Plantain enchiladas and good friends - Friday night, I introduced the Aldreds to my favorite Mexican restaurant in the city, El Nuevo. We gorged on their amazing vegetarian entrees and their fantastic mojitos and margaritas and thoroughly enjoyed each other's company. It had been much too long since I had gotten to spend any quality time with them.
A successful graduation ceremony - I'm a little nostalgic. On Saturday morning, we sent our seniors on their way. Most of them were freshmen my first year here and I was a little sad to see some of them go. The ceremony went the smoothest it's ever gone though and our speakers were great. And now I can enjoy the easier pace of summer at work.
Zombies and baby snuggles - Saturday night was spent in Hyde Park with my favorite family, the Areharts. I got to snuggle my sweet Ivy Jane, eat amazing caprese sandwiches courtesy of Tim, meet some awesome Japanese studies PhD students from U of C, meet Carol-Anne's new beau, and kick some serious dual sawed-off shot-gun ass in Zombiecide. Oh and then I had a lovely walk down Michigan Avenue at night before hopping on the train home.
Much Ado About Nothing (AGAIN) - Yes, I went to see Much Ado About Nothing in the theatre again and it was just as incredible the second time around. This was followed by burgers at Prairie Moon, a lovely walk in the rain through Evanston, watching Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado just for comparison sake, watching various other Shakespeare clips on youtube (Brando as Marc Antony, Branagh as Henry V), and finished off by a rousing rendition of Once More with Feeling because the day hadn't been geeky enough already. ;) It was pretty much the best day I've had in a long time.
Grown up candy - This is for me to know and you to never find out. :)
Blackhawks! - The Stanley Cup is back where it belongs, sweet home Chicago. How I love my Blackhawks.
New classes - The new quarter started up on Tuesday. I'm taking Research Statistics in Psychology and Genetic & Evolutionary Psychology. I'm quite certain both of these classes are going to kick ass and I'm immensely grateful that neither one will require me to write a research paper. I'm especially psyched (oh my god, pun soo not intended) to be taking a course from the infamous Mike Bailey. If you don't know him, look him up, he's not afraid to make a ruckus.
Down with DOMA & Prop 8 - Yesterday was a great day for America and especially my friends of varying sexual orientation. I am so incredibly proud that the SCOTUS made the right decisions. We still have a long way to go but this is definitely a great step in the right direction. And what a great present for the Pride parade this weekend.
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