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1. Governor's Island is developing playgrounds for adults
2. Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pop-Up pool is a slo-mo pop-up. It'll be by the East River, Grimaldi's, and Cranberry Street for 5 years. Plus, there's sand.
3. 71 Stuyvesant-ites have admitted to cheating on last month's Regents exams
4. Keith Haring's genius has left the building (Brooklyn Museum) and is now on to bigger and better things (I hope)
5. Higgs Bosons are now part of the 'cool' club.

J

Weekend Update

1. Tuition bill came in. I cried a little a lot inside. Turns out you have to pay a fee for the payment plan. sigh
2. Mythbusters! You do NOT need 20/20 vision to join the Air Force. As long as you have corrective lenses, you are qualified to enlist.
3. Mets lost yesterday 7-zip to the Chicago Cubs. Wasn't a particularly amusing game.
4. I want to tell you #4, but if I did, I'd have to kill you. And we don't want it to come to that, do we?
5. Can't wait to be Chicago bound! Someone please share poverty, environmental, and gender equality issues in NYC. I'm having a little trouble with my assignment. Can't find anything substantial.

J

WTF is wrong with my internal clock?

The day is Monday, July 9th, and I have overslept... again. No, I was not out late last night partying or drinking or doing anything, really. But this is the third (maybe fourth) time it's occurred in the past couple of weeks. THIS IS NOT OKAY. 

Right now I should be sitting down inside a cool French restaurant admiring the view of the Hudson. I should be enjoying a fine French meal with a few close friends then enjoying a leisurely walk along the greenway. But you know what? I'M NOT AND THAT IS NOT OKAY. 

I set an alarm, but idiotically fell back asleep and woke up 3 HOURS LATER to find that mis amigas are at the restaurant. This is a sad, sad world, my friends. I think I need to pull an all-nighter to get this fixed. 

Read Moar, read moar!

It may seem surprising, but kids our age are reading more and more than we actually think. Or maybe it's just us intellectual NYC kids (Or maybe not). Well now that summer vacation is well upon us and we all find that we have way too much spare time on our hands, don't hastily seat yourself in front of the telly. I'll do the work for you and present to you a couple of reads that I'm looking forward to reading this summer. They're all nonfiction.

1. Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks, Ken Jennings

2. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed

3. Imagine: How Creativity Works, Jonah Lehrer

That's all I'll share for now. If I had one wish, it would be the power to consume and understand every iota of text I read while reading at lightning-speed... it would be a beautiful combination of Mike Ross' and Usain Bolt's superpowers.

Ciao

J

Sammich!

Good afternoon. Please enjoy the picture of my delicious Subway sammich.

The weather confuses me and I do not like it. Also, NYC humidity is a pain in the ass. Yesterday Swackett predicted that it would be 98 degrees, and it would feel like 106. I was frightened. Today's actual weather? Nowhere near 98, and it felt like 91 with humidity.

In other news, the MP3 experiment is happening next Saturday! OH-EM-GEE how exciting. Unfortunately, I will be away... Excitingly, I'll be on my first trip outside of this wonderful timezone which is actually making me kinda nervous. I hear Chicago's fun.
But anyway, MP3 experiment next Saturday, Governor's Island, 3:00. Be there, follow the directions and have a blast for me.

Actually, because of my trip I'll be missing syfy's screening of To Kill A Mockingbird which is one of my favorite b&w movies. And to make things worse, the screening is in one of my favorite places in the city. Jesus, when did I walk under a ladder? (Actually, I considered walking under a ladder yesterday to exhibit my rebelliousness but then I realized that I could do well without the bad luck. Yay good choices!)

ATTENTION ALL FRANCOPHILES!
I'm sure you know the significance of July 14th in France. You do, right? Well the French are taking over NYC this upcoming week with French Restaurant Week which features lower prices than NYC Restaurant Week does! Yey I'm really excited! I won't be divulging where I will be dining, but I'm super stoked.

Ciao for now
J