Happy Fourth of July! I'll be going over to my aunt/uncle/cousins' house later this afternoon. There will be BBQ, games, and fireworks - typical 4th of July festivities ( Read more... )

Today I spent my afternoon at a flea market. It was packed, and I have never seen it so crowded before. It wasn't too hot out, but the sun was really strong. I didn't wear any sunscreen, but it doesn't look like I got burned. Hopefully I'll have a bit of a tan. I'm still so very, very white. I did some people watching, which was kind of ( Read more... )

My dad has told me some things about his family before, and I always have trouble remembering them. He told some stories tonight, so I'm writing it here so I won't forget. Back in the day, his grandfather (his mother's father) was a cop in Chicago. He knew both Al Capone and Bugs Moran. Both Capone and Moran hated each other, but my dad ( Read more... )

-Jacob Cullen is the name of the main character in a book that I'm currently reading. I think I'm finding that waaaay too amusing. They've also called him Black Jacob a few times. Heh. But now he ruined it by going on the run and pretending his name is Rupert. Too bad he didn't pick something else Twilight related. Jacob Cullen makes Edward ( Read more... )

The weather is so nice right now. It's only in the forties, but it feels much warmer. The sun is super bright, and there's hardly any wind. It was actually hot in my car because of the sun, so I had to roll down the window a little bit. When I went to Google's homepage earlier, I noticed their graphic and realized that today is the first day of ( Read more... )

I'm at work right now doing absolutely nothing, so I decided to update the old lj. I've never posted from work before, so this is something new. As I mentioned before, my boss is on vacation, so I have nothing to do. Every morning I go to the post office and get the mail from our P.O. box. Once I get to the office I sort that mail, then check ( Read more... )