I was sitting on the sofa in my family's living room, playing The Sims 3 while my younger sister was playing some handheld Nintendo game. Our mother was seated on the love seat, checking her e-mail and Facebook. It was sometime between 5:30pm and 6:00pm EST when she announced that she needed a group hug. I asked her what was wrong and she pointed ( Read more... )

Last night was Tricia's first band concert. They didn't do too bad. Some people were flat and some were sharp but there wasn't as much squeaking coming from the reed instruments as I remember there being in my first band concert. The 7th and 8th grade bands sounded quite good. The auditorium was literally packed out. Being on the other side, ( Read more... )

My (Great) Uncle Tony died this morning. So...yeah. They're not sure what it was that actually killed him. He had AIDS. He'd gotten an infection and the doctors thought that maybe it had gotten to his heart or brain but both were fine. He'd been doing some illegal drugs.

Valentine's Day sucks ass.

So, I'm sitting at the computer (duh) attemping to write an essay on how and why the Catholic Church was so important and powerful during the middle ages (due tomorrow) and also trying to figure out how to word an answer to the class' online discussion about the five pillars of Islam and how they made the religion appealing and promote spirituality ( Read more... )