The Week: Linkalicious

Well, now that I’m done being insanely busy and can’t play my game (…>>;;) I’ll go ahead and write about my break. Yes, I am in the airport typing on Word yet again. I’m probably singing along to my iPod, too. Does it matter, and do I care? No.

Last Thursday I cleared up the misunderstanding with my family. At first they thought Matt was my boyfriend. x.x Then, they decided BDM was. I had to set them straight on both accounts. (“Well, back in my day girls weren’t “just friends” with guys.” “No, back in your day, you weren’t friends with guys.”) I wish they would have asked instead of assuming. =_=; That’s the problem with having mostly male friends.

Alright. So last Friday was the day of hell, with two midterms, yadda yadda. I hadn’t slept. I’m sure all of you remember the terror that is Wren with insomnia. (I think I don’t.) Well, that night I vegged, played a lot of Final Fantasy VIII (Shut UP, BD.) I had to leave for the airport at three AM, so I figured I’d just stay awake. At two I decided to take a catnap, but really just flopped on the bed and listened to Radiohead since I couldn’t sleep. I got to the airport, went through hell to get checked in, and then finally got to security.

A security lady stopped me. And I was thinking “What. WHAT?! I didn’t set off anything! GAAAH!” Turns out she loved my hair. Then, in those subsequent painful moments, I found out that everyone at the security place did. So I excused myself politely and ran before they decided to keep me on some pretense like strip searching.

Next I crashed at the gate and read my newest Atwood novel. (Go go crazy Canadian feminist women authors!) I was really sleepy, so once I got on the plane I was out like a light for the whole flight. Then I got into STL, got my bags, got hit on by a chauffer (“Did you know purple is my favorite color? HEH HEH HEH…”) *shudder*

BD came in an hour after me, and then Unc came to pick us up. We were both starving, so we grabbed some Taco Bell (ugh.) Then we went grocery shopping and I got so much good food….just….wow, yum. We also picked me up a copy of Katamari Damacy. Which is a lot of why I’ve been MIA. So BD and I spent most of the day vegging out and playing PS2 games. And I was so fucking thrilled that I didn’t have to do any homework and could just relax and be a total laze.


When I wasn't rolling people up into little stars, BD was playing through MGS3 again on extreme. The title of this pic is "Snake gets another special hat." Just typing that makes me giggle hysterically. It's a long story that has turned into an inside joke, so let’s just say BDM was having issues with The Fear.

Monday was a lot of the same. Tuesday we went to The Loop and I cooked dinner. That's where I got my awesome wall scroll and BD got his FF6 orchestrated CD and some really dumb stuff. There are no pics of this trip since it was just shopping.

Wednesday we went to the Zoo and picnicked in Forest Park on Art Hill under some trees with a fantastic view of the Grand Basin. Most of the pics I took this week are of animals at the zoo, but I'll spare you all the boredom and just show you this one.


Two spotted hyenas chillin’ at the zoo. We thought this was rather cute.




As you can see, BD is terrible at taking pictures of me. That is why there are very few.

That night we searched around for some theater venues that would be showing stuff we were interested in. We saw a play on Thursday after going boating in Grand Basin.


This is the Grand Basin where we went boating. Looks a lot different than it did three years ago before the renovations. Very pretty, a bit grandiose. Lots of fun.


This is BD defending himself as we come dangerously close to a fountain in Grand Basin. Paddleboats don’t have the best…erm…steering. Crazy purple-haired girls don’t help much, either. *evil grin*


Me captaining the paddleboat. >.> WHAT? I was SAFE, okay? We’re SAFE. =_=;
Behind us is the Art Museum at the top of Art Hill.

We also ate lunch at Fitz's. Fitz's is a Saint Louis microbrewery and restaurant that makes some of the best root bear, cream soda, and orange soda I have ever tasted. This is BD tackling their dreamboat float. Keep in mind that at this point it is over half eaten.




Friday was the Botanical Gardens. I forgot to put my memory card back in my digital camera, so there are no fun pictures. But, here's the link to my favorite garden. Yes, it's the Japanese Garden. We also had dinner at the Melting Pot. Warning, tho. Their site will make you HUNGRY.

Today we hit the Global Foods Market and got lots of yummy foods. I'm editing this back in the dorm now and I can hear my roomie rustling around and enjoying her new candy behind me.

That's all, folks!