Summer Plans!

[h2orowe]

Yep. That time has come. Or IS coming, for me at least. Summer vacation. Time to take breaks from school, and lounge around. Any plans?! ANYTHING?!


For me.. I'm going to Anime Expo, hopefully all 4 days, to meet some OP9ers. I'ma start exercisin' again.. I've let myself get into the worst shape of my life right now tbfh, and I need to lose weight, because I feel like surfing this Summer.

One of my Finnish friends is gonna be in the next town over from mine for a week as she tours all over California. I am extremely excited about that. It'd be fun to show someone California firsthand, as a little tour guide.

Unfortunately, I have like 3 weeks of Summer school. However, I'll be studying either way, because I need to practice my Finnish and my Italian this Summer. Then I plan on reading and writing a shitloads.

Oh! In addition to that exercise category, I plan on practicing Jeet Kun Do :cool: so I can get better at it. Anyway... YOUR PLANS?!

[Vic_Rattlehead]

I'm gonna be in Japan over the summer! :D WOO!

[Jay]

It's winter.

[Vic_Rattlehead]

It's winter.

Haha, crazy Aussies!

[Jay]

stfu and gtfo :(

[Vic_Rattlehead]

Love you guys really! :D As can be seen with the rising of British immigrants in your country! (Or so I'm told!)

[Jay]

Yeah, all the British immigrants that made this lovely floating prison home. >_>

[Lea]

I'm traveling around Southern California... May visit Mexico too.

[h2orowe]

Really Lea? What areas? :watson: Maybe we can meet up =D

[Lea]

I'll be north of LA in Camarillo, LA, San Bernardino area, Palm Springs (hellish in summer... but my family has property there), and San Diego.

[h2orowe]

I'm in Orange County. =o try to get a ride to Northern Orange County if you can. My mom is absolutely worthless for rides. -_-;

[MeneerDijk]

I'll probably be working my ass of all summer for minimum wage.

[akitaka]

^same

And taking college art classes to keep by creatively busy/competitive. I'm already owning the current class :-D

[Soli]

I'm going to the beach for two weeks!

[harper]

sleep
read
play softball and tennis
get a new dog
go to Chicago for a weekend

[Knife-Fingered Sue Sanderson]

I got a job at my dad's office doing data entry for $12/hour (woot nepotism!), going to Europe for two weeks in July, and just getting ready to move back to Japan to "teach" English.

[4letterwords]

Summer classes so I can finish my degree. I'm also working. I should be going back to Japan in November, so thank god I avoided the hot Japanese summer again. If anyone wants to vacation in Tampa bay (wink wink) you MUST contact me.

[blank slate]

I plan on doing the sweetest thing of all...nothing.

[Radiance]

Summer is just another season out of the work year. :O Get used to it. :D

[SlickWilly440]

Summer is just another season out of the work year. :O Get used to it. :D

That is why for those of us that are still in school need to cherish every minute of our summer time, and not waste any of it. Because one day we will all have to get full time jobs and work long hours even during the summer. And while we are working, we will reminisce those long summer days when life was simpler (b/c mooching from parents) and wish they could go back to that time.

Am I on to something here?

[RandomPasserby]

I plan to catch up on my studies and to get a summer job with 8 hours a day, 20+ days a month, 8+ €/h.

[Kusoyaro]

-buy guitar and drums for my bro/sis' b-day
-move back into and redecorate my parents house
-finally take my cfp exam/intern at merrill lynch if i get in
-buy a new car
-visit my bro in ny for a few days

was supposed to leave for a 2 month backpacking trip across europe last saturday but I tore my tendons again, so fuck eh?

[Zslash]

I plan on getting a summer job as a temp at my mom's work, going to a karate tournament in august, and organizing a paintball run late this month.

[Mechs]

I'm headed for FT. Benning, Georgia to start Basic Combat Training (BCT). It's going to take all summer and up until late October.

I can't wait :D.

[Kwiz]

That is why for those of us that are still in school need to cherish every minute of our summer time, and not waste any of it. Because one day we will all have to get full time jobs and work long hours even during the summer. And while we are working, we will reminisce those long summer days when life was simpler (b/c mooching from parents) and wish they could go back to that time.

Am I on to something here?

You're definitely on to something. It's the reason why my summer will be spent building up my website-making skills, fleshing out a new science fiction universe which has been on the back burner, and reading as much as possible. I've only got a few more of these generously long breaks.

[Kleshya]

1. Work
2. Housewife/mom
3. Going back to school this summer
4. Playing WoW with my husband when we actually have free time...not foreseeing much of that in the near future though

[Radiance]

I'm headed for FT. Benning, Georgia to start Basic Combat Training (BCT). It's going to take all summer and up until late October.

I can't wait :D.

I'm so sorry. You get to learn what both mosquitoes and humid weather are.

[Mechs]

It can't be that bad.....right?

[sakana]

I leave for Japan on the 13th and get back on the 27th. Then I am going to Summerfest almost every day to see some pretty good bands. Then it's my birthday. Then we have a huuuuuuge party for my sister who graduated high school, my other sister who graduated college, and my dad who graduated grad school all this year. And then we'll be halfway through July and I guess I'll get a job and work for the rest of the summer.

