{insert quote about how awesome summer is here}

What I’ve been doing for the past three days of summer:

(1) Reading: Anna Karenina. Seeing as I’m only on page 25 as of today and it’s only the part when Levin’s contemplating about proposing to Kitty (and Anna Karenina hasn’t even been introduced yet!), I can’t give a fair opinion but so far? I kind of actually like it. I despise Oblonsky like I never despised a character before and adore Levin like I adore Toby Maguire’s Peter Parker (which is a very, very good thing). My favorite quote in the book right now: “There was no solution, but that universal solution which life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insoluable. That answer is: one must live in the needs of the day-that is, to forget oneself.” (pg. 7)

(2) Contemplating about a job at Kumon teaching English. Hopefully I’ll get it.

(3) Filling out University housing/dining/everything else forms. I’m excited about university and all but I’m pretty sure I’m going to die under all the paperwork (hopefully not).

(4) Rewatched: Joe Wright’s Pride & Prejudice and Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin with friends. Spazzing out over the hilarity of Mr. Darcy and Tintin’s ninja-ness ensued. (They’re the perfect films to start out a summer with.)

(5) Watched: All of Season 3 of The Office. S3 of The Office is a gem; All the episodes are amazingly written and executed on screen by the actors and the behind-the-scenes crew. The best episodes of S3 in my (humble) opinion are definitely “Branch Closing,” “Business School,” (which was directed by Joss Whedon!) “The Negotiation,” “Beach Games,” and the season finale, “The Job.”

On my to-do list for the week: The next 729 pages of Anna, Season 2 of the Office, and faxing in insurance documents to The University on time!

(This repost was posted here.)

the one that left me blubbering

There's no way I can explain my admiration and L-O-V-E for the Parks and Recreation season 4 finale in an intelligible manner yet because this week was completely exhausting (and let's face it-the finale took my emotions to a whole different level), so I decided why not just list out the scenes I adored the most?

So ready? 1...2...3..GO:

• "I've never been one for meeting new people or doing new things, or eating new types of food, or traveling outside of Southern Indiana. I've had the same haircut since 1978, and I've driven the same car since 1991. I've used the same wooden comb for three decades. I have one bowl. I still get my milk delivered by horse. [Ben, incredulous: You do?] But you and Leslie like to hold hands and jump off of cliffs together, into the great unknown. You twohave a good relationship. I don't personally know what that's like, but I am given to understand it means you're going to land on your feet." -Ron Swanson to Ben Wyatt.


• Blue Ivy Carter's sorta cameo appearance in Tom's dream. (She apparently gives him a high-five.)


• Jerry dying from nervousness about Leslie winning.


• Ben's inability to drink scotch with Ron.


• Ann cheering Leslie up with kickboxing.


• "Your ambiguous ethnic blend perfectly represents the dream of the American melting pot." - Leslie to Ann


• Donna-April-Andy group hug!


• Jean-Ralphio/Ben Shwartz cameo!!!


• Ron finding Leslie in the city council room and their following conversation.


• Leslie giving Ben the tiny Washington monument statue the way he gave her the Knope Pin from episode 1.


• Ann being sneaky with the polling results and Leslie's reaction to it (Amy Poehler, you are beyond perfect.)


• Ben saying that he didn't write a concession speech for Leslie.


• And the most misty-eyes-ugly-sob-can't-stop-the-tears-from-flowing inducing scene: Leslie choking up in the voting booth because her she's voting and her name's on the ballot and she's voting and she might almost win the position of city councilman and her name's on the ballot.


• WAIT! The runner up misty-eyes-ugly-sob-can't-stop-the-tears-from-flowing inducing scene is....the part when Leslie slides her picture next to the old city Councilman's picture on the wall of Pawnee's old Councilman's because you know, she's been wanting it for for four seasons and...she finally achieves it.

I can probably write pages on why Parks and Recreation is as amazing as it is, besides the fact that it has the best season finales (see: season 2's last episode), but not today. Today, all I can say is that I'm glad that we'll be able to go back to Pawnee, Indiana this fall. Thank you, NBC.

(This repost was posted over here.)