Chihuahuas are so last season!

Summer is upon us. When I became of aware of the sulstice I also became aware of the wonderful fact that college lets you get a jump start on summer. Hear I am thinking I am enjoying summer when really I am enjoying "pre" summer. Poor high schoolers have to wait until real summer begins. Not us older and wiser folk. Well, I guess this is my last one so I better enjoy it.

What? What did I do on the solstice you say? I tried to remember my camera for the day and succeeded but the battery was "exhausted" by the third picture. It doesn't matter because the most important part was captivated. First, and less important, was the Saturday morning weight class. After class, Barbara and I went to Bay View on the South Side and ate rasberries and vegan/sugar free muffins (they are like miniatures of that fat free/sugar free/vegan bunt cake Bubba demolished at Alex's Birthday!) with a friend at the farmer's market. We then went for a bike ride along Lake Michigan and I got a taste of the upcoming trip.

One thing I want to mention before I disclose beautiful pictures on your face--has anyone read about the 17 girls in Mass who preplanned their mass pregnancy? The "bump" phenomenon it's being called. Karen (Barb's friend) said that these kids claimed they thought it was cool because Britney's little sister is apparently worthy of role modledom!! She's not even a B-list celebrity! Why did I even bother saying that? A child is not a chihuahua! Even a chihuahua is a lot of responsibility! Just another reason why T.V. should not substitute a babysitter. Kill it. Kill your tele.


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After the bike ride we had to run some errands that happened to be located right in the middle of the Milwaukee Sulstice Festival in Riverwest. So I got to go to Beans and Barley to get quinoa AND watch a rousing/intense (could make Meg W. cry) game of dodgeball ball while feverishly munching on a superb black bean barrito.

I came home, worked on some GIS, talked to my mom on the phone and then made some awesome quinao nut hash for dinner. I sure had a good food day now that I write it all down in here.

The movie I sealed my first summer night with was about high school debate teams. Particularly, a pair of students from Long Beach whom used the debate forum to rip apart debate as an inaccessible and thereby racist system that no longer served the purpose of discourse on issues but rather accolades students who can parrot other people's arguments with no actually purpose of personal resolve. This immediately triggered memories of late nights in Kyla's room debating with Kate. I think the movie is called "Resolved" (though the kids making change ultimately fail--we will pick up where they left off Ky!) and I really think she should see it because I am interested to hear her argument against (assuming it would be).


"...honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress."
- Ghandi man, shit.