YOU GUYS.

So while I'm busy with research and homework and things, I just have to share the latest accessory to my procrastination.

LIVE PUPPY CAM. Basically the greatest find ever.

Real life called. It needs me back for a bit.

I will get to blogging about my mom's trip out here soon. And maybe some other fun things.

But first I have real life to attend to. Online class work and Olympics research deadlines are starting to catch up with me. Good thing it's rainy on the Cape. It makes camping out inside a coffee shop a little less pitiful.

Mixed Tape Tuesday

In honor of the Tony Awards that took place Sunday: Broadway musical favorites

1. Defying Gravity - Wicked

2. Another Day - RENT

3. You Can't Stop the Beat - Hairspray

4. Cell Block Tango - Chicago

5. Chip On My Shoulder - Legally Blonde: The Musical

Want more? // Broadway Showtunes Radio // Hit Me Up On Broadway

Cool stories from the Cape

Though I am a journalism major and should pay major attention to the news all the time, to be honest I slack a bit. But I always notice that when I'm on internship, I pay a lot more attention.

[I know. Duh, right?]

But, this time around is a little different. The Cape Cod Times is a medium-size paper and produces a lot of local content. More than I've seen at other papers their size. Which is actually really awesome.

There's a lot of people from the Cape doing awesome things that I never would have guessed.

Like high school senior Mary Anne Marcondes, whose anti-bullying photo campaign has earned her a finalist spot in the Artists Wanted reception in New York City.

Or Lily Mae Harrington, an 18-year-old from the Cape who is on the upcoming season of 'The Glee Project.'

Then there is Chris Lambton, who was a 'Bachelorette' contestant that married a 'Bachelor' contestant and now they have an HGTV show titled 'Going Yard.' Did you get all that?

In 2010, Siobhan Magnus made it to the final 10 in 'American Idol' before being eliminated.

And then there's the newest star: the Cape Cod Bear. This fella apparently swam across the canal, and has since traipsed all through the Cape, all the way to Provincetown.

Needless to say, there is always something or someone interesting gracing the pages of this lovely newspaper. I'm pretty happy to be here, poor nightlife and all ;)

And a tradition was born

At a time when I had so many other things I should be doing — cleaning, sleeping, homework, planning my mom's trip to the Cape — you know, little things, I spent my time like this instead...

 

It started as just four of us, then grew a bit more. And then we decided we should just make Google+ Hangout a Thursday night tradition this summer. So I can guarantee there will probably be more people next week.

So despite it being 1:35 a.m. and I actually have things I have to do before I sleep, clearly, it was worth it.

Who says you can't have fun with friends 1,000 miles away?

I hope you enjoy that jank PicStitch treatment I spent a whopping 30 seconds on. ;)

You win some, you lose some

I guess no matter where you go there will be things you really love about a place, and then some things that just make you want to scream why.

For instance, I love so many things about my home state of Indiana. My family and friends, the country back roads, the small but progressive downtown of Indy, Indians games, sunsets over cornfields, blah blah blah. But I never fail to question all things good when it is 98 degrees and 99.9% humidity.

Enter Cape Cod. I was initially enamored with the landscape. I am used to one thing, and one thing only. Flat expanses of crops/grass/trees. But out here, you have green hills and rugged rock jetties and ocean. Just so much to look at.

And then there was the weather. Average summer highs are upper 70s, lower 80s from what I've found. That is without the awful humidity I'm accustomed to, so it's even better. Sure, it has been kind "cold" by summer standards lately, but as I'm told, "that's just springtime on the Cape." And I tell you, that is just fine with me.

Then there is the certain charm of all the little villages of Cape Cod, with adorable little shops that will keep you entertained for the good part of the afternoon. The quaintness almost borders on annoying, but not quite.

So what could possibly wrong?

Well, when you're a night person like me, it's the matter of boredom. Everything closes ridiculously early out here. And I think this statement is highlighted best by one fact: bars close at 1 a.m. Now, I'm not one big for going out, but I come from a place where bars are open until at least 3 a.m. But if the official nightlife is closing down that early, I figure you get the picture about how early everything else is closed. 

Come on Cape League baseball. Your beginning will be the one thing to save my evenings!