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So, I'm getting my TB test on Monday along with a Meningitis vaccination (my mom was pressuring me to get one anyways and I said I would in September/October at school, but whatever, if I'm already going in, might as well get it over with and not have to worry about it anymore). sigh. My mom's happy because the doctor is taking responsibility and paying for the new test, but that does nothing for me. At least it's very close to now so it'll be over with soon, and I arranged to have the same nurse do it, since she was very good for the first one and it didn't hurt as much as needles usually do for me.

Anyways! To happier things (although things have mostly sucked the past day or so).

I don't think I mentioned this, but last week before camping and watching X Games (another thing I didn't mention, but I watched all of that coverage, and yay Bob Burnquist (my favorite skater) for gold in Big Air!) I read Twilight and New Moon. I totally didn't even know that Eclipse was coming out the following Tuesday (although I did know it was coming out sometime in August/September) but I loved them and ordered Eclipse right after I finished New Moon. It came yesterday (one of the many things that was sucking the past few days is that my copy hadn't arrived yet and Amazon was claiming it wouldn't come until Tuesday) and I read it and ah I love Edward Cullen. I mean, I did before, but yeah. He is made of awesome. And now I'm impatient for the next book since the longest I've gone between books up until now was, like, a week, but I guess if I can wait 2 years between Harry Potter books (and wasn't it longer for the 5th book? Like 3 years?), I can wait one year for Breaking Dawn. I am also ridiculously eager for Midnight Sun, more so than Breaking Dawn, but I know that wait will be longer.

But yeah, anyways. For a crappy couple of days, Eclipse and Edward Cullen made me a lot happier. I might do a more in-depth review later, but I don't really feel like it now.

I guess nothing else is going on really. Leaving on the 21st, so just trying to kill time until them. I'm really looking forward to the trip up to Minnesota. I've seen so little of the west/midwest, so it'll be really fun to drive up. Not really sure what to do until then.

Went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter on Tuesday with a bunch of friends which was a lot of fun. And I really liked the movie. When I first came out I was just like "Well, that was better than I thought it would be" but the more I think about it, the more I really loved it. It's my favorite so far of the movies (well I've only seen the second half of Chamber of Secrets. And I totally hate Prisoner of Azkaban which I think is a very unpopular opinion but I love the book so much and I don't think anything could have lived up to what I hoped for it to be like. I think maybe if I rewatch it I would like it better. But at this point the 5th is totally my favorite). Of course they had to cut out a bunch of stuff, but that's to be expected, and once you get past that I think they did a good job of capturing the tone of the book. And it's just shot so beautifully. The cinematography is excellent.

I've been starting my reread of the series and something jumped out of me. ( Spoilers only for the first book. )

Anyways, I've been spending a lot more being social this week than I have since graduation. There was the Harry Potter thing and then Wednesday there was a small party-ish gathering thing in the band room for Mrs. Bentley's resignation which was nice and on Sunday I'm going to dinner with some friends and then we're going to watch Taming of the Shrew for this Shakespeare in the Park thing. So that'll be fun.

I ordered a Macbook (my graduation present) yesterday! I'm excited for it to come. I've never had a Mac before so I'm hoping I'll get used to it and like it and such. Hopefully it won't break down as frequently as my past few computers have (although those were all Dells and I've heard Dells are the worst).

Less happy and exciting, I'm getting a TB test on Thursday since it's required for college. If you don't know, I absolutely hate going to the doctor and needles. I'm so terrified of needles, and I swear I must have a much lower tolerance for pain than everyone else on the planet because I just cannot handle shots and blood tests and such. Everyone always says it won't be as bad as I think, but then it always is (or it's worse). I at least feel better that I have an appointment set and I won't just be worrying knowing I need to make an appointment before August 1st, but having no idea when it will be.