The Readiness Is All

Well, the lack of blog updates will probably continue a little longer, but today I'm almost in the mood, so here goes.
I've decided the reason I don't feel like blogging these days is twofold. Mainly, it's because I work in front of a computer all day, writing things. This doesn't really make me want to come home and type more things, and that includes blog posts, facebook messages, emails, etc. So I'm sorry to those of you who wait for a week to hear back from me. Trying to do better.
My two weeks home alone were, quite frankly, pretty glorious. I enjoy my parents' company a lot, but I really liked the freedom of living by myself. I made myself good food, walked on the treadmill, finished Buffy (Season 5 may be my favorite of all the seasons, despite the distinct lack of Angel in it. Season 2 is pretty close for that very reason.), worked on a very belated present for Lin, fixed up my schedule for IU so that I don't have 3 classes on Monday and nothing anywhere else, hosted a spontaneous get together at the homestead, and enjoyed the company of Emily and Whitney here, and Whitney and Torie down in Provo on the 4th. It wasn't particularly productive, but it wasn't horrible unproductive either, and it was fun.
Last week I was a little nervous that I was getting throat ulcers or labrynthitis, but I think both possibilities have gone away.
Now I'm starting to get closer to my departure for Indiana, and it's starting to get pressure-y. I have lots of people to visit and things that need to be done before I head out, and I can't believe I have less than a month of work left. I need to work harder on the library job situation (although there's a very good chance I'll be doing some remote work or OverstockDrugstore, so that's good news) and I need to start thinking about what is going to stay here and what will fit in Stella. (I'm planning to send Ann a list of the movies I have so she can tell me what she's got and make that supply a little smaller.)
Happily, there are still some things to look forward to this summer, including Brian Vaughan in Henry V at the Shakespeare Festival, and a too-short but still much-anticipated visit from Treb in August. Also, if I can ever get through Return of the Native, there are still a lot of books I'd like to read this summer. This is the first time I've had a hard time working through a Hardy book, and I need to just suck it up and power through.
Ty and Kristie are getting married this week, and unlike many of the other marriages on my radar at the moment, this one doesn't fill me with the impending doom of loneliness. I'm really excited. (I'm excited for my other friends too, but every time someone gets married I think I should be replacing them with someone else so that I don't end up all alone. Good thing I'm going to a new place soon, huh? )

Finally, in the category of things that are bringing me great joy this week, The "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks. It's a gem.

One year ago today, I saw the last episode of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (on my top bunk in the London Centre.) In honor of such, I give you the following list of lovely quotes.

I'm officially a guest blogger on this shopping blog. Good times, eh? 

Thought I'd better throw this up here at Clark's request: 

1) "Chicken Fat." Once upon a time, there was a record of an exercise song called "Chicken Fat." Apparently JFK sent it to every school in the U.S., and my mom tells me that they did this every morning at school. Anyway, we used to have a tape of it and we did it quite often when I was little. I recently found out that Clark had it, and I swiped a copy and have been doing it most days. It's awesome. Don't expect anything from this video, but you can at least listen to if you haven't heard it.