It is Christmas Eve, and what have I been doing all day? Watching old Bond movies on Spike TV. and fretting about summer jobs. And I made Pesto. Very Christmassy, non? By the way, it must be said that Sean Connery is the best old Bond. Probably the best overall, but Pierce Brosnan is very hot. Who could decide? Certainly not me. Anyway, I had the ( Read more... )

I am so bad at updating. I actually considered modifying the date so it would seem like this was earlier. Hmm. My stomach hurts. I have to read for world religions. I have nothing interesting to say. Wow, I'm boring.

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my grandfather has died, so i will be in chicago for a while. we're leaving tomorrow and the funeral is monday, we'll likely be back tuesday or wednesday. steph, i'm sorry not to be here for your much-awaited return, email me your phone at your grandparents or something and i'll call you when i get back.

THANKS TO STEPH FOR POSTING THIS FUN QUIZ ( Read more... )

I just got back from seeing Shrek 2 and Mean Girls at the drive in. They were both really good, but the second one kind of got to me. Some of the things they did in that movie, or at least the spirit in which they were done, is familiar. The gossip and the backstabbing and the whispering and the 'i promised i wouldn't say anything, but...' and just ( Read more... )

Sybil's parents won't let her go to Ireland this year for several reasons, among which are the fact that they will likely be moving at the time we'd planned to go, and also that we might get bombed. I understand the first reason, but I wish they'd told us earlier. I think we're just going to plan for next year and add on England. I just hate that ( Read more... )

I know this is sort of wierd, but I wrote it after Benton died. Give me feedback if you want. I had just come from the CCM, so I wrote it thinking from a group perspective. It wasn't meant to be sent ( Read more... )

I have grilled out twice in the last week. Which is weird, since I had never exactly done that before. I am home now, and it has been very emotional, not usually in a good way. I didn't expect it to be such a tough adjustment. mostly because i didn't think a lot about it. Anyway, the wheels are turning to find an internship/job to pay for Ireland, ( Read more... )

(to be read with an English accent, such as might be found in colonial Africa)Weeeeelll, it has indeed been a while since I last posted. I have returned home, and the natives are restless. The one called mother has a strange misapprehension that I am seriously ill, possibly encouraged by the two naps I have taken in the 5 hours since I arrived ( ( Read more... )