Summer's Over

How quickly the time passes. This week we had Camp EPP, or orientation for the new first years. I was in charge, and it took a lot of time to plan and execute, but it was a great time. I also prepared way too much food, but I think it was a good way to bond with the new first years. My contribution to EPP Orientation this year was the Progressive dinner. Each class of upperclassmen hosted a course (3rd years - appetizers, 2nd years - mains, and 4th + years - dessert) and the first years moved from course to course to end at a bar crawl on the South Side. I think it was an excellent way for all of them to meet members of the other classes and get to know each other. Hooray! Now, I can sleep again!

Class starts on Tuesday. Qualifiers are in 4 months. It's going to be crazy.

Pop Candy

Here's the USA Music blog, Pop Candy, about Lollapalooza. It has a great summary of how the show was.

My highlights:
Working my way into the front row for Stars.
Waiting all day to secure my position in the front row for Wilco.

Seeing these groups live make me appreciate their music more:
Sleater-Kinney, Death Cab for Cutie, Nada Surf, Feist, The New Pornographers, Nickel Creek, and Broken Social Scene

Best Production: The Flaming Lips

Who I missed: Andrew Bird (I was waiting across the field for Wilco.)

Who I discovered that I liked: The Raconteurs

Who I wasn't impressed with: The Shins

Run Lolla Run

July started with a trip to Chicago for my brother's wedding. Here's a photo blog about it! It was a beautiful ceremony despite all the drama. Jeff had bought his tux for the wedding figuring that he needed one, being in the symphony business and all. He'd assumed that he brought it back from Pittsburgh to Chicago on one of their many trips back for wedding stuff. Unfortunately, his bachelor karaoke session got cancelled once he realized he wasn't able to find it the night before the wedding. Thinking fast, he called the Men's Warehouse the next morning, and even the one in Pittsburgh b/c it opened an hour earlier and convinced him to check their database to find the same tux in the Chicagoland area. It worked out well.

Some friends and I also hit Chicago again at the beginning of August for Lollapalooza. It was an awesome show especially after a quiet week in Wisconsin.

More to come...