[Radiance]

It can't be that bad.....right?

Its not -that- bad... unless you're in the woods. The heat hasn't gotten too bad yet, but for your sake I hope its a mild summer. As far as the mosquitoes, Ft. Benning is away from most civilization, not too far away from Columbus, GA but thats not a very big town. As far as I know they don't spray chemicals in the air for the mosquitoes like they do in Atlanta. So odds are you're going to want bug spray, a lot of it. ;)

[RandomPasserby]

In Soviet Russia, butterfly sucks your blood!

[CrazyAce86]

1. Working. A lot.

2. Hanging out with my cousin and his girlfriend and others.

3. Sleeping. A lot.

4. My usual thing of making graphics and stuff.

5. Write a smutfic or two for this one LJ Challenge Comm.

6. Get my permit.

7. Get a car.

8. Learn to drive.

9. Lose weight. (Ha ha. [/sarcasm])

10. Meet an online friend.

[Mechs]

Its not -that- bad... unless you're in the woods. The heat hasn't gotten too bad yet, but for your sake I hope its a mild summer. As far as the mosquitoes, Ft. Benning is away from most civilization, not too far away from Columbus, GA but thats not a very big town. As far as I know they don't spray chemicals in the air for the mosquitoes like they do in Atlanta. So odds are you're going to want bug spray, a lot of it. ;)

Good to know. Thanks for the advice :D.

[mochyan]

1. sleep
2. summer school at a JC before i head off to a UC
3. chilling with friends before we all split up
4. my belated bday/graduation/bro's bday/father's day bash
5. getting over a stupid boy
6. shopping
7. get my license
8. go to AX hopefully
9. enjoy mom's cooking before i head off to college
10. hang out with my bros + cousins
11. go to the aquarium <3
12. go to a zoo
13. playing in SF with all my homies there
14. buying crap for my dorm
15. playing games

[harper]

Well my summer plans just got shot to hell.

Today started out pretty well. I was able to sleep in a bit. I went over to my parents house and we went to see a movie and then I went to play softball.

Softball also started out pretty well. I got a hit and scored a run in the first inning and made 5 plays at third base to get people out in the first 3 innings. Then I went for a foul pop up and ended up stepping on the bottom part of the fence and ruptured my right achilles tendon. Game over for me.

I have to call and make an appointment with an orthopedic specialist tomorrow, but it looks like surgery and then whatever recovery period comes with that. I didn't really feel any pain from the injury, but I knew something was wrong right away because it felt kind of funny.

At least it didn't happen last week when school was finishing up. This was the first real day of my summer vacation. What fun.

[Lea]

I just booked the flight!

I'm going to Mexico for sure from the 9th-22nd of August! Going to travel down from Mexico City to Cancun. Will be stopping for a few days in Oaxaca, San Cristobal (Chiapas), and Merida along the way. I'm so excited! Climbing ruins, shopping, beach time... yay! :)

[Random]

I have a week to go, and then I'm free.
I.. don't have any plans :(

[Jay]

I just booked the flight!

I'm going to Mexico for sure from the 9th-22nd of August! Going to travel down from Mexico City to Cancun. Will be stopping for a few days in Oaxaca, San Cristobal (Chiapas), and Merida along the way. I'm so excited! Climbing ruins, shopping, beach time... yay! :)

:( I officially envy you.

[ZylitoL]

1. Chill @ Korea
2. Study SATs
3. Go to Japan
4. Watch 400 movies.

[seiji]

1. Get minimum 3.50 in last class to avoid awkwardness over freshly purchased cum laude announcements.
2. Gradjamacate collidge.
3. ????
4. PROFIT.

[Roxie]

Well, I work as I please mon-friday (sat & sun I must work). I sleep over my best girls house 3-4 nights a week..if not more.

I've already been to Miami.

I'm going to Dragon*Con 07 and staying at one of the hotels...but that's acutally in September...

I plan staying over my sister's house cause she's got a new puppy.

I plan on losing weight.

[Roxie]

Good to know. Thanks for the advice :D.
Uh, I don't know why Radiance told you those...things, but they're not completely true. For Shame, Radiance!

The humidity isn't "that bad" only b/c we're in a very severe drought.
It's still 85-93 everyday.

[seiji]

^Amen. I think we've had even less rain here in Athens than you guys in ATL (huge banks of thunderstorms roll right up to us, then mysteriously open up a little bubble of dryness and pass on...), but it's still 90F and 90% humidity, dawn to dusk daily.

And I'm still walking to class. I must be retarded.

[Stephy]

Summer class: Microbiology lab and lecture.
Get a temporary job to pay my dad 1,400+ so I don't get kicked out.
Renew my CPR license. Get drug test done for nursing. Renew Nurse aide license.
Go to Iowa for two weeks and see Shan.
Think that's it.

[h2orowe]

School got out today :cool:

[Eddie Echoplex]

*Go to the south of Mexico
*Go to Belize

[harper]

I plan on losing weight.

I plan on that every year. Some years it works better than others.