twenty-something

Don't forget -- today is Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day!

(It's also my sister's 14th birthday. Happy Birthday, Marissa!)

Free Cone Day is an annual madhouse where fools line up around the block for a free scoop of B&J's famous ice cream. The company -- which started right here in Burlington and is now owned by multi-national Unilever -- pulls out all the stops to thank its customers for twenty-eight years of prosperity. The "Free Cone" tradition began in '79, the year before I was born. Imagine -- something sweet from VT that's older than me!

Personally, I'd rather just go to the scoop shop tomorrow and shell out $3 for a cone to avoid the zoo. But you? You should totally go.

If I went, I'd get Sweet Creme & Cookies, my new fave flavor. What would you pick?

Check out B&J's official site for more details and for a participating store near you!

Damn. I really sound like they are paying me to say this. But really? I'm just a proud Vermonter and a fat kid at heart, happy to sing praise for one of our state's finest dairy products.

Amen, Ice Cream God. Amen.

I am moving to New York City. For real.

Now, it may just be for the summer, from June until September, and I'm still headed to Boston whenever I leave the Big Apple -- but I'll be living in Union Square with my best bud Greg in a month or so. I don't know what I'll be doing besides living at this point, meaning I have no job (NYC readers, any leads?) -- but things will work out, as they tend to do, and this summer will rock.

Yee haw.

20sum has been quiet as I try to figure all this stuff out (thanks for missing me, Michael!). Life is busy here as the semester winds down and I struggle to stay engaged with work as I have one foot out the door... Once next week is over, things return to normal (somewhat) as I begin the process of packing and leaving, "graduating" and saying good-bye to Burlington.

Spring has sprung...

Looks like I'll be in New York this July 4th, and I'll be seeing Madonna (my second time) on July 2nd at Madison Square Garden for her Confessions Tour.

I fucking love Madonna. It's probably the gayest thing about me besides, you know, cocksucking and throwing a frisbee. And I fucking love Madonna live. Such a good show.

Greg writes of his "euphoria" (which I share with him) on his MySpace blog:

So I bought Madonna tickets this morning! There's a whole heroic crazy-mad story, but I don't feel like typing it all, and due to my state of utter euphoria, my head hurts and my hands and feet and tingly numb. Anyway I'm super-psyched, though they're not the best seats they are DEAD CENTER which is mainly what I was going for.

I'm partly embarassed to be typing this, but this will be the 4th time I've seen her in concert and the 5th time I've seen her life, having seen her dining with Gweneth Paltrow on that fateful day (October 13, 1999). Um yeah. So I'm a dork. But, when she's not touring or God-forbid dead, I will only regret all the times I didn't get up at 7am and spend $500 for tickets to see her, not the times I did.

(Yes I spent $500, but I bought 5 tickets, don't judge me).

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