Cooler Than Me

...is a song I really like right now. But I'm not listening to it, I'm listening to acoustic Iron and Wine, which I'm also a big fan of at the moment.

So I don't know if 12 days in between posts makes me a bad blogger, but oh well. To recap last week real quick: pedicures with Morgan, many many sleepovers at Cote's (big thank you to her while I'm at it), 4th of July at the outlet mall (huge success! even got to see a blockmate/banana while I was at it) plus Cote's brother's friend's house/the observatory/Cote's house. Also, a lot of really good talks. I have some pretty amazing people in my life--don't think I'm not aware of it, friends.

This week! Many Boston adventures. Boston Common/Public Garden/Government Center/Quincy Market/tropical drinks/North End park with Devan. Then repeat that with Catherine (it was a really good combination of Boston sights). Then repeat that with Drew, except at night (minus the tropical drinks, plus gelato). Did I mention this is a great set of places to walk to in Boston during the summer? It actually doesn't get old. Also, fitness! I biked a lot by myself (after an inspiring journey with Cote and Isabella) and then went on a great bike ride with Devan and Isabella. In a surprise turn of events, Devan got to meet all the Palanges in a matter of 10 minutes! I didn't even see that coming, but Mummy P was especially excited to finally meet this particular roomie (somehow I wasn't aware that they hadn't already met).

Then of course there were the usual PACK adventures. And by PACK adventures I mean that I spent a lot of time at Cote's house. Tonight we watched Taken. That movie was awesome, but freaking scary. All I know is...if we meet a friendly French guy when we arrive in England, we are NAHT sharing a cab with him. Also, Liam Neeson is my hero. I was already a fan of him for being married to Natasha Richardson, but this movie sealed the deal. Cote said that if she has a son, she's naming him Liam. However, I might beat her to it...or our sons can have the same name, which would also be okay with me.

Aaanyway, one of my favorite parts about the past couple weeks was snapping some fun nature shots. A few of my favorites:

Cool lookin' clouds on the 4th of July.

Bunny on the Charles!

Spy Pond on a sunny day (the bike path goes past this).

Duckling. This little guy's definitely not an ugly one.

More ducklings! Just being adorable.

And I also took some not-nature shots of Boston:

The view of Boston from the Public Garden. This is technically somewhat naturey.

A famous church...that I forget the name of...at Park Street. The sky is almost a perfect cerulean (Drew had a more accurate color description that I don't remember).

The trees at Quincy Market at night.

The view of Boston at night from the North End park.

And one more picture. This one is possibly/probably my favorite (and captured another FAVORITE part of this week): VID CHAT WITH MY ROOMIES! As Devan would say...distance, schmistance.

4 DAYS TILL ENGLAND! Aaand goodnight.