The Jubilee Line is Out. TFL.

Last night was Sarah's birthday, and we decided to celebrate by forcing Stephanie to cook. Actually, she volunteered to make mac & cheese, which was delicious, and we brought salad and wine/schnapps/soda/juice. After we finished up, it was karaoke time.

We headed over to Belushi's by Borough, but not before finding out that the Jubilee line was out right when we needed it.

"You know like FML? It's TFL [Transport for London, for all non-London dwellers]," Carrie said. "Like, the Jubilee line is out and I'm late for work, TFL."

Edited to add: See? Even the Mayor of London is pissed.

Ithaca, NY: Now AIER Approved!

Yeah, we're "10 Square Miles Surrounded By Reality." But according to the American Institute for Economic Research, Ithaca is now the #1 college town in the US.

Now, you can get to reading why we got picked and all that at the link to the Ithaca Journal that I have above. But I'm shocked! I would've thought that somewhere big like Boston, or somewhere insanely small like Morgantown (where WVU is; it's pretty much the whole town) would've been picked. But WRONG! It was us!

I guess I can see why, the Cornell campus is absolutely beautiful in that old, Ivy-League way. IC is slowly getting prettier with all the new buildings (no matter how long they take to be built, construction men out my window at 7 AM building the new fitness center I'll never see). And the town itself is pretty cute, with the Commons and all the gorges and trails and all that.

So...go Ithaca, I guess. Keep up the good work.

Now Slightly Less Pale

Back from the beach and a year older, I'm finally back to the blog. Not that I had no internet in NC, I did, but I didn't have time/feel like blogging when I had the chance to tan (burn) on the beach and swim with the fish (sharks) and hang out with my family (get yelled at while driving).

Pictures soon to come, up on Facebook when I get a chance.

Upgrade!

Squee!

So for my birthday, I asked for a new digital camera. My old one is incredibly well loved, and it showed (4 divets in the screen, it clicks when you squeeze it too tight, it takes about 4 tries to actually take a picture, generally my brain damaged baby). The issue was, the camera was really expensive everywhere we looked, around 200 plus on the internet.

Apparently, Mom & Dad found one that was cheaper than that somewhere and I came downstairs yesterday before work to discover a pristine mint green Canon Powershot on the table.

I was grinning from ear to ear and literally squealed when I hugged everyone thank you. My Dad was even excited about it. Not only did it mean that my pictures would be better in quality (this model came out later than mine, so the image stabilization is better, it works in the dark better, and it has more megapixels for image quality) and comes with all the stuff needed for the camera (connecter chords, a charger, a piddly memory chip, but I have a better one, so no biggie), but it means that Dad gets my old one has he's been hoping to do.

So really. Upgrades for all.