Dusty Corners

I CLEANED MY ROOM!!

For realsies, I did. It's not totally done yet. I didn't get to the "normal" cleaning stuff like tidying up the top of my desk and dresser, but I did the REAL stuff. I had 3 boxes and a set of plastic drawers that had not been unpacked since I moved in, and I finally went through them and found all of them to be extraneous save for one box of school supply type stuff. So those are gone. I brought back down the kitchen chair that I took up there months ago to stand on for spider-killing. Most importantly, I somehow fixed the closet door that I broke, like, five minutes after we moved in. This whole time I haven't really had access to the whole left side of my closet, which was a big obstacle/excuse for my room being so messy. I couldn't get into it so I didn't make use of the space, and then I let that kitchen chair sit there in the middle of the floor forever because it wasn't technically blocking anything useful, blahblahblahomgI'msolazy. People always tell me that I will feel better if I just get stuff like this done and out of the way. It turns out that they are right, but don't think I have learned my lesson. I never learn.

On a totally separate note, I heard two songs today that I strongly associate with last summer: Snow Patrol's "Hands Open" and "Stop I'm Already Dead" by...is it Deadboy and the Elephant Men? "Hands Open" is actually on a CD I just burned, and it makes me think of last summer when I always had it in my head and used to sing it during Online Info Systems while goofing around OCLC with Erica. As for "Stop I'm Already Dead..." well, if you don't know the story there then there's no point explaining it, but again: good times. The point is, all this reminds me that last summer was a lot of fun. I started hanging out more with new people (Jared and Erica, specifically--then there was The Bill Fiasco, as I like to call it, later in the summer) and I was pretty much always busy doing fun things or working tons of extra hours or taking my hellacious (but fun, in retrospect) classes. I want this summer to be amazing. I feel like I can make it happen, but I'm pretty zoned out right now so it may take some prodding. So, dear readers, I'm asking you to do your part to help make this summer the Summer of Summers. You can contribute in any way you see fit. Together, we CAN make a difference.

I thank you.