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Hey, I'm in the middle of my second set of family visits, so I'm a dead dove right now, but here are some pictures of the first leg!

Here they are!

Whenever I get sick of studying for an exam, I take a moment to calculate what percentage I need to get on the exam in order to pass the class. I think I can get a B in the class if I get a 70% on the exam. I think I know 70% of the material. Also, we are allowed to use our notes, and I will take this opportunity to let you all know that I take pretty good notes.

I wish this exam had been earlier than 1 pm, because I don't like spending my entire morning either studying or doing stupid little things to distract myself from studying (like, oh, I don't know, taking a picture of my notes and posting it on my blog...)

and your little dog, too

Hey, guess who's going to be an aunt?!? It's me! My sister is pregnant! Lisa and Steve agreed that they would only tell one person each before they each told their families. I thought that I was Lisa's person, since she called me on Thursday to tell me, but apparently, Steve told too many people, so Lisa decided to tell me too. Lisa's person was her new sister, Jamie. I asked Lisa if she were getting married again, who would she choose as her maid/matron of honor, and she said me, but who knows these days? This is all a joke of course. It's probably best that she chose Jamie as her person, because Jamie is a mom already, whereas when Lisa told me she's pregnant, I asked her if she's going to keep it! Maybe I should start keeping count of how many people call me "Auntie Em." So far it's 1.

Also, my mom saw March of the Penguins, and she said it made her want to airlift fish to the penguins. I laughed at that.

Yay, some lovely ladies are coming to visit me on Thursday! I've already planned out an itinerary that includes a Jamaica Plain exploration day! Huzzah!!

It's August!

Sammy and I ate breakfast on the back porch this morning, and we brought Rexford out to bask in the sun as well! When I went inside to start working on my capstone stuff, I left the door open for Sammy. So anyway, I was on my computer researching extinction cross-sections, and I heard a strange breathing noise. I turned around, and there was a giant bloodhound walking toward me! It was Duke, the first floor tenants' dog. He must have walked up the stairs and come into our apartment. I started petting him a little, but then he shook his head and got saliva all over me, so I led him out of our apartment. He was pretty nice. I like hearing him bark sometimes.

Sammy is playing "Resident Evil" on his nintendo gamecube while singing that "Hey there lonely girl" song. Just now, he said, "man, this place is TEEMING with zombies!" I think this game is pretty scary. I'm glad it's not dark outside.

And, let's seeeee...yesterday I spent the morning and much of the afternoon in the computer lab doing the capstone presentation (which we'll be presenting on Friday, yikes) so when we quit at 4 pm, I was determined to spend the rest of daylight playing frisbee, shod in flipflops, on a field covered in goose droppings. And hooray! I did that! And then later, Rachael made a delicious meal from her homeland of Santa Fe, New Mexico! The dish is called Frito Pie and it's made of fritos and lots of cheese and hot hot chili (it can be made with red and/or green chili; Rachael used the green chili that her brother brought from Santa Fe) and beans and onions and tomatoes and deliciousness. It was spicier than my life, but I still loved it. I think I'd like to have a Milwaukee meal night, but my favorite thing, frozen custard, is not obtainable here. Maybe I could learn to make it. Otherwise, maybe we could have some bratwurst and beer and cheese. What are some other foods from Wisconsin? I wish I had some friends from a place where they eat poutine because I want to try it. Andrea is from Maine and she is French Canadian, so maybe she could make it. We could have poutine and Moxie! Perfect!