That's really my only complaint right now - but I really had to voice it. It never rains here. Not ever. Two weeks ago a massive hurricane completely annihilated the Texas coast and here in Austin we did not see one single drop of rain. My first week here I found myself in a t-shirt shop downtown and laughed about a t-shirt which read "yay, serotonin" and had the chemical compound drawn on it. I liked the idea at the time - but now I feel like I have serotonin sprouting out of my ears! Trust me when I say I know it could be worse - better sun than rain I suppose - but girl's gotta have some gray every once in a while! It's just making me a little nervous at the prospect of 3 years in sunny SoCal. Whatevs.
Other than that, I can't really complain. This was the single most unproductive weekend I have had since I got here. I did not clean my room, do laundry, or write a single sentence. I did not even watch a single full episode of any television show. On the other hand, I did watch The Notebook with my roommates, donate my plasma for dollars, go see Tropic Thunder (for free!!), attend a s'mores party, and stumble into a pecan festival downtown. I failed at making it to church on Sunday morning for the 5th week in a row, but I did go see Central Pres. downtown yesterday and fell a little bit in love - so maybe I will end up there someday.
Last night I tried to watch the emmys with my roommates, but the show was so awkward and horrible that we eventually muted it and played boys v. girls Cranium - in which we postively decimated the boys. It was pretty much awesome.
This week is application review for the junior classes (read: my class) and it's crazy! My high school got 85 applications and we're expecting a few late ones as well. So far we've accepted 57 applicants and we have pretty much all the others waiting for a committee review. I'd say I'm going to have my hands full! But can I just please tell you how excited I am? I'm reading these kids applications and I'm already falling in love with them. I can't wait to actually get started and I hope I turn out to be as badass coach like I think I will. Sa-weet!
I also sent off for this book called Film School Confidential which should be arriving shortly and which I will then pleasantly devour. Meanwhile, I managed to get my hands on a video camera for ridiculously cheap thanks to this random girl I found on facebook who happened to be an americorps volunteer last year AND had a video camera she was trying to get rid of. Which leads me to my BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT:
In light of my having a new camera and potentially applying to film schools and also in light of the fact that 99% of you have not ever been to Austin/seen my life here - I have decided to make a video of my life here in Texas - complete with a tour of my apartment, office and downtown and face to face interviews with my posse. It'll be almost like being here! So get excited! Yay!
Okay, that's pretty much it. I'm leaving shortly for Whataburger to get their $1 justaburger. Sweet.
Love ya!
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4 comments:
Get used to the sun and using lots of moisturizer and sun screen.
Unproductive is good from time to time. Sounds like you did some stuff and had some fun even if you weren't "productive," so everything's good.
Glad to see you're still excited about the students. Would you like a couple copies of Math Doesn't Suck or are your students too advanced for that?
Congrats on the new camera -- that's soooo fantastic! We look forward to your first lifeoflayton production.
I do miss the rain as well. It never even looked like it was going to rain here. Bright and sunny throughout the entire Ike experience. *sigh* I have things to talk to you about so I'm going to call you. If you don't answer then you better call me back ASAP.
Don't you just love those Whataburgers? They might be the best thing about Texas...
Are you going to the Austin City Limits Music Festival this weekend?
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