May « 2007 « existential fashion disaster

The Adventure Education season ended. The overnights went well, I put some pics up. Now I’m in my break between that and summer camp season. I decided to work for the camp run by my boss from adventure ed… not because there seems to be any team-building or teens or anything else I’m into, but simply to keep that connection alive. My other option was driving skate camp for the Y I’m working for, the ages would’ve been better, and that’s my only regret in turning it down.

So what have I been doing on my break?

Saw Mom over mother’s day weekend. She came out here and we toured her around Chicago for an afternoon, then relaxed for the most of the rest of the weekend. We got her to play some Wii bowling and we went to the glow in the dark mini-golf place. She was recovering from some sorta procedure, so the R&R was good for her.

Watching a lot of netflix movies and movies in the theaters. I watched From Dusk Till Dawn for the first time, and I think a couple other Robert Rodriguez flicks are in my queue. Saw Pirates 3 as well: not bad, but was lacking the cleverness of the first and the crazy chase scenes of the second.

Helping with Sarah’s little brother’s high school graduation and graduation party. Graduation ceremony was huge, almost 800 graduates. Went to Bennigan’s afterwards. It was my first time there. I got a sandwich called a Turkey O’Toole. It was on a pretzel bun. It was amazing. Lots of family came over the house on the next day. We got a lot of yummy food from a caterer. We still have lots of leftovers.

Playing a lot of Super Paper Mario. I keep dying in the flopside pit of 100 trials… got all the way to the end last time and freaked out at the boss battle and messed up.

On the family front, my Aunt Rosemarie died. She was my Dad’s older sister. I wasn’t terribly close to her. She always seemed pretty kooky to me. I’m pretty sure she’s the only aunt who ever fit into that crazy old relative who gives you weird sloppy kisses category. The family’s talking about spreading her ashes, along with her husband’s, on the East coast… maybe sometime this summer.

Not much else is going on. Lots of relaxing, which is good. Threadless is having another one of those week-long sales where they release new shirts every day. If you’ve been waiting for the sale to pick up that clever shirt, now is the time.

Sarah’s got an interview at Calumet, this week. Think good thoughts, send her the good vibes, wish her luck… whatever your style is … much appreciated.