ive had this journal for almost two years now Thursday, 7.15.04 :: 10:46 a.m. Firstly, legos make the world go around. Secondly, so do bunnies. So the DMB concert? Yeah, it was awesome, even though I'm not sure I can forgive Dave for not playing Ants Marching... Everyone congratulate Joe and I for having united with fellow normal concert-goes to successfully oust the annoying beer-drinking, cigarette-smoking people who decided that they wanted to park their butts right in front of us. We rock. After I do the million and one things that are on my to-do list today, we're leaving for New England. During all of these car rides, I get to read. And read. Annnnd read some more. This would be fine if they were books that I had chosen, but no, the school has to give us summer reading lists. Fah. Anyway, if you guys get bored, call me! I can tell you stories of how the Democratic National Convention makes Boston even more hazerdous and confusing! Ciao ;)

awesome things Wednesday, 7.14.04 :: 12:05 a.m. ... like: We have a house. It is a nice house, and not too expensive, therefore we can do cool things to it. I have done almost nothing for the past few days, and it feels great. The Dave concert is today. wOOt!

being alive and well... Sunday, 7.11.04 :: 02:54 p.m. After an (almost) uneventful week at Father's, I'm back, and I have lots of pictures of ponies on a beach. It was quite fabulous really, watching ponies chase overweight people with hotdogs. We're leaving again on Thursday night to drive to Uncle Harry's, then from there we'll drive to Aunt Kris's place in Connecticut. This is going to be a fun, albeit long and a little annoying trip; we're going to go to the beach from CT, then again at the Cape and from Boston, we get to see almost the entire family and then some, and I get to shadow both Aunt Kris at UConn and (hopefully) Amanda at the research lab she works at. Cool, except for the fact that we'll get back on the first of August... and that means that summer's almost over... and that I don't wish to think about. Bush is all over our paper. I think if I read one more thing about someone upporting him because of his "morals and beliefs" I'll puke.

hve a very merry fourth! Sunday, 7.4.04 :: 11:23 a.m. I finished The Fountainhead late last night. It made me cry, somehow - no other book has made me do that. Wow. Atlas Shrugged was amazing too, but a bit over my head I think. I understood Fountainhead. If, by some crazy stroke of luck and good will, I'm accepted to Duke, the Russian FOCUS program would be absolutely awesome to take.