Recent happenings of little to no importance

How exciting! I just set all the dates on here to Italian. It worries me only slightly that I can't yet read them. But hey, you have to start somewhere.

I just ordered a completely awesome hat. My mom got a promotional letter in the mail from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Of course she was going to throw it out right off, but I was curious so I opened it. Turns out they're trying to raise $25,000,000 by mid-2005 to build a new Reagan Library, or rather an "Air Force One" Pavilion (nice to know where our money's going nowadays). It would be a lost cause, except now they're giving out free hats! Well, technically free means you donate money just for the sake of being a good kind giving person and then you get the hat as a free bonus. Oh yeah, and a family pass! Seriously, can it get any better! But anyway, the hat's a 100% cotton baseball cap and it's got "Reagan Library Air Force One" embroidered along with a picture of this honking big plane. I'm going to start ticking off days till it comes. Wait'll everyone sees it - they'll be so jealous!

But that's only the tip of the iceberg! These last couple days have just been amazing all around. For one thing I managed to download both "The Secret of Monkey Island" and "Le Chuck's Revenge" from a truly incredible site, Macintosh Garden. I am so brilliantly excited! These are the best games EVER!! My life is at last complete, my life's quest fulfilled. I spent all Sunday evening playing the former, and I've just finished downloading "Le Chuck's Revenge," which I can't wait to play.

Of course life isn't all about awesome old computer games. No -cough- of course not. So I've been doing a tad bit of reading (or rather listening), and finished Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, which I listened to on tape (check out Audible.com), which was GREAT. Also this allows me to start other books that I've been looking forward to, namely The Virgin's Lover by Phillipa Gregory (also on tape), and.... drumroll..... ABOUT A BOY by Nick Hornby!!!!!! The movie was the BEST thing ever, so I'm finally reading the book, which is wonderful and in not a single way a disappointment (but of course! it's the original - how could it be bad?). And hey, I'm actually reading it, physically holding the book and reading the words. Gosh, I'd forgotten what it felt like to hold a book that wasn't a text book...

But enough about me. How are all your respective lives going? Jolly good. Can't wait till school's out, couldn't agree more. Wow, I really need to go do my homework, or read, or something, because this is now an officially pointless entry. Don't judge me!

Oh, but before I go, here's a juicy bit of information, since I'm sure you all find my life so fascinating: departure date for SYA has been set for Tuesday, August 30th. I'm so excited! I'm starting to get nervous, though, what with it coming up so quickly; however there's so much to look forward to I can never be nervous for long.

Ciao! Ma domani pioverá!