Archive for July, 2009

The Scarf Still Isn’t Finished

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

How does the summer fill up so quickly? I’m trying to keep on top of things in my little corner of the internet, but I keep getting distracted. Tonight is perfect for catching up, though. I’m watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix tonight in [...]

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Hitchcock Fix

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Last friday I had my first big get-together in my apartment. I hosted a monthly movie night that Ann has been organizing since February. Theme: Alfred Hitchcock. We watched Rope and most of Rear Window. I use the verb “watched” very loosely because we chattered through most of both of the movies. We stopped Rear [...]

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Flickr Stats

Friday, July 10th, 2009

I don’t understand why or how people view my Flickr photos like they do. For instance, this photo of my mom and me from my RAZR a few years ago (2006) is my all-time most-viewed Flickr photo: Why? I like this photo, but I don’t understand why so many people have viewed it. It’s been [...]

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Fourth of July

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

I decided to invite myself along to fourth of July festivities on White Bear Lake. Jared’s friend, Courtney, and her family have an amazing lakeside house with a little beachfront cabana. The water in the lake was really low, which gave us an extended beach on which to play badminton, ladderball, and build sand castles. [...]

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Third of July

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Jared and his friends have had an annual Third of July party for over 10 years. Jared hosted it in the back yard this year, so I decided to “co-host” even though Karyn, Bryan, and Hannie were my only guests. It was a good excuse to clean my apartment, even though no one saw it. [...]

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