cruises: sailing to nowhere, and to wed katie holmes.
hello everyone!
i realize that it's been five-point-seven years since i last write. i apologize. i don't know why i haven't updated this in so long... i guess i always mean to and then i don't.
anyway i've been typing emails and such for a good hour and a half or so, and i have to admit, if i could write this entry in crayola marker instead of typing, i'd do it in a second. random? yes. true? yes.
i guess i should go random-thought style, just to organize the madness.
madness: there's really no madness to write about, just simple little randoms that have been happening in life. so i apologize if my use of the word "madness" made you think that i was going to have something exciting to say.
a letter from purchase college: today i got a letter from purchase. it was addressed to me and the envelope seemed kind of think and i was a little worried that it was going to be some crazy letter from howard enders saying i needed to do something drastic or he was going to kick me out of school. i'm not sure why that's where my mind jumped, but i guess it's because i love my program and i'm really not in to the idea of leaving it. well anyway, the letter was not from howie, but instead was from reslife, saying that i have to send them four dollars and some-odd cents to pay for damages that were found within the building. so, the big happy family living in one big house idea is back - and we're all going to chip in to buy fakemom and fakedad a new fire alarm and a new window. blah.
the cruise to nowhere: my parents, grandmother, and aunt, are currently sailing in the ocean with absolutely no destination on the "cruise to nowhere". the ship goes nowhere in particular, but i'm fairly sure that it picks somewhere with nice weather to sail to. anyway, my parents sailing in the ocean means that i am in charge of my brothers...and allie, i guess. i think that's kind of funny. last night i forgot that i had to get up with henry this morning to get him to school. that's probably because i'm a horrible sister. patrick asked what time i was going to get up and i said "eh, probably around 9" (now, patrick and i were in the front seat of the car and henry was in the back) and from the back seat we heard henry say "um, lauren.. you have to get up with me so i can go to school.." i felt pretty bad.
red robin: henry had his heart set on going to dinner at red robin, which just opened in latham. he had been talking about it for days, so there was no way we were going to be able to not go to red robin. unfortunately, because this is latham, the whole town has gone crazy and there was no parking at the place, and there were like 40 people waiting to be seated. so, we drove to clifton park and went to their red robin. ridiculous, yes. good food though...
lake george: it seems that lake george had horrible storms the other day and has consequently floated away. no good, no good at all. also, lake george seems to attract rain. last week when garret was here we went to go to lake george... we drove the hour to get there, and the whole time i kept talking about how fun it is to walk around there (which i guess, it really isn't..) anyway the second we got off the exit, it started to pour. then it stopped for like a half hour and then rained continuously for another hour. so we kind of spent the day under a porch-type thing on a beach. quite sad. but fun, anyway.
speaking of which: garret came to visit. which was fantastic and fun and nice and ... in an attempt to not go on and on forever, i will simply say: i truly enjoyed having him here. and i miss him.
sara: i am looking forward to your return to the 518.
pizza: i am making home-cooked pizza for dinner tonight. wish me luck!
chai tea: yesterday i bought the stuff that they use at starbucks to make chai tea. i'm going to attempt to make it soon, and i really hope it goes well. here's hoping.
the family: i miss the family -- not the one here, because i see them every day. the one at school -- you all know who are you. i miss you all! i can't wait until we can eat dinner together again and have all the same antics.
helayna, i learned a really great story that i plan on telling you every night before we fall asleep. i don't think you've heard this one before -- it's called "in a dark dark room". i think you're really going to like it.
katie holmes/tom cruise: apparently they had a press conference this morning where he announced that he proposed to katie holmes in paris last night. i'm so very confused about why this relationship is so incredibly public. clearly everyone is speculating that it is a publicity stunt -- and i have to say, how could it not be? i'm not a love-cynic or anything, i am not saying that i don't believe that they could be in love or whatever... but why do they feel the need to broadcast it to everyone if there isn't some sort of intention behind it? it just seems so...weird. if they're really truly in love, why do we all need to know about it? i'm so confused!
tomkat: on the today show this morning, they had a story about the tom cruise/katie holmes engagement. there were several reasons that i found this report humorously ridiculous. they are:
p.s. the OC is taking over my life. bad, very bad. i'm glad i'm starting work soon -- maybe i'll go back to being a normal person.
okay, i'm going to go try out the new chai tea stuff. wish me luck!
smiles to all of you :o)
i realize that it's been five-point-seven years since i last write. i apologize. i don't know why i haven't updated this in so long... i guess i always mean to and then i don't.
anyway i've been typing emails and such for a good hour and a half or so, and i have to admit, if i could write this entry in crayola marker instead of typing, i'd do it in a second. random? yes. true? yes.
i guess i should go random-thought style, just to organize the madness.
madness: there's really no madness to write about, just simple little randoms that have been happening in life. so i apologize if my use of the word "madness" made you think that i was going to have something exciting to say.
