derrick carter (sorry no pictures of the great dancers in the crowd) 

eli, ellen, jess, the stage and the sears tower. such a great time. claire was over there <----- and bryan was right there -----> 

death cab for cutie 

death cab lights 

it was just so pretty! 

oh and jess accidentally kicked over this tree 

and now some real pictures

here are some pictures from the lollapalooza crew that I really liked

weezer rockin out (we're in this picture) 

crowd during cake (i had no idea there were this many people there) 

skyline during weezer 

the skyline during set up 

pretty cool 

the crowd migrating between shows 

explosions in the sky

just a couple pictures from the trip to Carol Stream to see the fireworks that Jess promised would change my life. They pretty much did. The finale was almost painfully beautiful. My eyes (nor my camera) could handle it. I love fireworks so much.

Other activities: Alex's first stop at Iowa 80 (I don't think she was very impressed), creepy guys car-stalking us between construction zones on 88, a BBQ at Dan's (complete with a visit from a kid I took to a house party when he was 14), swimming and margaritas with Jess's parents, and musical soundtracks on the way home.

Happy Summer.

the fireworks really were amazing 

this is the awesome sequin-clad singer for the awesome band at carol stream's summerfest 

romantic comedies = porn

i don't know how boys get away with having any excuse for messing up romance.

step one: be colin firth

step two: watch all hugh grant movies

commence

movin on up

i have a place to live

4316 Daniel Pl SE

Vicki called about work stuff then up and offered to have me move in. It might be weird living with my boss but she's so great and so is her family. And they have a dog and a garden and only drink organic milk. Oh man I can't wait. Liz and I have always joked about camp Vicki - I get it for half a year. I'm so excited.

I still don't know when I'm moving in but that's ok. Hooray!

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I just realized that I never posted these pictures. John and Barbara (my team leaders) sent us some pictures of Sheffield a while ago. Here they are.