Uh oh,

It's been a long time. Let me tell you what I did over the weekend--I was way too busy to blog. First, I hopped a sketchy China Town Bus to Philadelphia. The bus reeked of port-a- potty, but I guess that comes with the territory of a $28 round trip. Anyway, I got there and Kim/ Geoff picked me up.

Friday, Geoff and I went strolling around in Philly. Mostly toured the hipster section of South Street. We came across a particularly interesting art gallery: Philadelphia's "Magic Garden." It was an entire building and outdoor garden made of tiny bits of thrown together ceramics. I can't really describe it...try googling it? Needless to say, it was a very trippy experience...which is probably what they were going for.

After that, we ate lunch, toured around some more and met kim and her boyfriend at the Phillies game. Very fun--the phils are a very solid team and the ball park was gorgeous.

After the game, we preceded to hit up some local bars. The first one appeared to be themed around Pabst Blue Ribbon. Seriously. Everyone in there had a PBR can in their hand. The walls were decked out with retro PBR posters and signs. F'n weird.

More hilarity ensued shortly thereafter. We hopped around to another pub, and were greeted by a strung out bouncer. He looked at my ID and said something to the effect of : "whoa, man. I was born on the 8th too. I did so much acid the day you were born." Good to know, friend. Good to know.

Craig (Kim's BF) bought us all drinks--very courteous. Quite the stellar guy--especially because he had a tattoo of the iconic scene from Shawshank Redemption on his arm. Ya know, where Tim Robbins is in the rain after he escapes from prison? Yeah, that one. Craziest tat I've ever seen.

The next day we drove over to Geoff's aunt's house for an action packed easter Saturday/Sunday. Well, maybe not action packed. The house was very, very lovely. Quaint is the best word to describe it. They had a magnificent lot as well. I could totally live there...and no worries, I took pictures. Not to mention they live by an AWESOME dairy farm and get fresh milk/ice cream. On top of all that, Geoff's family was very nice and hospitable to me. Couldn't have been more pleased.

Monday, life returned to normal (sort of). Two of my co-workers left the job to work on campaigns. So, I now have more responsibilities. I am required to wake up at 7 am and watch the CBS Early show; so I can see if anything important comes on. Along with that, I need to compile more clips (article summaries) throughout the day.

One shitty note, though. My summer job continues to confound me. Paper work is getting absurd, and no one seems to be good at communicating. I hit yet another snag in the road today..hopefully this can get ironed out soon.


More to come soon. Tyler is coming Wednesday, and I'm very excited.


Tim