Hip-Hip, Validation!

Who has two thumbs and got her first college acceptance letter yesterday...

This chick.

Best part is my mom almost threw the envelope because she thought it wasn't fancy enough to be anything important. The school is Drew University and even though it was one of my likelies and even though I knew I'd be getting into schools, it's still really exciting. I dunno, I just feel...awesome. It's not one of my favorite schools, and it's probably too small for me, but hot damn it's nice to know I have somewhere to go! It also came freakishly early and with the added bonus of including an annual scholarship of $6000 just for being so unbelievably cool.

About twenty minutes after I opened the envelope it was time to go to Wick's annual talent show, which in the past has just been a crap load of people singing. But this year the seniors rose to the challenge and there were a lot of great and diverse acts. If I ever put my videos up onto youtube I'll leave a link here. A hilarious video introduction, a classical quartet doing a Lady GaGa mash-up, an infamous song/video about the Calc BC class (done to the tune of Party in the U.S.A., natch), a fun Admirals party, and a show-stopping first-time performance by The Woodies.

Not gonna lie, I got home that night, watched some Psych, crawled into bed and had one of those "I'm so blessed" moments. And then immediately felt guilty. S'ALL GOOD.

"OMG NOW EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET CAN SEE OUR WRINKLY SLIPCOVERS!!"

Storytiiiiime! My older sister and I are animal lovers. And as such, we are cute-baby-mini-versions-of-animals...lovers. So it only makes sense that we are hopeless cuteoverload.com checkers. Seriously, like every day for years. If you haven't seen that website yet, GO NOW. It's so delightfully cute and hilarious and awkward and is one of my favorite procrastination tools. Anyways, we used to always talk about submitting some of our better pet photos (you accumulate a lot of priceless ones when you have five cats and two dogs.) I had tried to email batches of photos a couple of times but for one reason or another it had never worked, so I gave up. BUT. A few days later, as I was tying up some loose ends (gonna cross that baby off the list) I finally did. And then yesterday I came home from 2 hours and 15 minutes worth of hard working out at Dance Company practice and my mom shouted from the other room "What's this about Cute Overload?!" I could hear my dad giggling in the hall so I checked the website, scrolled down, and.....

omigod. I'M FAMOUS.
http://cuteoverload.com/2010/02/11/just-be-thankful-they-didnt-get-their-paws-on-a-glue-gun/

That's right bebeh, two of our ridonkulous pictures got on the esteemed Cute Overload website. 99 comments and counting. If this isn't my big break, I don't know what is.

Can Portland Do Wrong?

NO IT CANNOT.

Not only is Portland in a gorgeous state (....Oregon.), not only is it one of the most environmentally conscious cities in the country, not only is it home to a bunch of artsy fartsy people, not only ALL OF THAT...

...they have this too:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bikeportland/sets/72157623191370529/

Their first annual Tweed Ride. Where they get on classy bikes, wearing classy old-timey outfits, and then they ride around. C'MON. Why aren't we Californians doing fun, kooky things like this? Ok, strike that, I'm sure there are lots of kooky goings-on in California, but I'm not cool enough to know about them. At any rate, I seem to be hoping a little bit more than usual that I get into the two Oregon schools I applied to. Just read this description from Jonathan Maus: "We gathered under the neo-classical arches and on the cobblestones of Ankeny Plaza — a location that fit well with the pipes, vests, flasks, hunting caps, knickers, and jackets. Besides all the fantastic tweed and finery, the ride was also a chance to show old antique bikes." I'm practically drooling. The man used the word 'knickers' for god sakes!

And, oh god. After the Tweed Ride they all got together to watch Les Triplettes de Belleville and have a fashion show.

This is all so hopelessy vintage hipster I can't contain myself.
http://bikeportland.org/2010/01/30/a-smashing-time-at-the-tweed-ride/

Things I Hear Non-Stop Great Things About

1. A Single Man
2. An Education
3. Hot Chip's newest album One Life Stand
4. Shutter Island
5. Vampire Weekend's newest album Contra
6. The Dead Weather
7. Them Crooked Vultures


Shut up already and give me some money so I can check them out! Except Contra. I do have that one.