Birthday Sonic Visions...

So today was Nicole Mendez's last day providing me with free tokens @ the batting cages... Obviously, I'm going to miss the chatting more than the free tokens that really do nothing but tell me how futile swinging a bat really is.

We talked for a while along with a kid named John who played @ Northside on the sophomore team when I was there. He's a pretty cool kid. Lanky. But cool. Anyway, we pretty much talked about how Steve is really just a big girl when it comes to the way he treats us. I told Nicole that he was probably the closest thing I will ever get to as far as having a girlfriend in the near future is concerned. I told her I don't even think about girls anymore. Hopeless. Then she told the John kid the story about how when she was a freshman (and I was a junior) she and I rode the same bus and she had a crush on me... Aww.

She took my number and we hugged. I'll miss her.

Yesterday, Erin, Lynn, and I went to Norh Ave. beach and basically watched some meatheads play the sandbag game. The one with the shaved head did this little dance whenever he scored... It was funny, yet vomit-inducing at the same time. (?) The water was near to 18,645,300 degrees (F, of course) and beautiful. Again, I cannot go to a beach without having at least one lifeguard yell at me, so I accidently drifted out a bit too far before being yanked back in by the curly haired, boat-sitting lifeguard. I wonder if the gestures they make from hundreds of feet away that scream "I'M BORED, PLEASE GOD MAKE PAY CHECK COME FASTER." are taught or developed after countless hours spent sitting in the sun...

After that, we played UNO on the beach... Thats all I'munna say about that one.

So today is my father's birthday and this year I think I've finally hit the jackpot as far as gifts go...

SONICVISION @ THE ADLER PLANETARIUM.

This... This is going to be amazing. Read for yourself. It's great because not only is it something he will like (@ a place he will like), but it will be with his family, which is what he REALLY wants.

So, yeah. I'm excited about that. Happy Birthday, Dad.

Now Playing: Beth Orton - "Anywhere"