Eclipse and Arcade Fire (yeah in the same title)

So since the last post may not have ended as happily as the rest have been I promise- no depressing thoughts today!

Last night, ohmegee, went to the midnight premiere of Eclipse with S and her aunt (and I really don't care that half of you will no longer take me seriously for the rest of my life), it was so fun! They also agree that popcorn should be mixed with m&m's and are down with sharing drinks. I think I may have found the perfect movie-going pair.

At the moment I am sitting in my *much cooler room, thanks to a slight weather change that has occurred up here, while R watches the bachelorette- not gonna lie, whoever these boys are vying after sounds like a total ditz.

Work today was a mix of slow with hectic pockets in between. Adam Levine was somewhere wandering around and I made sure I tagged him in my tweet, just in case he decided to stop by Intern Alley. Then lunch with Wil Dana etc, and more questions on McCrystal, and magazines in a digital world, and I haven't once been depressed about the future of print up here. In class they try to scare you by being as honest as possible about the risk print faces in the digital age. Whether they're trying to weed out those without passion, or convince those that have it that there is still something worth fighting I'm not sure? But I know that up here the people who are living the fight day to day, adapting and adjusting themselves with the times, are just as sure of the future of the "glossies" as they've ever been. And it's pretty inspiring.

I'm in such a different mood today than on Monday, which only confirms the ever changing range of my emotions. No matter. Driving home in the taxi last night (the first since the awful phone incident), I loved how empty the streets looked. It's rare to find empty streets in the city and that's what I normally adore. But the lonely look of it all mixed with the cool night air was haunting and beautiful and made me ache. But a good aching- a kind where you're glad you're alive.

And now, I'm making plans for Fourth and for later, laying them all out next to schedules in the fall, and I want to pause and speed ahead all at once. I'm just very... content.

Anyone care to join me on August 5th for Arcade Fire and Spoon? Buy your tickets now and come jam out at MSG with me!

-Mandy