Hey guys, I'm not sure what name this is under, but this is Sebastian for those who didn't know or weren't sure. It's great to hear that all of you guys are doing so well and having a grand ol' time this summer. I'm sorry I've failed to keep in touch with many of you this past semester; to put it lightly, it was a bizarre semester for me. But I'm glad everyone is having fun.

As for myself, I'm doin pretty well. It was around the first week of June that I got an email for an internship in Boston. A few days later, landed myself a job. I'm interning for a publishing company in Cambridge, the Perseus Books Group. I work in the Permissions Department, meaning that I help them grant other companies/universities/people in general the licenses to reprint or republish anything to which Perseus owns the rights. Its an interesting business, and since I'd like to publish some of my own work one day, its a great way to find out what the hell actually goes on. Perseus publishes mostly nonfiction stuff, but its good stuff. For example, they gave me a free copy of this book on Bob Dylan that's a collection of photos taken early on in his career (the photographer literally just followed him around and took pictures of his everyday life, its pretty cool). They also own the rights to the book Friday Night Lights, and they acquired those rights just before the movie came out, so they made ridiculous cash from it. The job is really cool, it's very laid back, my supervisors are awesome people. The upsides are that its a great job, its in a great location (Cambridge Center), and I only have to work three days a week! The downside? I have to commute to Boston for each of those days from RI. Essentially, this means 4 hours of traveling a day, (40 minute drive to the T at South Attleboro, hour train ride, 10-15 mintue subway, 5 mintue walk, then the same process backwards to get home), plus my actual work hours. Grueling, but manageable, and the job is fun.

What else? Oh yeah, my family is moving (though its within the same town), so we've been keeping the house obsessively clean, because the realtor can literally call at any time and tell us that they're taking people to see the house in like 10 minutes. It's friggin irritating.

My oldest brother Matt just got married yesterday. He had a small ceremony in Providence, on the Brown Campus with our family and his wife's family. It was really nice, and it was a great day for the wedding too. We all went out to dinner afterwards, and then to WaterFire (i'll explain later for those who don't know what that is). Matt's wife, Courtney, is a really great girl, and I'm glad he's happy (it's weird to think that I have a sister-in-law). The wedding party is on a separate day, since they're gonna tour Europe and go to another wedding in Spain for a friend of theirs. The party, my friends, is going to be an epic Moscardi event that may very well disrupt the spacetime continuum.

But yeah, thats life on my end. I hope everyone's summer continues to go well! And I promise I'll try to be funnier next time. Peace

Sebastian

You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet might be running loose in your pants...
- Calvin and Hobbes