This entry is very overdue. The events occurred July 7-9.Last weekend Aaron and I ventured back to our college stomping grounds of Edinboro University for a three-day food and friend extravaganza. The trip, planned a month or more ago by Aaron and Pudlak, was originally intended to be a complete surprise to me, but the two had to reveal the plan ( Read more... )

Is it racist to think that black and Latino children are infinitely cuter and more tolerable than their sniveling white counterparts? Maybe it's just my neighborhood, but the little black girl in McDonald's who kept yelling "Hola!" to me was actually highly acceptable.

Wednesday, February 8, 2006:

Morning cuddles,
birthday milk,
pink roses,
schnauzer brooch,
McBirthday dinner,
(surprise) party,
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL" cupcakes.

Thursday, February 9, 2006:

Frozen van,
Olive Garden - lasagna, black-tie mousse cake, singing waitresses = embarassment,
white puppies,
impOrtant firsts.

Friday, February 10 ( Read more... )

I love my Dobler so very much. Aaron and I are the best couple ever. (This is the part where you roll your eyes ( Read more... )

So should I kick and twist and scream, / or could I just lay back and dream and think of summer? / Oh, there'd be no one else around / just you and I and the sound of us breathing together. / Stuck in this crumbling little town / we'd be happy just to lie down there forever.

-The Push Stars, "Any Little Town"I realize there's been a series of ( Read more... )

Today was Easter, and it was a very "hoppy" (that's "happy" in obnoxious Easter-speak) day ( Read more... )

My birthday was Tuesday. I'm 22. If you know me, you know why that is a big deal ( Read more... )

So, I have this head-cold - this really awful head-cold. It's been getting worse since Friday afternoon (beginning with a slight tickle in my face - a "face-cold," if you will), and this morning it's complete chaos. I do believe that ALL LIQUID IN MY FACE is running - no, POURING - out my nose and eyes. Mhm ( Read more... )

I am in a curiously optimistic and happy mood today ( Read more... )

Friday night I woke Aaron at 7 p.m. and dragged him to McDonald’s. I love McDonald's. I had a cheeseburger (naturally) and a chocolate shake, which I believe was the best shake ever made. Ever. Aaron would be talking, and I’d be sipping away at the chocolate-y goodness faking interest… Wait ( Read more... )