some things that range from not very important to pretty important in my life right now:

• i signed up for this website yesterday called mint. it tracks purchases made with your bank account or credit cards, categorizes them, and allows you to track your spending. you can see pie charts of where your money goes and you can set budgets so that, as you approach your budgeted amount for groceries (for example), you get an e-mail alert. it's pretty neat and hopefully it will help me to save money. awesome!
• i have orientation this friday and saturday for school and classes start monday. i'll be in class monday and tuesday nights. more on this when it actually starts happening.
• between last sunday night and friday morning i watched the first two seasons of mad men, so now i'm all caught up to be watching the new episodes. the show is really interesting because (a) it's so slick and sexy and cool and (b) it's chock full of commentary on gender. there was a gynological exam in the first episode!
• i was a +1 for shauna to the girls rock! dc showcase a week or so ago. it was the most awesome thing i can imagine. the amount of girl empowerment was immeasurable. shauna took pictures, and i (unexpectedly!) got to interview the bands after they were done performing. shauna took some of my notes and some of my words to put with her own in this byt post. my most rewarding saturday morning in a long time.
• we've officially lived in our house for a year (as of august 15th/16th). dc year two is promising to be just as good if not better than dc year one!

lots of things kicking around. life is good. summer is winding down (sort of?). i'm looking forward to scarf and sweater weather but not necessarily to the shorter days or the closing of the pool. first full summer as an adult. an adjustment.