a letter from purchase college: today i got a letter from purchase. it was addressed to me and the envelope seemed kind of think and i was a little worried that it was going to be some crazy letter from howard enders saying i needed to do something drastic or he was going to kick me out of school. i'm not sure why that's where my mind jumped, but i guess it's because i love my program and i'm really not in to the idea of leaving it. well anyway, the letter was not from howie, but instead was from reslife, saying that i have to send them four dollars and some-odd cents to pay for damages that were found within the building. so, the big happy family living in one big house idea is back - and we're all going to chip in to buy fakemom and fakedad a new fire alarm and a new window. blah.
the cruise to nowhere: my parents, grandmother, and aunt, are currently sailing in the ocean with absolutely no destination on the "cruise to nowhere". the ship goes nowhere in particular, but i'm fairly sure that it picks somewhere with nice weather to sail to. anyway, my parents sailing in the ocean means that i am in charge of my brothers...and allie, i guess. i think that's kind of funny. last night i forgot that i had to get up with henry this morning to get him to school. that's probably because i'm a horrible sister. patrick asked what time i was going to get up and i said "eh, probably around 9" (now, patrick and i were in the front seat of the car and henry was in the back) and from the back seat we heard henry say "um, lauren.. you have to get up with me so i can go to school.." i felt pretty bad.
red robin: henry had his heart set on going to dinner at red robin, which just opened in latham. he had been talking about it for days, so there was no way we were going to be able to not go to red robin. unfortunately, because this is latham, the whole town has gone crazy and there was no parking at the place, and there were like 40 people waiting to be seated. so, we drove to clifton park and went to their red robin. ridiculous, yes. good food though...
lake george: it seems that lake george had horrible storms the other day and has consequently floated away. no good, no good at all. also, lake george seems to attract rain. last week when garret was here we went to go to lake george... we drove the hour to get there, and the whole time i kept talking about how fun it is to walk around there (which i guess, it really isn't..) anyway the second we got off the exit, it started to pour. then it stopped for like a half hour and then rained continuously for another hour. so we kind of spent the day under a porch-type thing on a beach. quite sad. but fun, anyway.
speaking of which: garret came to visit. which was fantastic and fun and nice and ... in an attempt to not go on and on forever, i will simply say: i truly enjoyed having him here. and i miss him.
sara: i am looking forward to your return to the 518.
pizza: i am making home-cooked pizza for dinner tonight. wish me luck!
chai tea: yesterday i bought the stuff that they use at starbucks to make chai tea. i'm going to attempt to make it soon, and i really hope it goes well. here's hoping.
the family: i miss the family -- not the one here, because i see them every day. the one at school -- you all know who are you. i miss you all! i can't wait until we can eat dinner together again and have all the same antics.
helayna, i learned a really great story that i plan on telling you every night before we fall asleep. i don't think you've heard this one before -- it's called "in a dark dark room". i think you're really going to like it.
katie holmes/tom cruise: apparently they had a press conference this morning where he announced that he proposed to katie holmes in paris last night. i'm so very confused about why this relationship is so incredibly public. clearly everyone is speculating that it is a publicity stunt -- and i have to say, how could it not be? i'm not a love-cynic or anything, i am not saying that i don't believe that they could be in love or whatever... but why do they feel the need to broadcast it to everyone if there isn't some sort of intention behind it? it just seems so...weird. if they're really truly in love, why do we all need to know about it? i'm so confused!
tomkat: on the today show this morning, they had a story about the tom cruise/katie holmes engagement. there were several reasons that i found this report humorously ridiculous. they are:
- preceeding the report was a "coming up next" blurb about a new test where pregnant women can tell the sex of their baby within the first five weeks of pregnancy from a blood test that looked like the kind of finger-prick test that people take when they have diabetes. now, i would think that such a techonological advance - one with ethical implications - would be big news. so did the today show, i guess... but not quite as pressing as the fact that they had an nbc reporter on the train with tom cruise and katie holmes in france.
- so basically they said "coming up within the half hour, a groundbreaking technology that has many questioning the ethics involved with finding out the gender of your baby within the first five weeks of pregnancy. but first, our very own *insert name here* is on the train in france with katie holes and tom cruise. now, we go straight to *insert name here*.
- the screen then went to a map of france, with a line indicating where the train track is, and a star indicating exactly where the aforementioned train was. it looked like the kind of map that they put up when a world disaster has occurred, or they are reporting on a war. yet the title of this map was "INSIDE THE WORLD OF CRUISE"
- ...help!
- Also, at the bottom of the screen, where they write a description
of what you're listening to, it said "TomKat: *insert name here*
Reports from Tom Cruise's Train in France"
- TomKat? I realize that's a play on the word tom cat -- but please. it's not as catchy as Bennifer no matter what you say.
- Also, why is America like this? Why do we care more about
tom cruise and katie holmes than ground breaking technology that could
very well lead to horrible problems like increased abortions as a
result of people wanting to chose the gender of their children?
why is it a lead story that katie holmes has converted to
scientology? who cares?
- plus, what about dawson and pacey?
p.s. the OC is taking over my life. bad, very bad. i'm glad i'm starting work soon -- maybe i'll go back to being a normal person.
okay, i'm going to go try out the new chai tea stuff. wish me luck!
smiles to all of you :o)