the briefest of updates

i'm not dead.

Grrr.

I am angry at my eldest sister. She is a big booger. The biggest.

Squeee!

Squeee! "Squee can be an exclamation, or interjection, of excited happiness or surprise, especially when referring to fangirls, or be a squeal of glee over something incredibly cute."

I bet Squee! in Spanish is still Squeee! Actually it's probably Esquee.

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Quote of the week: "How do you expect to sleep with the lead singer when you leave before the end of the show?"

I think this is an excellent example of how we must stick to our dreams. Believe! Stick it out (to the end of the show)! Do (the lead singer)!

I for one am embroidering that on a throw pillow.

just like leggings

I'm a trendsetter! Or a follower...whatev.

"College graduates, shaped by such events as Sept. 11, Hurricane Katrina and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, are applying to service organizations such as AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps in record numbers."

Interview on Friday. ssssh.

Smorgasbord

An interesting assortment of weekend activities...

Out with the girls for a pint at the Brickskeller (one. singular. from the world's largest beer list. savor each one.), learned all about oil drilling, practiced a little French, danced to AfroCaribe, ate phenomenal Greek/Turkish food at Zaytinya (phenomenal!), saw Pirates, celebrated ButterStick's birthday, got interviewed by some Girl Scouts, and still had a fair bit of time to sit around doing nothing.

Ah. Technology.

Andrew: Read an article the other day that made me think of you.
Me: scared to ask the topic of said article
Andrew: They built a phone with a breathalizer in it. Let's people know if they're ok to drive, but also disables certain numbers to prevent drunk dialing.
Me: i heard that!

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I'm back from the wilds of South Carolina! Three days of breakfast, beach, lunch, beach, dinner, beach, sleep. Aaaah. Charleston is byootiful. Penny's fam damnily is lovely. And I apparently have some heat-related skin condition that makes me itch like a mofo.

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Absence makes the heart grow fungus.