Hello Summer - How Are You?

I both love and hate blogging. I love it because it gives me the chance to
write about whatever I want; I hate it because I can never figure out WHERE
or how often I want to blog. Most of the time I get all caught up on
facebook or gmail where I feel more like I'm just micro blogging or
gossiping instead of sitting down and really thinking about something I'd
like to broadcast to the world. With that said, I end up bouncing from here
on Vox to my Blogger Blog (which I don't like much because the layouts are
so UGLY), but my friends can't really post here on Vox unless they have an
account, which is a bummeroonie.

Anyway, on to my ode to summer..

So far, summer has been really great. Although I hate the fact that I'm
getting furloughed 2 days a week at my state job - it really makes for
awesome times by the pool or shopping with my mom or having all day movie
marathons on the big screen at home.

A couple weeks ago me, my boyfriend, his daughter and my youngest brother
went to Great America (which I must sadly report is not as great as it was
when I was young), but we had a blast anyway. There were no lines for the
rides and we quite smartly packed our lunch in an ice chest as to avoid the
$8.99 corn dog meals in the park. We did kind of forget to take picture
though - except for that one of my boyfriend mock-elbowing me in the face
when my brother shouted "say cheese" from 10 yards away. I'm not sure it's
worth the effort to upload.

I've also been a major movie junkie thanks to the Blockbuster endless summer
promotion. We've been swapping out DVDs like maniacs at our house. My
favorite of recent past is *Gran **Torino*. I couldn't take my eyes off
Clint Eastwood - he is just so amazing. Plus the storyline was well crafted
and reminded me a bit of my own Asian-descent family.

My reading lists usually get longer in the summer and I've become a
frequenter of the public library after I realized it just wasn't worth
buying a book that would only take me one day to read. Right now I am
plowing through Stephen King's Dark Tower series (I'm on book 5 of 7),
reading Sookie Stackhouse novels here and there in between, and whatever
else seems to strike my fancy along the way. I should probably update my
booklists here...that may help.

Anyway - summer is a good, revitalizing time for me. I feel happier and get
more things done (maybe because the sun is out for oh so long). A few things
I hope to write about on the horizon:

- My middle brother's birthday is tonight - we're having a BBQ and I
haven't seen him in months because he lives in Truckee (but luckily he is
moving back and near my neighborhood). I'll take pics if I can remember.
- In two weeks I'll be at the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince (gotta dig out my witch costume!)
- And at the end of the month I'm going to see No Doubt and Paramore in
concert (yay!)