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i am safe and sound in st. paul.

i was about 4 or 5 miles away from the bridge that collapsed when it happened.

for any of you that have friends and family in the area, i hope they are safe as well.

if you could spare a few moments, head on over to ( Read more... )

1. Can you cook? yes, but i don't do it very often. hopefully that'll change now that i have my fabulous new apartment ( Read more... )

yay for back-to-back snow days!!!!

i'm planning a movie marathon (mainly since i'm going to be living in an apartment with no furniture for a month and need some entertainment). the theme of it will be movies with people from the west wing, preferably "bad" movies (aka "american beauty" would be excluded, but "amber frey, witness for the prosecution" would definitely be included ( Read more... )

why do i even bother with my first name ( Read more... )

while i'm on my trip, there will be a website that folks back home can check to see what we're up to. they'll be posting pictures and posts from some of the people on the trip for each day ( Read more... )

the marquette women's basketball team is ranked.

it may only be a #24 rank in the new AP poll, but i'll take it!

it's exciting to have both the men's and women's teams be ranked.

i can't wait until the next game on wednesday.

( did any west wing fans find it amusing when. . . . )