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Season switch
April 26, 2008
The weather has been exactly what I’ve been waiting on for the last five months and I haven’t been enjoying it as much as I would like to, mainly because summer is approaching and I need a job. I applied at Kennywood, the local amusement park, and if anything, it will serve for some decent people-watching.
As I sat in the stuffy pavilion, waiting to turn in my application, I remembered being a camp counselor in Maryland, and going three months without air conditioning, or TV, or the internet for more than an hour per week. One of my biggest forms of entertainment during that period of time: The male counselors would take the tiny, hard-plastic cups distributed in the dining halls, fill them with liquid, and with the velocity of a thousand winds, lift them, flip them, and propel them downwards onto the over-varnished oak tables, keeping the liquid trapped inside and floating atop the glossy surface, resulting in frustrated children and wet hilarity.
There’s never an easy way to clean that up.
I did a minor redesign to shake the last bits of winter that I can’t seem to get rid of. If things look funny, try refreshing a couple times, and if it’s still a little off, well, aren’t we all.
Categories: Daily
April 26th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Love the design- very fresh and springy~! It snowed here again today in MN. Luckily it didn’t stick.
April 26th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I love the new look, Rachel!
April 26th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Looks good to me!
Great Job.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
ooh, if you get a job at Kennywood, you have to let me know where you’re working so when we go with Maggie this summer, we can say hi :)
Love the new header! So cute.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I can’t believe you didn’t ask me to make you some sweet graphix. Yeah, graphix with an “x”!
April 26th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Oh, summer camp. Good times.
April 26th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Cute x 5
April 27th, 2008 at 12:43 am
This is so cute!
April 27th, 2008 at 3:48 am
love it!
April 27th, 2008 at 11:20 am
You should speak with your co-hort at tubecityonline.com - he used to work at Kennywood. He might have some tips for you.
April 27th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I grew up in Pittsburgh, and Kennywood was the highlight of my summers! I would love to hear your stories if you worked at Kennywood.
Love the redesign :)
April 27th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
totally hot
April 27th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Thanks everyone. :)
Eric - I hope his tips wouldn’t include, “Don’t work at Kennywood.”
April 28th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Love the new header!
I was all ready to declare it officially spring here over the weekend, and then it snowed for 5 minutes this morning. Bleh.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
that pic reminds me of the week before graduation (10 years ago! eek!) when i absolutely did NOT clip some lilacs outside of Dilworth in the middle of the night
April 30th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
“and if it’s still a little off, well, aren’t we all.”
LOVE THAT. Amen.