no lie.
yeah, it started off sucky with the whole, "WAKE UP, YOU'VE GOT BORING BIO LECTURE AT 9" thing. but right after, when i printed out the nietzcshe for english, i perused the awesome book sale in the library. today was the last day, so everything was 50% off: $1 hardcovers, $.50 paperbacks. yes.
i got 5 books for $3.50
- The Celts by Gerhard Herm
- An Encyclopedia of World History edited by William L. Langer [from 1952]
- A Short History of the Movies by Gerald Mast & Bruce F. Kawin
- Japanese Works of Art from Sotheby's London [a museum]
- Cinefex number 89
english was interesting. i never knew anything about nietzcshe and his whole "god is dead" thing actually isn't depressing. it was a really interesting class.
and then i went home [that was a sucky walk back...] and chilled for a while. and yasha called and we talked about stuff and this girl he's interested in while i read my new world history book. there are a lot of guys named 'frederick' in history... i really enjoy being a history nerd, i wish i had more opportunities to indulge as such. i think that's part of why i enjoy hetalia so much, it introduces me to new aspects of history. liiiiike how kickass canada was during the world wars. no joke.
anyway...
as i was getting ready to leave for laura's surprise party prep, emily IMs me from germany! we had a short convo. it was nice to hear from her. she reminded me that we reeeeeeeeeeelly need to do that LotR-a-thon. like no joke. and she's getting me something sweet from germany, but it's a surprise. i'm excited! also, she's 6 hours ahead over there. so as i type this it's 5:30a over there. and they use 24-hour time, which i find really awesome.
anyway... [god i use that word a lot]
so the party set-up was... interesting... ces and i were the first ones there, then anna found us, then kim and courtney. nicole didn't show till we were underway. we ended up wrapping a tree in streamers and a string of balloons and taping a giant cardboard '69' to the tree. it was... interesting... we also had bubbles. and another girl, sarah, showed up to help. but we weren't done by the time taylor and jenny showed up leading laura, so the reveal was total fail... but yeah.
we had random awkward fun by the tree for a while. i made a '69' keychain in jewelry [taking class time to do so] and also gave her a pic of yasha to symbolize his presence. nicole made a clay laura, kim baked brownies, anna gave her bacon soap and bacon bandaids and meatball gumballs. there were also funfetti cookies. it was pretty random. when we left we left the tree all decorated.
so then me, laura, anna, jenny, and sarah went to the commons for a snack, then the library for more book sales! they now had paper bags that were $5 and you just filled as much as you could. between the 5 of us we bought 2 and just went at it.
i got 7 more books for my $2 contribution:
- A History of the World in the Twentieth Century by D. C. Watt, Frank Spencer, Neville Brown
- Lorenzo Lotto: Convegno Internazionale di Studi 1980 a cura di [edited by] Pietro Zampetti e Vittorio Sgarbi [yes, i got a book in italian about the artist lorenzo lotto. i have no idea why, i can't really read it much anymore...]
- The Rival Queens by Fidelis Morgan [which i must lend to sarah when i'm done]
- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum [it's a short catalog of sorts of some of the paintings, sculptures, and drawings in the new york guggenheim]
- The "Canary" Murder Case by S. S. van Dine
- Yankee's Main Dish Church Supper Cookbook
- Covering by Kenji Yoshino [another copy... in intend to do something arty with this one, like paper mache or something...]
i was really excited about all the practically-free books. we're meeting up right when the library opens in the morning to get anything that's left because we can.
and after that... i hung around the house for a bit more till angela got there. she was hitching a ride with liz and i to galaxy diner for her birthday dinner. ces went with nicole to get her car battery replaced, and they had an epic adventure. we got to the diner and had to work a bit to get tables for all 8 of us. i had a salad with chicken, since i had a bowl of cereal at the commons earlier. it was a fun dinner.
then me, nicole, ces, angela, and liz went to movieland to see zombieland. it was pretty sweet. cute at times, gorey at times, but fun all around. i had to hide a bit, and i watched one part without my glasses so i could still see what was happening without the grossness. fun times.
today really was awesome. i may have spent almost $20 on it, but that's okay. as long as i have $74 left in my account for the utilities it's all good.
and tomorrow is the zombie walk. i need to get paint for that...
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