green

I got curb-karma'd on the way home from work yesterday.



Healthy, potted, "low attention" houseplants, "free to a good home"?
Don't mind if I do.

sunk

things working out lately (to varying degrees)

 iron-on t-shirts

 Temple residency hearings

 eBay

 selling textbooks back to Amazon

 cats falling in love

 trips past, trips future

things I'm not sure will work out but am hopeful about

 a bikini-romper(?) I ordered from TopShop

 this new phone

 skincare

 trying to remember to take pictures

 Battlestar

 multiple viewings of Moonrise Kingdom making it better and better

 hangouts with strangers

 wish-lanterns
 taking pictures of important sinks

things that didn't work out super great

 french fries on the grill

 my efforts to turn my curtain into friendship bracelet operated roman shade

 aerosol sunscreening my back

stretch

Shifts and changes:  I have one less job (so more Saturdays free), I'm really close to being a PA resident (for Temple anyway), and this thing is romping my house 24/7.

Mem 12

Here's Memorial Day weekend.  Plans to try out  new river spots, eat grilled food on rooftops and in yards, hit up Penn's Landing and Penn's Treaty, and keep up with my sunscreen initiative.

I also got a little crazy ordering outdoors cups (entirely with free credits, again) from Fab.com and they finally came, so maybe we can squeeze in having a patio drink at my house to break them in.  I guess I need eleven friends for that to really maximize.  Which means I'll need more chairs.  Summer's hard.

WSA

Labor Memorial Day is fast approaching, summer is getting crucial.  You might have noticed a link up under the search bar called Will Smith's Agenda.  It's a list of good, free or cheap, summery things to do in the city. I'll keep it on the burner 'til actual Labor Day.

If you have a awesome (or even medium) thing that might be good, you should add it, or get at me to add it. Looking for things like serious block parties, outside movies, neighborhood festivals, air conditioned events, etc. (No personal invites, brunches, trips. This is a public calendar, team.)

Check back/txt your pals/make planz.


Some logistics
  * need to add something?  I can do it for you, or can set you up to be able to do it, or leave it in a comment and I'll hook it up.
  * if it's annoying because this calendar somehow gets mixed up with your own Google calendar, it's an easy fix - just click the green box next to "Will Smith's Agenda" (on your own calendar page), and it'll be hidden from view.

FL

Went to Florida for Friday/Saturday, and saw eleven dolphins (most of them straight up ocean-dolphins, a few at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, which is rescue/rehab/release which feels pretty nice).  Saw this "famous" dolphin, Winter.  At the aquarium we watched a video of her tail falling off, which was pretty gross.  She's making it work though.

Also did boats and beaches, and boardwalks, a church rummage sale, got into the gulf, saw my grandmother for her 90th birthday, and acquired new airplant  that seems much heartier and prettier than the ones I got on eBay (what a weird surprise).

Anyway.  Whirl. Wind.  Good to be home.

ceramix

Some things I made lately: a dead bird (who's wingtips are proving very fragile), and a pot (crawling with cat-slugs).

It feels really good to be done with school for the summer, but I also have a case of Idle Hands encroaching.