I’ve been looking at bikes again. With the gorgeous weather we’ve been having lately, there’s been tons of them out. Also my one friend and her boyfriend just got some (Ninja 250s). I have to buy a car this summer but I’m thinking I’ll get a bike next summer. I’ve been looking at the Vulcan 500 for a starter. I wouldn’t outgrow it quite as fast as a 250. I’ll probably break down and actually pay for the Basic Rider Course too since the free ones are so hard to get into.

As for the car, I’m most likely just getting another Corolla (except not 16 years old). Nothing exciting there. I like how they last forever though. Great mileage too.

http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/30rock.shtml

Liz Lemon is my hero.

Delicious recipes:
Peach-a-Berry Pie
Chicken Pot Pie

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I finally saw all of Broken Trail. It was amazing.

A boy from my high school was shot in the face on Monday. Here is a Philly.com article about him.

A fund has just set up for Sean McQuade and his family. It was set up by fellow Clearview 2003 alum, Michael Camp, and English teacher at Clearview, Tracy Matozzo (formerly Malloy). This account is intended to be turned over fully to Sean and his family to use at their discretion.

The account has been opened at St. Edmond’s Federal Savings Bank in Sewell, across from Five Points Diner. Tracy Matozzo and Mike Camp are the liaisons for the fund and her mother, Beverly, is in charge of handling the account. The bank is very small and all employees are aware and willing to help so they will be able to handle anything and focus specifically on our cause. You can donate money through cash, check, or money order. Make all checks or money orders payable to “Sean McQuade Alumni Fund”. All donations will be recorded, kept on file and given to the McQuade family. If you choose to donate anonymously, you may. You cannot donate money online. You can mail donations directly to the bank at the address listed below. If you are in the area, you can also go to the bank at any time, walk up to any teller and make a donation. There is no minimum or maximum amount you can donate; every little bit helps. Send your donations to:

Sean McQuade Alumni Fund
c/o St. Edmond’s Federal Savings Bank
1893 Hurffville Road
Sewell, NJ 08080
Attention: Beverly Matozzo
856-227-9440

I finally got a subscription to CNN Pipeline today so I could stay updated on the Virginia Tech shootings. A friend of mine from high school is a grad student there. I knew she was okay as of 11:45. I couldn’t get in contact with her directly since obviously the network down there was very overloaded. I did get in contact with another friend who had talked to her though. She was in lockdown in her office until 1:30 when the police came through her building and released them. At first they were saying this is the worst school shooting in US history, but as the numbers kept getting higher, that has been changed to say that this is the worst shooting in US history, period. I remember being in high school when Columbine happened and all the tvs were set to watch CNN in the classrooms there. That seemed unreal at the time, and this seems even more unreal, despite my knowing someone there. I can’t even imagine what this will do to her memories of college later.

Just as a plug for CNN Pipeline, you can download their “premium player” to watch right from your desktop. It also has a “mini mode” that shrinks the video a bit and keeps it on top of your screen so you can work and watch simultaneously. $25/year is not bad at all. I don’t know why I never got it before since I am definitely an online news junkie. I don’t get a newspaper or watch tv or listen to the radio so this is the only way I get information, and I usually check CNN’s website about 10 times a day any way.

I just got Fitted Knits by Stefanie Japel. I want to make pretty much every sweater in the book. You can preview a bunch of the patterns over at KnitPicks.

I saw Spamalot at the Academy of Music tonight. My friend’s family all got tickets for Christmas: her parents, her brother and his fiance, and she and her boyfriend. She’s since broken up with the boyfriend so I got his ticket. Spamalot is basically pieces of the Holy Grail with some other scenes thrown in. At the end, the grail is found in a seat in the audience. Seat D101. I was in seat DD101 so I thought, damn they’re going past me. But Patsy came down off the stage and stopped at me. And pulled the grail from my seat. And then pulled me up on stage. King Arthur asked me my name, and then they gave me an award: a little trophy of the big foot that says “Best Peasant.” Then they started going on about the great people of Philadelphia – Ben Franklin, Rocky Balboa, and now me. Then they all started singing my name. It was hilarious. They also took a polaroid for me.

At the end, people kept coming up to me and asking if it was staged, did I know, was I sitting on the grail the whole time. Haha, no, the grail was in his sleeve. I would have noticed if I was sitting on that for 2 hours.

Best. Night. Ever.