it's friday friday gotta get down on friday

why are you wondering which seat you can take?  just call shotgun like everyone else.

hello weekend!  i see you outside the window of my office there.  i can't wait to hang out with you in a few hours!

i am now residing in a preposterously humid basement with a broken ping pong table.  bert has come out of hiding twice so far, but i'm not optimistic for his psychological future.  that said, it's a really good feeling to have step one of the move complete.  steps 2 and 3 will be taking place this weekend with a uhaul for furniture and lots of cleaning products.

it is also worth noting that i am finally emotionally prepared to take the plunge and watch the third season of dowton abbey.  i caught on to the awesomeness of downton around the time PBS started airing season 2 here in the states.  naturally i binge watched the first season on netflix in 48 hours, and then immediately began scouring putlocker and sockshare for the second season.  however, when season 3 came out (in the UK that is, there was no way i was waiting until 2013), i watched the first episode and realized i could not deal with a week-long wait for the next piece of drama.  thus, i wrapped up my obsession in a neat little box, and saved it for later, allowing myself to gorge on nonstop marathons of merlin, shameless, and legend of the seeker.  

however, since i can't find easy access to deadwood on netflix or amazon prime, i think it may be time to dust off the box and find out what on earth happens before matthew crawley gets hit by a train.

yes i read spoilers.

i totally flipped to the end of every harry potter book before i finished them.

i live dangerously.

hope everyone has a spectacular weekend!

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PS snape kills dumbledore.

surprise vacay!

this is the beach by my sister's place.

earlier this week sarah (sister in question) sent me a text about cheap plane tickets to san diego and ba-da-bing ba-da-boom i just got my vacation days approved and booked the flight!  sadly steve and i won't both be able to go together (he's still a noobie on the job with very limited time off) but since the plan for the trip is trying on wedding and bridesmaid dresses for my sister's wedding, i think he'll be able to cope with staying home.

so right now i am doing a little internal happy-dance about going on this quick little getaway and getting to see my sister and dave!  it's been a couple years since i've been west of the mississippi!

i've also never flown 100% by myself on a plane before.  it sounds kind of boring... maybe i'll actually get to dive a little further into that reading list of mine.

in less related news: steve and i started watching the new netflix original series orange is the new black.  i'd recommend checking it out.  it's not perfect (some episodes get a bit slow, and the whole "everyone in prison is having lesbian sex" thing gets pretty redundant after a while) but it's definitely worth viewing for the unique grittiness, the exceptional acting, and the enjoyably flawed characters.  If none of that does it for you the regina spektor theme song alone should.

hope everyone has a spectacular thursday!  anyone else watching OITNB?  anyone else going on a fun vacation soon?

don't forget there is still plenty of time to enter my giveaway!!

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