Things that I've recently (and not so recently) fallen in love with.

I have far too much time to read and spend money on unnecessary products now that school is over! I forget every year but my university is 84,000 times more amazing in the summer.

1. The book Submarine by Joe Dunthorne. New author to me but incredibly witty and fun. Sarcasm and inanity always win me over. An added bonus: he likes to amp-up your vocab, starting off each chapter with a new word and incorporating the definition in... somehow. (Example: apothegm- a blunt remark, conveying some important truth). Also, as it takes place in Wales, there are people with names like Arwen, Chips, and Rhian.2. Mochi ice cream in all forms. If you're Asian or know anyone even remotely Asian, you've probably already had mochi ice cream. BUT WAIT! This week I (we) discovered 2 new varieties that make me love that little continent even more.

• Mini mochi's: indvidually wrapped, about the size of a Ferro Rocher, delightful! Came in green tea, vanilla, and "pink" flavors... which I can only assume is red bean.
  
• Mochi ice cream TO GO: Comes with 2 good-sized ice-cream balls (that actually, do in fact look like testicles when left in the car for too long) and a teensy tiny spoon/fork/chopstick to eat them with. While the utensil is in no way helpful, they are also, delicious.

3. Films by Pedro Almodovar. Not new in my life but I was reminded how much I love his films while watching Todo sobre mi madre. I love fairly everything this man produces but my favorite has been La mala educacion so far. Note: don't watch unless you are comfortable with death and transvestites and can handle reading subtitles if you don't speak Spanish. This is the original cover, not the lame version (despite Gael's face gracing the cover) that came out in America.
[Additional side note: while trying to take Todo sobre mi madre out of the library, I was given a comically condescending lecture on the use of a "VHS tape" and was told (reminded?) that it would not, in fact, work in a dvd player. Thank you $80,000 education].