I’d forgotten about it until the mail showed up today, but Skyy vodka is giving away twenty five free posters a day (which means it’s pretty easy to win one). Mine is this one. My new roommates are even cuter in print than I thought they would be, and they seem happy enough pinned up next to my desk.

It’s been sort of a quiet weekend so far - I wandered down to the beach earlier before it got hot in a rare display of summery tradition, et cetera. I’m not really a fan of the beach and its attendant joys of sun and outside. I’m particularly keen to avoid sand in most situations, but all in all I’d call the excursion a successful one. I do, after all, like the water. I don’t like it this much, maybe, but it’s not bad.

The summer reading list continues: I’m just now diving into The Name Of the Rose on a friend’s recommendation. I think I saw the movie years ago, on PBS or something, but I don’t really remember it at all so I’m sure it will be a great read. Also picked up Your Blue-Eyed Boy at the Strand, also on a recommendation. I haven’t finished either yet so I can’t give either one a definitive thumbs up, but I’m enjoying both so far. After I finish these, there’s another stack waiting next to the bed. Mmm, more books.

I’ve been toying with the idea of watching Germany vs Brazil tomorrow morning but do I really want to get up at 6:30am to watch soccer? I suppose I could watch the replay at 12:30 but that’s definitely cheating. We’ll see how much enthusiasm I can muster when my alarm goes off in the morning.