Summer Days

I'm sorry for being a bit MIA recently. As you must know by now because I'm always whining about it, the LSAT is coming up on June 6. My spring break literally consisted of taking a practice test every day. And I'm not going to lie, it sucks serious balls right now. It's just frustrating because I'm stalled in the same range and I really, really want to be Elle Woods. I'm not super far off, but just far off enough to where I just might miss my dream school AGAIN. This time, however, it is not about finding "the school that fits me," it is about getting a job after I graduate so I can be a functioning member of society who pays the bills and doesn't live in her parents' basement (because the school I go to now fits me just fine). Also, it would be somewhat cool to hold a party where I get drunk and in my more sloppy, blunt moments tell all of those other snooty Chinese parents who looked down on me for all of my undergrad years to kiss my ass, because I am more successful than all of their children. But that would be mean and shallow to list even as a minor reason. So yeah. I'm kind of panicking. A little.

This is why I might be peace-ing out for a while, maybe with sporadic posts if anything particularly inspirational strikes me. In the meantime, I'm looking ahead to Life After June 6, which consists of staying on campus for the summer, spending whole days at the library, swimming, stargazing, exploring downtown, roadtrips, watching movies, not rationing the amount of time I spend with friends, sitting on my under-used balcony at night, finishing my novel, shopping, turning 21, and all manner of things that do not include responsibility or studying for things. Summer is the best season. Not just because my birthday is then, but because you can wear minimal clothes (in a non-skanky way), sleep in every day (even though I do that anyway basically; afternoon classes rock), and because green things and sun make me happy.

Here, have a collage.

Why yes, that corn is in fact Illinoisan.

Also, this song, which always makes me think of lazy summer afternoons. And it reminds me of Percy Jackson too, which is the ultimate summer read, it's so great.

That's it before my blog starts becoming a tumblr. Summer reads? Is anyone even thinking that far ahead? It's thunderstorming outside and Midwestern summer storms at night are the best.