Indian wedding, heyo!

My cousin is getting married to a lovely Indian gal in a few weeks, and I'm so so flattered to get to be part of the girl side of the family. It also means I get to wear a lengha! I haven't seen mine yet, but Devi and her mom helped my mom pick it out today. So excited to get to see my cousin again and finally meet Devi. Yay for celebrations of love steeped in tradition!

Salsa!

I just claimed the last spot in the salsa dancing class at Laney for this fall! Unless I have a sudden change of heart, I'm going to be dancing my shoes off every Friday night this semester. This is for you, Nestor!

National Dance Day!

Imma learn me these moves.

I still have a fantasy of busting some synchronized moves with a little posse in a club some day. It can happen!

1920's Radio Network

I discovered a new radio station at the end of the iTunes eclectic stations yesterday, and it's really hitting the spot. Big bands. Ella Fitzgerald. Cole Porter. Duke Ellington. Doris Day. The 1920's Radio Network -- good stuff.

The nature of a good thing

After much debate (and much public consternation), the San Francisco Botanical Garden will begin charging a $7 admission fee to non-SF residents this coming Monday August 2nd. I'm still torn about the whole thing, but hopefully the new income will help us keep things going and maybe even make a few improvements.

All this means that this is the last free weekend for us out of town folks, so if you're free and anywhere near by, I highly recommend a stroll through the garden!

Jan & Kjeld

I want to re-start my bluegrass band just so we can cover this song.

The summer she was fifteen, Melanie discovered she was made of flesh and blood.

Finally reading fiction again! I took the stairs into the depths of Doe library on Friday and was overwhelmed by possibility. It's like seeing the internet all written out in books. I escaped with two slim volumes, the first of which I've nearly half finished. I hope graduate school might afford me the occasional weekend to slip into fictional bliss.

Further adventures in hideous clothing

This is essentially pleated shorts that come up to your armpits and are held in place by a string around your neck, and yet I am so into it. Plus I bet it has pockets.

Freeeeeeeeeedom

It turns out watching Lost and Glee instead of studying for the GRE was a good strategy. I haven't really looked into what kind of scores I need to wow grad programs, but I did a lot better this time around than my recollection of how I did the previous two times, so I think I'm calling it done.

Even with work on Monday, it finally feels like summer vacation!!!

Woo hoo!

Top o' the pops

I am feeling an insatiable appetite for pop culture lately. I am watching Lost. I am following sports. I am even considering listening to Harry Potter as an audiobook. Perhaps most importantly, I think I am going dancing Sunday night.

To warm up, I am watching this. Also because I thought I saw my celebrity crush in it.