I suppose the most exciting parts have been the concerts. Since Peter and I went to the second annual Virgin Mobile Festival, I got presale notice for this year's concert. This time, the tickets were free, and you bet I snagged a few. But when the weekend rolled around I wasn't sure I would actually go...driving so far to see bands that I was only vaguely interested in. At the last minute I decided to go for it, and I'm so glad I did! A great day of sunny weather, interesting people watching, and great music. Jimmy Eat World and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros were highlights for sure! I can't believe this is my third (maybe fourth!) time seeing JEW. How time flies. I also surprised myself by actually enjoying a freebie pedicab ride. It was just that kind of wonderful day (more photos on flickr). Also, for my birthday Peter got me tickets to see Ra Ra Riot, a cute Syracuse band. We got to the venue early enough to get superb seats, close enough to shoot the setlist! Also note my budding Photoshop skills (kind of...still only halfway through the class). Voila:
Somewhere in between we found out that mom's tablecloth is waterproof (cue whole family droplet-blowing competitions...ah we're so mature). Also I came home after school one day and BAM! the road in front of our apartment was being paved. I guess that's why they did such a crap pothole-filling job; they were going to spackle it with asphalt after. Pretty neat to watch.
A little more recently: I've really been enjoying where my office is on campus. A lot of my CMU photos are taken of and around the green roof of my building, which is right outside the Envirochemical Engineering labs. It's been really neat to see how the sun's path is changing with the seasons, although I have to keep moving if I want to eat lunch in the sun now. =) I've also been experimenting with food, as always - I tried to make nutella palmiers the other day but they weren't quite what I had expected. Our CSA box has been dumping a bunch of fall veg on us that we're not quite sure what to do with - cabbage, squash, etc - so I've been keeping busy trying to make it all palatable. Nothing especially photogenic but at least we're eating well!
I'll leave you with some sunset, like always, and some fireworks from a Pirates game (they actually won! holy cow!). =)
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