We always suspected the cheeseburgers were controlling us! And finally, new research vindicates all us junk food addicts. A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas discovered that fat from certain foods (ice cream and burgers, yummm) heads right to the brain. The fat molecules make the brain tell the body to keep on eating, even if we are full. Who knew food was that sneaky? Here are some other controlling foods to watch for.

Sparklers, while Dan has been blogging Twilight and now New Moon, you've been writing plenty of posts suggesting things that you could be reading over the summer (in addition to SparkLife, naturally). Now it's time for a check-in.

Have you been working your way through every book on your summer list? Or maybe with summer jobs, summer love, Harry Potter 6, friends, sleep, and a million other daily distractions, William Faulkner hasn't been so much on your mind. And maybe, if you're anything like us, you're starting to get that icky under-accomplished feeling every time you look at the teetering book tower in the corner of your bedroom.

So what's to be done about those nagging feelings of midsummer underachievement?

Remember Thagsana? Of course you do! She's BACK in full effect. Yay! —SparkNotes editors

Ahh, summer, the light at the end of every student's tunnel. After nearly a year of staying up late to finish semi-pointless schoolwork, ignoring a teacher's wave in the halls in an effort to avoid the mortifying "her-teacher-is-her-best-friend" label, and putting up with gag-inducing cafeteria specials such as "Crunchy Tuna Surprise," summer has never felt so good. That is, of course, unless you're sitting in summer school. [Cue the horror music.]

Instead of frolicking amongst the flowers while singing Grease's "Summer Nights," summer-schoolers enjoy a...different lifestyle than that of out-of-schoolers. By different, I mean different in all senses:

Using clever, esoteric methods to measure personality is all the rage right now (*cough*Facebook*cough). Which Muppet are you? Kermit, you say? I guess that means you’re responsible, nurturing, and reliable. Which cloud formation are you? A cumulonimbus—huh. You must be tall, dense, and stormy. Personally, we’ve had it with these things. So we decided to figure out the one sure-fire personality predictor, and lay this issue to rest once and for all. What did we come up with? Ice cream.

Yup, it's true. According to our vast experience (we're known by name at the local Baskin-Robbins), ice cream can be a strong indicator of personality. Depending on what flavor you choose, we're pretty sure we can describe you in detail. Don't believe us? Guess what, we're gonna prove our powers of prediction right here, right now.

Clear your mind. Picture a cool, glimmering bowl of dairy goodness, or a sugary cone topped with creamy cold perfection. Smell it. Feel the frost tickling your nose hairs. Sense the icy draft rising up to your chin and cheeks. Now, taste. What flavor just melted over your taste buds? Read on to find out what this says about you.