On a lost USB Drive

I wrote a poem yesterday on a piece of Coscto's catalog when I couldn't find my USB drive amidst all the trash in our living room:

How much of our lives do we put in storage?
Piles of things
Material
Digital
Virtual
Stocked into
heaping columns and
entropic masses
Clutter

and the frantic and
frenetic search that ensues
for Lost Things
memories.
intangible documents
and
electronic pictures
we think we're making for meaning
when really
it's all just an expanse
of glorified
waste

~~

okay, not the best example of creative writing (haven't done that in a while). but it was nice to get my frustrations out.

i want to be more productive. list of things i want to do by the end of the summer:

1) learn ms excel (a skill that will actually come in handy when i start working, unlike much of my college education)

2) be more active: running, tennis, even golf. actually fit into my clothes

3) continue to improve le français and start learning deutsch

Gossip Goodness

It's amazingly easy to return to routine after traveling. Sleeping in, lounging on the couch, eating candy, watching Gossip Girl reruns...

Speaking of which, I saw this adorable video today of the cast



I think what makes Gossip Girl so great is that the cast seems kind of down-to-earth and real, despite the absurdity of the show itself. None of the girls are stick thin (like in the new 90210, of which, thank goodness, I only saw one horrible episode), Penn Badgely and Blake Lively are so cute together, and Leighton Meester is <3... it's easy to overlook the soap-opera like qualities of the storylines and the unspectacular acting of Chace Crawford (though his hotness kind of makes up for it... those unruly yet AMAZING bangs!!). I can't wait until Season 3 starts in the fall. I may not be in college anymore, but I will be in the city!!