Saved-up thoughts.

I'm back after a torturous week without a computer. And, naturally, I've had a lot of thoughts during this week. I meant to write them down to share with you. Unfortunately, I did not have any paper. So I'll give you all I can remember, which appears to be 4. Summer makes my brain capacity go down.

1. When I was in NYC this weekend, I saw a couple on the sidewalk with matching scooters. No no, they were not an elderly pair both in need of electronic wheelchairs. They were 20-somethings, who did not appear to be tourists, in Times Square. And the matching scooters were RAZOR SCOOTERS. So basically my point is these were the coolest people ever and I wish I could be their child and ride with them into golden city sunsets.

2. Ender's Game--Huzzah! I finally see why it was an adolescent favorite of so many. IT IS FOR SERIOUSLY GREAT! I enjoyed every second.

3. The reason I was reading Ender's Game was because I needed an emergency book. I had brought another one with me, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, expecting that the 400-page hardcover would last me at least the three days I was spending with my dad at the beach. The surprise was on me, though. It was so unbelievably fantastic that I finished it easily in two sittings. This book left me completely rejuvenated and so inspired that I think I've started writing my memoir. Sure, writing one's memoir at 19 may seem unwise to some, but I actually feel like it might make it more interesting to reflect on things that just happened last week. The excitements and regrets will be a lot more exaggerated that way. But back to Dave Eggers--obviously, as a long-time dedicated reader of McSweeneys, I've always been a little in love with the guy, but WOW now I am head-over-heels. Basically, I feel like there is no better proof of an author's greatness than his ability to infiltrate your brain and actually burn his voice onto the way you think. And all week I've been thinking Eggers-style. Granted, my thoughts were pretty similar to his (ie. ODD) before I read the book, but I can't get him out of my head. And that makes him pretty fucking great in my opinion.

4. I got an internship WHAT. After thinking that I totally bombed my interview a few months ago (I casually referred to archiving as, "my jam"), I will be spending my Fridays this year with the Wooster Group! Naturally, I am very, very, very excited. More than that, though, I'm a little bit terrified. I have an extremely strong paranoia that I am now in WAY over my head. But at least I'll get to watch hours of videos with cameos by naked Willem Dafoe!