pretty_cynical | it's raining and i love it. (Reply)

Some awesome things have happened as of late:

I know I mentioned this yesterday, but you could all benefit from seeing new First Dog Bo Obama. He's absolutely adorable! And the Obama family is going to officially introduce him to the country (as well as the rest of the world, I guess) tomorrow in a press confrence, which caused me to muse aloud how he would communicate with the public. Would he have his own webcam, a la Barney? A fan club, like with Socks the cat? Or will he write a book, like Bush 41's dog Millie? (A fact which always makes me laugh, as a) she is the namesake of my beloved babydoll, so it always comes up when I talk about my doll; and b) IT'S A DOG WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR. THINK ABOUT IT.) Either way, I am very, very excited about Bo's official introduction.

EASTER! Easter was good. Went to Mass 8:30 Sunday morning, as Monica had to altar serve. Would've loved to attend the Easter Vigil the night before, as I have always wanted to ever since I learned what takes place in one during my junior year religion class in high school, but couldn't because it usually goes late, and then I'd have a hard time getting up the next morning for actual Easter Mass. Although this year was reportatedly shorter than usual because they weren't bringing anyone new into the church, just recognizing those who converted in past years. But the Mass was good.

Dinner was nice as well; my aunt&uncle invited their neighbors over to have dinner with us, which was a lot of fun. They have two teenage girls (both fit right in between Monica and I, age-wise), so we did all kinds of weird activities with my younger cousins - playing Blurt! while eating all the appetizers (with me teaching them how to "blow for luck" with the dice), participating in a game similar to the "name game" we played in Drama class, except with aliases and corresponding hand-motions (I was "Dork" "Chop Choppin' The Ice" and "Pregnant"), and a mock-Olympics, where everyone else jumped on the trampoline and I played judge, giving out pretend scores and fake medals. I ate the most delicious lamb with the adults, and found out the neighbors also attend our Camp (although during a different week), so we traded various Camp stories. Although I was disappointed that I didn't get to see my cousin Luke; he's in college down at Dallas and couldn't get home for the weekend. I sent him a message saying we all missed him there, and he echoed the sentiment, which was sweet.

YOU GUYS. I think this was the first episode of House I absolutely LOVED in a really, really long time (at least, probably my favorite episode this season.) CHASE AND CAMERON CHASE AND CAMERON CHASE AND CAMERON. I knew that the Chase only planned the vacation to propose to her! I was near tears when they unofficially broke up - Cameron knew that Chase was going to propose to her but wasn't ready because she was still processing the whole Kutner thing, and Chase thought it was because she still had feelings for House (which I though was pretty weird to bring up that up now - I thought the whole House/Cameron thing ended once she resigned), but was all :DDDDDDD when he got down on one knee and didn't have even ask her, she just said yes. They now take precedence over Jim/Pam for me. I mean, there's going to be a bachelor party episode in two weeks for House; watching a current episode of The Office, there's only a small bit of evidence that Jim and Pam are engaged (her ring), and even then you have to look for it. And Wilson! WILSON WAS MORE ADORABLE AND WONDERFUL THAN EVER IN THIS EPISODE. Surprise appearance by Dead Amber! AMBERRRRR. I'm curious to see how she'll play out in next episode - would it be necessary (like in "House's Head/Wilson's Heart", where she was a major plot device) or just a way for the show to bring her back? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED FOR WHAT COMES NEXT.

I spent some time switching up my schedule for Grand Valley; I'm now taking more classes towards my major, although they're one day a week for three hours in the evening, which makes me a little nervous. But now I'm actually taking classes that will count towards my major, instead of classes that fulfill my Political Science minor, take up credits, and fill holes in my school schedule. And it frees up more time for me to have an on campus job (free Wednesday and Friday afternoons in the Fall, all day Friday in the Winter) and have enough credit hours to make Dad happy. Now it's making me more anxious to go there already.