How does caramel leak out of a Snickers bar??  I mean... come on!!  The caramel is the best part.  If anything, I want JUST the caramel.  Ugh... anyway, even though I'm watching Stephen Colbert interviewing a guy on the problem with branding becoming an epidemic in our society (interview sponsored by Dr. Pepper), it's time for an Adventures in ( Read more... )

Kinda depressing, in a way. I mean, yeah it's exciting that I'm getting set for a whole new journey, a whole new stage in life, but life in Hopedale has also been a big adventure and now that part of my life is ending. Living in the small town near the lake in the home where my grandmother spent so many years of her adult life has been a great ( Read more... )

DONE
- placement contract accepted!!!!  Takahashi, here I come!!!!
- bought my yen: 600,000Y cost me $5,853... probably not the best rate considering how up-and-down the exchange has been lately.
- Mikaru has been declawed, ready to move to mom's house where she'll have friends to play with and chew on.
- bought my airline tickets... 16 hour flight, 3 ( Read more... )