For most of my life, I have grown accustomed to going to stores, shops, restaurants, and stands and finding that I am younger than everybody who takes my order, helps me pick a pair of jeans, or makes my coffee. This was not something that I constantly had in mind, but it was just the way it was. I mean obviously, the people working at Subway will be older than an 8 year old, right? The other day when I was picking up Pinkberry (their original yogurt with banana and mochi has become a new obsession) (oh, and I am talking about the one in LB not Westwood. I would imagine the Westwood one is staffed by UCLA students) it dawned on me that I was definitely older than all of the people working behind the counter. As I sit in here in the It’s a Grind that I used to work at, I am older than most of the staff by at least a year, which is funny because I was the youngest employee when I first ventured into the world of coffee. It’s just kind of wierd to realize that after 21 years of being younger than the outside world I magically am the same age, or even older. But… it doesn’t really matter… so moving on.
I definitely prefer the quarter system to the semester system. Even the super short Summer courses are decent. I do notice, however, that my writing tended to be better when I had the 18 weeks to worry about the final paper as opposed to 10 weeks (or 6! in the case of Summer session).
I like KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic Podcasts. On the one hand I am able to hear a lot of bands that I probably would not have heard of otherwise, which is always fun. On the other hand, I feel kind of… cheap (?) calling myself a fan of say… Maximo Park when I am basing that statement on one roughly 40-minute recording of them playing what must be their best songs. Oh well!
It’s kind of wierd that I finally get to have a “Summer Break” more than a week into September when almost everybody I know who doesn’t go to my school has already been in class for weeks.
Blehhhhhhh! This weekend will be an interesting one. Between a HUGE test this weekend (more on this later), a birthday outing that is bound to be amazing, a concert (found a companion for Peter, Bjorn, and John! …who I also learned to love via KCRW), and then some very serious stuff with a friend’s family… Shall be interesting to see how I feel come Tuesday when its all over.
Also, I think I am getting a white-ink tattoo on Tuesday or Thursday.
