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Went to the animal shelter this morning and volunteered for an hour and 19 min (total hours now is 3 hours and 48 min, so I'm about halfway through the required hours for this month). I took out a cat named Flipper, and he was seriously the sweetest cat in the history of the world. He sat on my lap for practically the entire time and took a nap and he was just so sweet. I looked at his chart and it said he's 10+ years old and his owners gave him up because they were moving. I don't know the circumstances of it, of course, but that still seems really bizarre to me. I mean, they probably didn't get him like... a year ago. He's an old cat. I'd bet that they had him for a good amount of time. I've had Derek for 10 years, and I can't imagine ever giving him up because I was moving. Eh, I don't know. Again, I don't know the circumstances, but it still seems bizarre to me.

After that, I went to a seminar at my college counseling place about how to get into the more selective colleges. Nothing was really surprising for me, but my parents were like "OMG I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF!" So yeah, guess it was useful for that reason.

I was planning on seeing Threshold based on a review I saw of it awhile ago, but I forgot it was premiering yesterday. Oh well. I wasn't too invested in seeing it, and I don't really care enough to download it. Arrested Development is finally premiering this Monday! Very excited for that. :D

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Me: [to mom] I wanted to check the balance on my debit card, 'cause I also just pre-ordered something else, and--
Dad: What did you pre-order?
Me: The soundtrack to Veronica Mars.
Dad: Veronica Mars?
Me: [defensively] It has really great music!
Dad: Name something.
Me: You know that song "We Used to be Friends"? It's by the Dandy Warhols, and it came up twice on my iPod to and from Mammoth last spring, and both of you said you liked it several times?
Dad: ...yeah?
Me: It's the theme song.
Dad: Oh. Well, ok, then.

...heh. That amused me. Yeah, so, for a little while I was hesitant about using the card, because like... half of me wants to use it all at once, so the other half is all "NO DON'T USE ANYTHING NOW OR YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO STOP", but I finally ended up buying the first season of Firefly on DVD. This is because I don't want to have to wait too long after Serenity comes out to see it, and downloading it's annoying. Plus, I've been meaning to buy the set since I saw the first episode, but ever since I started watching it, the set has completely disappeared from Barnes and Noble. Then after I ordered that, I started putting together a wishlist and marking what I already own, and then Veronica Mars soundtrack came up, so I instantly pre-ordered that. So, yay for new stuff! Firefly S1 should arrive next Saturday, it says, which is good, because then I can watch the last few eps I haven't seen yet that night and Serenity comes out the following weekend. Perfect timing.

I watched the pilot of Head Cases tonight, and I really liked it. Unfortunately, it's up against both Lost and Veronica Mars, so I'm going to be resigned to downloading it. Oh well.