  So once again, the delinquent blogger is back. This time I am armed with a somewhat acceptable reason: I realized a few weeks ago that I was really behind on my grad school apps (which are taking a ridiculously long time to finish...every school has a slightly different angle on the same old question and they all have random, weird things to do.
I applaud ASU and IU for the simplicity of their applications; every other school could learn a few things from them. ) The most exciting part about the application process is the prospect of moving somewhere WARM (CA, AZ, or FL). I hate old man weather and jack frost and the rest of the crew; I am already dealing with my first cold of the year.
I'm just not cut out for cold weather, I tell you what. Since I last blogged, I have realized a couple things: 1), I don't know why there's so much hype about the Blue Man Group. I liked STOMP better (and let's face it, that's just more fun to say); I loved the parts in BMG when they're drumming or playing the pipes (that sounds gross but how else do I put it??? ), but then there's parts like when they are spewing cereal everywhere during which I sat and wondered, is the 40+ crew sitting behind us only laughing because they're all drunk?
Or do they actually find this funny? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that if any of their kids were to "get creative" like the Blue Men and spew cereal all over the kitchen table at breakfast, they wouldn't find it quite so entertaining. Hmm. 2), I like parties with beer and doritos (Ali, are you drooling yet? ) much, much better than ones with champagne and silly snacks like "baked apples drizzled with cherries stewing in brandy all day.
" You're probably wondering, why the hell were you doing at the latter party?! Rolling my eyes, that's what. Jon's friend Adam had a party in his swanky North End apt; Adam is very cool, but one of Adam's friends Monica (who pranced around all night in a pink shirt with a big bow on it and a chain belt with a pink rhinestone M on it) wants to be an event coordinator and insisted on making this party very "adult.
" Now when has anything adult added up to big fun? Never yet, and it hasn't started. I hope I never become the kind of person that genuinely thinks I'm having fun at such a function. Instead, I hope I become a prankster at such parties who adds a little Everclear to the cherries or replaces Monica's M with a gorilla pendant or something along those lines.
I have a couple recommendations for the blogging crew and our avid readers: the book "The Essential Difference" by Simon Baron-Cohen and online dvd rental services like Netflix. "The Essential Difference" is this really cool book that addresses the differences between the typical male and female brains and how hormones present prenatally (like testosterone) affect brain development. Very cool, and it's not as psycho-babbly as you might expect. The online dvd thing is just really convenient for anyone who likes to kick it on occasion (or, perhaps nightly) with a video and a box of junior mints (sorry, I am really hungry right now)...we tried walmart's but they take awhile to ship so I'd recommend Netflix.
Also, if anyone has any movie suggestions, please let me know! 
