Find yourself in a blogging rut? Try studying! I haven't been able to think about anything but writing a blog entry for two days! I have a telecourse to start and finish within the next week, but the only notes I took during the first set of DVDs (which my super awesome brother, Adam, watched with me) were funny quotes that I wanted to remember to tweet later. Oops! Anyway, I've decided to post them for you here instead. Enjoy!

Quotes from Us:

• Who knew that God wore Transitions lenses?
• Something something Carrot Top's mom. Wait, is Carrot Top two words? I can't believe I just Googled that.
• He sounds like Cleveland from Family Guy! But with a speech impediment.
• Dude, it is like a rabbit's foot exploded from his chin.
• Why do they all have bad beards?

Quotes from Narrators:

• Bacon himself is such a young whippersnapper.
• He stormed and peglegged around.

Words That Didn't Sound Legit But Actually Are:

• Triumphalist.
• Contradistinction.

Congratulations! Now you know as much about U.S. history as I do. Go run for office!

Chase just sent me a new credit card in the mail today, and it has one of those little chips in it that says, "I'm too lazy to actually swipe my card and sign my name. I would like an easier way to bury myself in debt. Perhaps I can just prop my fat rolls against the counter here, so the magic card reader can detect the magic fairy dust in my piece of plastic." All I have to do is half-heartedly hold my card near the reader and wait for some lights to flash. That's it. What does that mean for me? Buying my weight in tacos and cinnamon twists will now require zero effort. Awww yeah. Time to go stimulate that economy.

Summer To-Do List:

• Take Latin ballroom dancing lessons.
• Bring baked goods to an elderly neighbor.
• Convert all our old home videos to digital formats.
• Scan in all our picture albums and organize them in a Flickr account.
• Learn five new phrases in French.
• Spend an evening looking at stars through the telescope with my dad.
• Stop by the local library once a week to learn something new.
• Have a picnic in the park, complete with basket and checkered blanket.
• Dance in the rain.
• Eat a funnel cake at the county fair with my mom.
• Visit at least two museums.
• Write a letter to my grandmother every week.
• Finish reading all the books I've started over the years.
• Challenge my little brother to a game of HORSE.
• Make s'mores.
• Create a giant mural on the driveway using chalk.
• Host a barbecue.
• Build a sandcastle.
• Catch fireflies.
• Fly a kite.

I might not do even half the things on that list, but it's fun to imagine a cheery, golden summer so full of fun that I am constantly sore from laughter. What would be on your ideal summer to-do list?