lately, and I find it can be very convenient; being able to zip from one place to another whenever you like is proving to be handy. Not to say I don't like the bus system around here; on the contrary, I love it. It is, however, nice to not have to plan my life around transit schedules. As I don't really have a car, I'll probably end up taking public transportation for a while yet. I don't mind, really. It's probably better, anyway, since I end up singing and dancing like a fiend while I drive.

On another note, I only have two or three episodes of Merlin left streaming from my Netflix. Sadness!! Since I missed the beginning of series two on television, I'm sort of screwed and will have to wait until it's over and on disc or something. I could always cut in now, I suppose, but that'd spoil it. For those who don't know, Merlin is awesome. It is also a BBC program about the adventures of young Merlin and Arthur in Camelot. Let me tell you, the episodes leading up to the end of series one are getting pretty epic, and Merlin and Arthur's love is blossoming stronger than ever. Homoromantic subtext, you may ask? Hell yes. Even my brother recognizes it. It's real, and it's fantastic. The whole show may seem sort of cheesy initially, but it'll definitely grow on you. Except the dragon. Then again, after the freakout in episode nine, I'm beginning to dig him (episode nine side note: was that undead knight the spawn of the Stig and Boba Fett or was he not?). I actually ought to terminate this Merlin rant before I embarrass myself further.

The best part about summer is the reading time! I am currently reading Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes, and I love it passionately. Each and every page I read delights me infinitely. High praise, I know, but I'm serious. I really should start reading the books for my summer assignments, but right now I'm just taking some time to relax sans school. I do believe that is all for the moment. Hopefully I shall blog again soon, but we'll see how that works out.

Mi vida está loca

I (believe) I have now read all of BMB.  Then again, another hidden stash may spring up... a fan can only hope.

Anyways, you may or may not wonder what I've been up to besides reading awesome webcomics.  Well, I've been noticing the definite lack of spring around here.  One day it's chilly and cloudy, the next it's blazing sun with oppressive temperatures.  The weather-maker apparently thought it fit to skip a traditional spring with gentle spring weather and instead sporadically switch between summer and winter.  I suspect global warming is behind these shenanigans.

Weather aside, I often feel as if I am metaphorically drowning.  School is coming to a close at an alarming speed.  I feel like I still have so much to do before the year ends.  Next year is going to have a beastly work load and multiple summer assignments.  Free time and sanity (not to mention sleep) look pretty much shot.  And then while I'm worrying about next year, I still have projects and ever-nearing finals happening this year.  Oy.  Time is speeding by much too quickly for my taste.

On a lighter note, I've got a smashing book.  After hearing from numerous reliable sources of its excellence, I decided to give Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game a read.  It's fantastic!  I haven't finished it yet, but I so far I recommend it.  Perhaps I'll try and get my brother to read it...

So: keeping it together until summer is my main focus right now.  Too bad there will be no more new stories with Cy and Skids and the gang to cheer me on... but who says I can't revist old haunts? ^_~

Here comes the sun, little darling

This morning at the library it was so sunny and warm out.  It reminded me of last summer when I'd spend hours moseying through the central branch.  In the summer, there's so much time to read.  It's lovely.  Last summer I kept a list of the books I read.  I think I'll do the same thing this summer.

I have a huge craving to go downtown and loll around people watching.  I haven't been downtown since it was rather rainy, and it makes me sad.  Who knows, later I may just catch a bus and spend a few hours down there.  It's a possibility.  So many possibilities.

Mmm I could probably be wearing shorts right now.  I love it.  School's going to be awfully hard to concentrate on... but I mustn't acquire 'third quarter sluff-off', as my chem teacher would put it.

But I've got an April bus pass and my flip-flops and I'm ready to go.

Has anyone else noticed how quickly March speeded away?!  Time is going by too fast!