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Not too much new, but I wanted to procrastinate my accounting computer project a little more. Last night, I went with James over to my parents house. We usually do this once a month so we get a regular chance just to hang out with them. They ordered pizza, and we watched runaway bride, then talked for a while. The funniest part is that my brother wanted to try and get him and Lindsay (his girlfriend) out of our house without being seen. So we found out, and we all trekked upstairs to catch them, and my brother was so pissed. My brother pretty much hates my parents, so this probably didn't help things. I can't figure out my brothers girlfriend. She never really talks to me, my parents, or anyone for that matter. I find that kind of weird.
James and I got into a big fight the other night, but we talked things out the day after, and I bought him 24 pink and yellow roses as a type of peace offering. Things have been substantially better since then. The adjustment for moving in together has been a little hard, but we are actually doing really really well now. My roommate told me that 70% of couples who move in together before marriage won't stay together. I can definitely tell that we will prove this statistic wrong. Even when James wasn't living here, he was over here 5 days a week and was practically living here anyway. That gave me a good taste of things to come, and really, it hasn't been that bad.
DO NOT EVER use Musicmatch jukebox. I had it a long time ago, and purchased maybe 6 CD's from it. I bought an iPod Nano, switched to I-tunes, and it WOUlD NOT IMPORT THEM. So guess what I had to do yesterday? I burned all the songs to CD's. Musicmatch cut the electronic tags, so I had to manually go in to I-tunes, burn the tracks to i-tunes, and change about 150 tracks from 'track 2' to 'Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.,' etc. Please don't ever use it! I hate proprietary BS.
1 1/2 months left of school, and this semester will be over. I just have to push and work really hard until its done because I need to get my accounting GPA up higher. I'm particularly looking forward to Christmas. My parents have started buying real trees, so they are going to donate their fake tree to James and I. I'm seriously going to be putting the tree up before Thanksgiving, because I really want Christmas to be here now. Christmas is the season of hope, and I really need hope! James and I are going to buy a bunch of cheap ornaments from walmart, and then maybe buy 5 from marshall fields (since they're so expensive). It's really exciting because it's like James and I are starting a new life together, and we get to put our own special ornaments on a tree :P.
Coming up, I have some exciting events. I am inviting a bunch of people to celebrate for me, Ausra, and James, and we are going to downtown Birmingham for dinner and cocktails. I'm taking James to go see La Boheme, his first opera! My mom, dad, James and I are going to see A Christmas Carol put on at Meadowbrook. I haven't seen it since Kindergarten, so I'm particular excited about this :). My mom's commissioning ceremony for her 3 year spiritual direction program is also coming up in November. This is a huge milestone for her, and I'm so proud to see her make it through it alive. My dad's Cantate concert is in mid-December, and he's singing a beautiful solo. I love acapella choir-ish Christmas music. Finally, I read in the Hour Magazine that the Festival of Trees is coming soon. I am going to take James. I particularly remember it because when I played in the Suzuki Royal Oak Orchestra, we played there for the festival. So it will be kind of exciting to go there this year.
My final thought is that I love writing in livejournal. It really is the only medium where I can get stuff out that I want to write down. I don't really like keeping a private journal. I'd rather have people read about what is going on and about issues affecting my life.
James and I got into a big fight the other night, but we talked things out the day after, and I bought him 24 pink and yellow roses as a type of peace offering. Things have been substantially better since then. The adjustment for moving in together has been a little hard, but we are actually doing really really well now. My roommate told me that 70% of couples who move in together before marriage won't stay together. I can definitely tell that we will prove this statistic wrong. Even when James wasn't living here, he was over here 5 days a week and was practically living here anyway. That gave me a good taste of things to come, and really, it hasn't been that bad.
DO NOT EVER use Musicmatch jukebox. I had it a long time ago, and purchased maybe 6 CD's from it. I bought an iPod Nano, switched to I-tunes, and it WOUlD NOT IMPORT THEM. So guess what I had to do yesterday? I burned all the songs to CD's. Musicmatch cut the electronic tags, so I had to manually go in to I-tunes, burn the tracks to i-tunes, and change about 150 tracks from 'track 2' to 'Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.,' etc. Please don't ever use it! I hate proprietary BS.
1 1/2 months left of school, and this semester will be over. I just have to push and work really hard until its done because I need to get my accounting GPA up higher. I'm particularly looking forward to Christmas. My parents have started buying real trees, so they are going to donate their fake tree to James and I. I'm seriously going to be putting the tree up before Thanksgiving, because I really want Christmas to be here now. Christmas is the season of hope, and I really need hope! James and I are going to buy a bunch of cheap ornaments from walmart, and then maybe buy 5 from marshall fields (since they're so expensive). It's really exciting because it's like James and I are starting a new life together, and we get to put our own special ornaments on a tree :P.
Coming up, I have some exciting events. I am inviting a bunch of people to celebrate for me, Ausra, and James, and we are going to downtown Birmingham for dinner and cocktails. I'm taking James to go see La Boheme, his first opera! My mom, dad, James and I are going to see A Christmas Carol put on at Meadowbrook. I haven't seen it since Kindergarten, so I'm particular excited about this :). My mom's commissioning ceremony for her 3 year spiritual direction program is also coming up in November. This is a huge milestone for her, and I'm so proud to see her make it through it alive. My dad's Cantate concert is in mid-December, and he's singing a beautiful solo. I love acapella choir-ish Christmas music. Finally, I read in the Hour Magazine that the Festival of Trees is coming soon. I am going to take James. I particularly remember it because when I played in the Suzuki Royal Oak Orchestra, we played there for the festival. So it will be kind of exciting to go there this year.
My final thought is that I love writing in livejournal. It really is the only medium where I can get stuff out that I want to write down. I don't really like keeping a private journal. I'd rather have people read about what is going on and about issues affecting my life.