So pokium has a blog too! No, I wasn't led here by summer boredom. I've wanted to follow Chowse's and Terence's footsteps and make a blog since whenever it was that they made theirs. I think I even signed up for a blogger account, but it didn't have comments and I was disappointed.... anyway I learned how to use Greymatter today and had fun pottering around with the design. Now I've created another means of procrastination for when I do have work to do, and I get to worry if anyone ever reads this and if anyone will comment! :) Isn't it lovely how we like to create garbage which we then feel obliged to maintain?

Of course, I haven't any news at present. My summer's been uneventful... but in my anticipation for September and University I've hardly noticed how swiftly it's passing! Between reading and "doing pretty work" at home and going out for birthdays and swimming I really do entertain myself nicely. Yet — everything— is semi-embittered by the fact that no one wanted to hire me. I know finding a job is just luck but... isn't it strange how people tell you you have a great background and then it doesn't seem to amount to anything? If it weren't for that and for how I loved last summer so much I should be very happy. All my other summers I dreaded the return of school with something which was much more than mere panic. And there were some summers where I felt wretchedly lonely. This summer's free of both. It's also my second last summer before co-op, so very likely it's my last "real" unoccupied summer! I wonder if adults ever miss having summers, I never knew summers were a precious privilege of childhood.