come to your senses...

Mood:sad.


One week ago, I got my Bachelor's Degree! yay! Got a BA in French... cool... grad school in the Fall... working at camp for the summer...



While I'm happy to be home, I am going to miss the people I met at m'ville terribly... The connections you have with your home friends and your college friends are so different... Both cherished, but definitely different...



Growing up is tough... it is not easy... it is not clear or certain... but it is an adventure, that is certain.



I want to read a lot this summer, but I find myself easily distracted and unable to focus on the book I am trying to read. I wanted to start with the harry potter series, but I couldn't stay focused. now I'm trying to read eat, pray, love. I've gotten about 30 pages in, and so far, so good. I think I'm catching the end of the Oprah obsession with that book, so I don't feel like I'm a poser. It's actually quite good so far. And I'm excited for the movie- have to make sure I've finished the book in time for the movie.



I can't tell if I love Lady Gaga or if i don't love her. My mom and I were having a conversation about her while we were having pizza, Merlot, and prosecco at the Blu Fig in New City (SO good, and totally affordable- family-sized specialty pie costs $14, wine costs $5 a glass. awesome), we were having a conversation about Lady Gaga. It started when I made a reference to last week's Glee episode, and my mom said she hadn't seen it. In case you didn't know, last week's episode was all about Gaga (and Kiss- very cute). My mom doesn't get Lady Gaga. I don't really, either, but I tried to explain her whole "thing" to my mom over the Funghi pizza and a warm glass of merlot. I think Gaga is an artist who wears whatever she wants and is giving young people a way to express themselves. She's providing an example, albeit a bit zany, for people, blazing the freak trail, letting people know that self-expression is good. Now, to me, while she is a Diva, she care about her fans and really wants to spread the message of the acceptance of self-expression. I don't know why the fans are "Little Monsters", but they're out in full force. God bless 'em. Even after my explanation, my mom still didn't really get it ("I guess," she said with rolling eyes). But I got it.



here's one reason why I love Lady Gaga:

I sent this video to both of my cousins who are overseas (they're brothers, one is in Iraq and one is in Afghanistan). They'd both seen it, but they said they laughed a lot.



writing this blog made me feel a little better.



i'm now a bit late, but Happy Birthday Mark!