I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Ode to Harry Potter (July 18)

  • Went to see HP7.2 with lots of friends tonight. I enjoyed it and, despite an extra-dramatic fight scene between Voldy and HP, thought it stayed quite close to the book. The music was powerful and the effects were great as well.
  • Hung out at Charlie's and made a fantastic video for Rachel's birthday. Quote from Liz from Rachel regarding said video: "Thank you for doing that video. I love that video because it's so cute. I love Emily and Carlee and Krystle and Brophy. I love Charlie too because I love him and love him."
  • I'm watching The Social Network and it reminded me that I finished Accidental Billionaires at camp...I enjoyed the story but the author seems like he'd be better suited writing fiction. He wrote with very descriptive and rich language but a majority of his chapters/paragraphs/sections began with "We can imagine that..." or "Eduardo may have thought that...". It seemed strange for a non-fiction book to do that - although most of what I read IS children's and YA fiction.
  • I'm also in the basement, which is nice and cool...but currently crawling with centipede-like creatures. I would kind of rather be back with the chipmunk and mouse that I shared a room with at LL.
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