Try to relax and slow my heartbeat.

I just got an e-mail today saying I got into the Shaw Leadership House at BC.  I sent in all the application requirements (essays, a picture, artwork...) the day it was due in the mail, before work. There are 20 Freshman, 9 of whom are girls, in the house. It is the only house available for freshman to stay in. It's pretty cool for the following reasons:

• it's an actual house. an old house in the middle of a quad between the dorms. it has a kitchen (the only kitchen any freshman housing has) and real bathrooms. The rooms are cool. There is a room upstairs for four girls which is really cool and roomy. I think other than that there are...two doubles? But they're all real rooms.
• we have a doorbell. That's right, when people want to come over they can ring the doorbell whenever.
• it's an actual house.
• the people who choose the incoming freshman purposefully choose people of all backgrounds and views, so i'll be with random interesting people.
• the only requirements are house meetings once a week (during which we sometimes have guest speakers, which excites me), and a community service project once a month (which I am totally more than fine with)

It's exciting.

I got tickets in the mail today. Tickets I bought a few days ago with Hannah to see Conor Oberst play in Santa Cruz on August 3rd. It'll be great because the two of us are also going to see The Faint on August 5th in San Francisco and we are making a trip of it. We'll stay in SC two nights and SF for another two. We'll get a tour from Michael, and we're going to go to the SFMOMA for sure because the first tuesday of every month it's free admission (SURPRISE THE 5th IS A TUESDAY). We want to stay in hostels but I did some research and it's actually just as cheap or cheaper for us to stay in a hotel... so we'll see. (But I think hostel would be more fun for us, we just need to research curfews and reservations.)

I've been working a lot. I opened up a savings account yesterday...which is good for me i guess.

I think Monday/Tuesday I am going to go to San Diego. Very last minute, I'll buy tickets tomorrow if it's happening. And when I say tickets I mean that I am going to take the train. It will be good thinking time on the way there and back, and good visiting time for the 25 hours that i spend there.

My dad got back from Ohio today after visiting his parents. He brought cool old possessions of his like a first edition of fear and loathing and some really awesome posters...including some off the wall Beatles posters. He also brought some other books like one full of beatles songs to play on the guitar with tabs i can figure out. :) I was actually going to play about an hour and a half ago but this lappy has been distracting me. Anywho. So that's all very exciting.

Chris and Drew are getting macbooks! i was just informed. Party. Jackie and I have been video chatting and sending funny videos lately, so this is good news for us.

That is mostly my life right now, aside from the occasional break down and depressing thought...

:D

love.love.love.