The end of summer

Two weeks ago I got back from my two week vacation with Gus and Ben. We spent the first week in Nags Head, NC and the second in Virginia. It was a lot of fun, although by the end of the two weeks they were both starting to rasp a little across my nerves, as friends tend to do after an extended period of time together, and as I'm sure I was against theirs.

What we did in Nags Head: Went crabbing (we learned the simpler the trap is that you use, the better you do in terms of crabs caught); watched TV; played way too much Mario Kart DS; went to the beach; went to the pool; tested out the mentos and diet cola thing; and I tried being dungeon master for a small campaign.

What we did in Virginia: Watched TV; went to see Superman Returns (I enjoyed it); went to see Snakes on a Plane (hell yes); went to the pool; played a ridiculous mini-campaign (a level sixteen character should not be able to take on a challenge-rating twenty-three monster single-handedly); went to Pamplin Historical Park; and went to Busch Gardens, where I rode on a roller coaster that had an initial drop of over two-hundred feet at over seventy miles-per-hour, and I almost blacked out on it, which is why I don't like roller coasters.

What I've done since I got back: Moved out of Philly; been a key figure in Gabo's surprise birthday party; went to New York to see the Revenge of the Book-Eaters concert (amazing); and, on the last day of August, I got to see The Flaming Lips play in concert at the Allentown Fair. My experience of that concert really deserves its own post, so I'll give the links to where Gabo and Rachel wrote about it. You can check out the photos I took but Rachel's are better.

School starts in less than a week and I am not at all ready in any way. This year fall sneaked up on me worse than any other. I think that's a good sign; I think this has probably been my favorite and perhaps most significant summer that I've had yet.