I was so proud of the food i cooked that i took a picture

As part of my weird news design schedule, my weekend was today and yesterday, which really meant I had most of a three-day weekend to do what I wanted. So what did I do?
Today I felt bad just sitting around all day, so I got up (relatively) early and rode my bike into Dinkytown – the Village of the Cities – and found a local coffeeshop. It's something I've been meaning to do, and since now I have all my mornings free, it seemed like a good idea. I had a delicious cranberry muffin and an iced latte in a coffee mug. I've always thought that things are better out of a coffee mug, and I was really glad to see this place felt the same way. After that, I read for a while before going grocery shopping and cleaning the apartment. Fascinating, I know, but I really felt independent. Then I came home and cooked, which I love. I would do it more, but I hate having a lot of leftovers, and most of the things I cook tend to be a lot more than I can eat by myself. So Steph helped me eat what I made – tomato-basil fettuccini with zucchini, green pepper and tomatoes sautéed with garlic, and French bread. It was delicious. I took a picture.

Oh yeah, and it was the Fourth of July Saturday. Some friends came over to my apartment and we walked a few blocks to the Stone Arch Bridge to watch fireworks over the Mississippi. It was a lot of fun.

What else has happened... I went with Karlee, another intern, to a show by the White Rabbits at a little bar close to where we both live. Minneapolis has so many good bands come play, it's crazy. White Rabbits was a great show - they have a lot of drums in their music, so it was a loud show, but crazy good. Here's a video of my favorite song they played.



And I switched from features to news design. Not by choice, but I'm starting to like it more and more. It's a challenge to get all the stories to fit on the pages and make them look nice, as well as to work with the news and photo editors to decide which stories go where and the best presentation. Right now I've been working on the inside of the A section, which is the first part you look at when you get the newspaper. It's mostly nation/world articles, and most of the stuff comes from the Associated Press. This is good, they tell me, because we don't have to wait for our local writers to finish their stories, and we don't have to worry about house fires or car crashes happening late at night. I think eventually I work on the B section, where those local things go, but lately it's just been A: six to eight pages of content staff writers don't work on. I like it.