Don't forget to GET OUT AND VOTE TODAY!!!!!!

If you don't vote, you can't complain later.

PEACE

So, it's official. I am done smoking (finally!). Last week, Wednesday evening to be exact, I had my last cancer-causing, nicotine-infested bad habit. But damnit, it never tasted so good. Knowing it's your last is almost sad in a way. I've developed a relationship with cigarettes over the past 10 years or so. I mean, that's a hardcore breakup! ( Read more... )

I love that the weather is finally getting cooler! Over the weekend it was still so hot in Chicago. I just ran around the corner to the convenience store for shredded cheese (taco night!) and it was so cold! YAY! I know I'm happy about it now, but soon I'll be complaining since my only mode of transporation is my feet. Well, I could take cabs, but ( Read more... )

So, my new adventure in the diet and exercise industry is Pilates. My first appointment was last Thursday with my friend Caitlin and her roommate. Pilates is very expensive so we found a place where we can take a private lesson with an apprentice and it's only $20 a session, down from $30! We got there and the apprentice said she is only supposed ( Read more... )

I MISS ... michigan ( Read more... )

this weekend has been extremely relaxing, I must say. Friday night we went to see 30 Seconds to Mars and the Congress. It was awesome! The show was so cool. They had three bands opening and they were all pretty good, except for the third (I could've lived without). Jared Leto was cool, it was weird seeing him in a band, as opposed to on TV. ( Read more... )

I thought this day would never come!!  YAY!!!!!!!!

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE! 

Friday:  Didn't do much, went to Heaven on Seven and ate Gumbo, Red Beans & Rice and Cajun Chicken Crispers or something.  It was really good, but Scott and I had stomach aches, therefore fighting for the one and only bathroom in our condo!  haha.  We watched Star Wars VI (is that the right sign for 4?)...and it was very good ( Read more... )

Astronomers: Pluto No Longer a Planet

The Associated Press
Published August 24, 2006, 9:17 AM CDT

PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.

After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos ( Read more... )

walking by Crate & Barrel yesterday morning, I noticed that there is this built-in conveyor belt underneath the ground!  This is how they get all the boxes into C&B!  can you believe it?  It was so cool ( Read more... )