Some musings and a quick check-in I suppose. I happened to see a TV spot for Duquesne, and I was really impressed. It spoke to incoming students, not their parents, not benefactors, but to the people they should be trying to reach. It didn’t sugarcoat college too much, and actually showed the real aspects of long hours studying and minimal sleep. Duquesne really should be commended for it.
I went to Ikea for the first time ever today. Had a good time, saw some cool things, was a little unimpressed with the layout of the store (even with the map, some departments were just laid out very oddly).
Also on the list of "firsts" today was my trip to Half Priced books. Pretty cool store, although I didn’t find any books, it was nice to finally go there. I was expecting the store to be bigger, but really, it didn’t make a whole lot of difference, there were a lot of books crammed into that space.
There are two more episodes of Dirt (on FX) left until the finale, and I do have to say, it’s gotten better with each episode. Last week’s and this week’s shows were really good, and I’m excited for what we have left in the season. Hopefully it will be picked up again next year. I missed The Riches, but I want to check it out when FX plays the "encore episode."
I watched the movie Clue, which was really great, and then played two games of the board game the next night. Both times it was Mrs. White…And for your viewing pleasure, a short (but funny) clip from Clue (be sure to watch Mrs. Peacock as she flails about):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV_dm_oY7KY&NR
I’m currently reading book two of the Dark Nest Trilogy, and it’s so strange (yet fitting): I made a comparison that works very well. In these books, there is a colony of sentient insects that have a hive mind and completely believe themselves to be perfect and right in every way and that everyone else is out to get them and all of their problems can be blamed on others. And I realized how much they are like a (larger than I sometimes like to admit) group of people I interacted with in some way at SVC (and of course through other ways, such as Scouts). A bit sad, funny and scary all wrapped up in one nice package complete with pincers, six limbs and thoraxes.
