And I'm back at school. What has sucked about today is (1) my first class was LRWA, and I hate LRWA, and (2) I have 6 - count'em - 6 hours to kill between LRWA and immigration law. Every Wednesday. At least it's only once a week, but still. This is time I could be at home, on the couch, poking the cats. In my jammies. Watching silly TV shows. Oh summer I miss you already. OH, and, Murky raised their prices again, so now it costs me $2.10 for a small cup of coffee. Coffee that mysteriosly left an aftertaste of cigarettes in my mouth. Ick.

Adam and I had a great weekend in Philadelphia! On Friday night we went to the Mann Center to see Neko Case & Rufus Wainwright. It was probably the best concert I have ever been to. Rufus had the most fantastic encore; see it here on youtube. Now I can't wait for his Judy Garland CD/DVD to come out!

On Saturday morning we went to the Dinosaur show, and it was pretty spectacular.









The photos didn't come out so well because it was dark and we were a little far away, but the website has some great videos.

As for the rest of the weekend, it was nice and laid back, and the weather was just beautiful. It almost feels like fall is coming!

With less than a week left before school starts, I thought I would briefly reflect on a summer that I thought was going to be awful, but ended up great. It took me about a month to get over the "shame" of not finding a summer legal job, but once I realized that this was not the End Of The World, the time started speeding up like crazy. There was the beach, Israel, Harry Potter #7...uh...well, I didn't actually do a lot. Mostly sat around my somewhat air-conditioned apartment and knitted while watching movies. This is the kind of lifestyle I haven't enjoyed since the summer between 11th and 12th grade. And, it's pretty awesome.

At any rate, here's what I've been up to recently. The herb box got started two weekends ago:



Up until a few days ago, things were coming along nicely, with basil firmly in the lead:



The current situation isn't so great, though. While everything has sprouted except for mint, it's starting to look pretty wilty. I'm not sure what to do, except wait and hope for the best.

In knitting news, I've started a fall scarf. It's green and orange, and it's my current favorite color combo. It looks sorta weird in the photo, thanks to my uggo purple couch, but trust me when I say it's fall-tacular.



In random news, I went out the other day to return a movie, and on my way home I noticed "Stardust" was playing at the Old Town Theatre in 15 minutes. Having nothing better to do than procrastinate starting my Evidence reading, I went on in. The only person in the theatre was the owner, and we had a nice chat about the evolving fate of the theatre. It's a small, independant place, with only two screens and a cafe (wine & beer!). Sometime last year, it mysteriously shut down. At the beginning of this summer, signs were posted advertising a "Comedy Zone," which deeply upset me, as I love independent movie theatres and HATE standup comedy. When we returned from Israel, however, the theatre had miraculously opened AS A THEATRE, aaand was playing the new Harry Potter movie! It was one of the most thrilling moments of my life. Anyway, the owner told me all about how someone from the city council had shut him down based on an "outdated code," and it cost him $475,000 to get things up to date. This guy is about 60, and said it was his entire retirement savings. He was going to sell it to the Comedy Zone folks, but apparently the deal fell through at the last minute, and he decided to go ahead and reopen the theatre. He was really friendly, and offered me a job (I used to work at AMC when I was in high school, and I'm good with the projection machines). So if this whole "law school thing" doesn't work out, I've got a job waiting for me.

This weekend will find me and Adam in Philadelphia for a Rufus Wainwright/Neko Case concert, and for Dinosaurs!