Respond to my e-mail, please!

Hey all,

The title actually has nothing to do with this post - just a friendly reminder. Do it if you haven't...please. :)

So sorry for my blog-related negligence... I swear, I was busy fending off all sorts of perils to posterity in the Beinecke - like map-collectors names Mr. Smiley who come with their own exacto-knives (ask me if you want the whole story) and stupid Explo kids who get stuck in the revolving doors because they don't know how to push... but overall it's been a good summer.

I work with the most awesome people who I really wouldn't have gotten to know otherwise... a girl on the women's Crew team, a literature major who loves Russian, an actor who has a self-proclaimed weakness for strange plays, and a quirky piano major in the Yale School of Music who has about 6 degrees and snorts when she laughs. We had fun... most of it involved playing in the glass tower with our walkie-talkies and taking absurdly long breaks in the Beinecke lounge while struggling with the NYTimes crossword.

Some fun stuff that I've handled this summer: THE GUTENBERG, the Audobon books (huge, by the way), a real samurai sword that's like...100 years old, every letter Langston Hughes has ever written....ever, a bunch of Japenese scrolls from the 1800s, decks of playing cards from any country imaginable, first editions of about 12 Shakespeare plays...
the list goes on. :) It's so hard not to get distracted when they sent me to find something for a patron... but then, sometimes, I'm forced to do really stupid things like photocopying, counting, and alphabetizing... which is usually when I catch up on my facebooking. Erm.

Other news... my brother arrived today from Chicago (my mom drove him out - crazy woman; she said to tell you all hi and that our house is too quiet without our "Dream" rehearsals. :)). He's staying with me at Luther House for two weeks until school starts, and then moving into L-Dub (he's in Pierson)... he's *also* working at the Beinecke with me...eesh. The real reason he's here early is because my mom was getting tired of him... he'll say he wanted to "explore the campus and everything Yale has to offer before everyone else arrives!" but don't listen to him.

I miss you all SO much! It was really great to see Keiji, Brady, and Emma this weekend... and David, Dee Dee, and Jennie earlier this summer... and John, Jill, and Darrick in New York! But living in New Haven in the summer is really very lonely compared to the rest of the year. I can't WAIT for retreat. :) I've developed an unhealthy dependence on Payne Whitney (seriously... it's closing for 10 days and I feel my world crashing around me) and the Starbucks at Chapel and High. Mmmm iced chai...

Right now I'm babysitting... the little girl is in bed - 2 years old - so cute and so LOUD when she doesn't get what she wants. But whatever. She's sleeping (they're always better that way) and I'm getting paid $8/hour to blog. Wooooot!

Another short story: I have to move ALL my furniture out of my room tomorrow night because my landlord wants to get new carpeting in there when there's nothing wrong with my carpet and I'm moving out because of retreat in a week anyway but he won't wait so I have to carry all this stuff out by myself??? I think I'll make my brother do it. Actually, that I'll make my brother at least help me is pretty much an absolute certainty. Grr.

David Leigh - you'd best be in New Haven when I get home tonight, yo.

Alright... many many hugs from a very hot and humid New Haven! I can't wait to see you guys next week!

Love Kate