073 - Young Man, Old Man, Lost Boy.

Me, right now. Tired and staring at my Web cam.

Me as an old man. Some lady's going to be real lucky to have a handsome guy like that fifty years from now. I'll be as lovable as Bill Cosby, with a better-than-Jell-o substitute! Wanna try? Click here

I've kept track of all my purchases over the last week, and have combined them into one image. And just for you guys, I'll post them so that you can see where my money goes. Two parts Booster Juice, two parts Subway, one part random Disney merch, one part computer accessory (or necessity, in the case of stupid printer ink), and the two purchases you don't see, 20 parts US currency exchange and 40 parts Disney resort payment. I'm sure that company made more from me on that payment than they did the Camp Rock USB key I bought - and only bought because I lent mine to my cousin who has yet to return it. Maybe today on our regular post-class Carlingwood Shopping Center outing.

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Did I mention I'm running on close to no sleep? I did get about 4.5 hours over the 14 hours between work ending Sunday and the exam I had this Monday morning. If restfulness smelled like lilacs and vanilla in a field of freshly baked goods, I would smell like cheap, fuming gas exhaust from a car that's been burning rubber. In the middle of the summer. I am making the best of it though, counting down the minutes until I get home. 240. Maybe more if there's that aforementioned Carlingwood outing.

I am half an hour to breaking the 30 day mark on my trip, a trip I've been thinking a lot about lately. Excitedly so! My "to pack" list is nothing more than mental Post-Its scattered around my disorganized brain (which means I'm likely to forget something vital, like my camera battery charger). It mostly consists of Reactine, board shorts, Nemo towel, and camera battery charger. Within the next week or two, I'll write down as many things as I can and systematically eliminate the things that are absolutely absurd. Do I really need to bring Prashanta's trumpet that's been hiding in my closet for years now? Not really. Wii? That one I'm currently on the fence.

And my watch that I don't need to change timezones for.

I've decided that I like the new facebook layout. It's fairly streamlined and things are posted in such a way that it's easy for me to comment. That's all I need really.

Walking home from school the other day (yes I still do that on occasion, despite the buses running at near full capacity), I found this picture. Paul, 2007.