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So today is joe's birthday, not for much longer mind you, but whatever. So we went out to dinner tonight to this little italian restaurant on The Hill, called Zia's. An older couple (mid 60s) were dining next to us and as they were standing up to leave, this is the conversation they have ( Read more... )

Dear Bradley James-

Thank you so much for visiting joe and i in our new swanky pad in st. louis. It meant a lot. Joe says you are the kind of kid who makes fun.
come visit again soon, and perhaps bring some other people from mount pleasant who weren't cool enough to come down this time.

love-
cindy marie

Our first official houseguests just left for the airport. Ai and Mika, two young women from Japan, came to St. Louis with Joe's college pal Jeff yesterday to be considerably closer to the airport as their plane leaves at 9am. These two women are in school in Japan, currently studying academic english, in order to come over to the United States ( Read more... )

I am panicking about a life i will never have.

as I ate two nectarines this morning, i held two very rapt attentions. salinger and madeline, both sitting bolt upright, watching each piece as i cut it from the fruit. silly little monkeys. (i had real trouble spelling the plural of monkey ( Read more... )

I turned 22 today. however, it doesnt feel like any momentous occasion. Joe and I are celebrating tonight when he gets off of work. everyone else is at least four hours away. meh ( Read more... )

It's been about forever since I last updated, so i figured it was about time. i have been slacking on most things in my life; i have a million emails to send, a million phone calls to make, and a million little things to do. life has been crazy lately. I live in st. louis now, in the historic soulard neighborhood. If you still read this and ( Read more... )

okay so its been a while, quite a while in fact. here's the news of the moment. in three short weeks i will be a resident of missouri. it sounds better if i just say saint louis, but lets be honest, I will be a missourite (missourian?, oh i dont know ( Read more... )

all my bags are packed, im ready to go ( Read more... )