more new-to-me people to say hi to:) welcome aki, iamindigosarah, leearcuri, and sisuphos. nice to see you ( Read more... )

woo hoo! it's friday! ( that means... )

the song: "as we go"

the artist: dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince

my age: 8

this is too weird. i bet it's been ten or more years since the last time i heard this song. this was one of my brother's favorite albums when it first came out ('88) and my dad taped it off for me. i lost the tape ages and ages ago (good morning vietnam sndtk was on ( Read more... )

things i lusted after when i was little: bean bag chairs, beds shaped like race cars, those little mini-cars kids could drive (what were they called?), teddy ruxpin, my brother's atari, and pretty much everything in the kids section of the sears catalogue ( Read more... )

three stories in our local newspaper really caught my attention today. they all reported deaths. captain kangaroo died. a local man was found in his truck which had fallen through the ice. 45 wedding guests, one of whom was the groom, died in a fire at the wedding. ( people who've died )

thank goodness. the season of messed up sleeping schedules is now over. i had my thirteen hour-long catch-up sleep, so i'm ok again. dinner, a movie, and ice cream with lonna was my last--thing. ( well... )

ok. so. here's what's up.

( the most exciting gift i got for christmas )

well, that just about does it, then. i'm totally, head-over-heels in love. return of the king. great. lovely. great. i'm not in love with any particular character in the movie, just the movie in general. in fact, the whole trilogy of movies, as well as the books. the graphics--incredible (shelob, the dead guys(even if they weren't in a swamp and in ( Read more... )

oooohhhhhhhhh crap. i just finally got around to investigating the presents that've been under the tree for a week or two. this year, my parents put a present for me in a GIFT BAG!! do you understand what this means?? do you know how hard it is for me right now not to go into the living room and just push the tissue paper to the side to see what ( Read more... )

oh, danger. so the past couple days, i've been kinda cold in the house. i added another blanket to my bed, started sleeping in sweaters, you know. today i turned the heat up to 75, and my dad came to my room and asked if i was crazy:) he was sweating in the living room, and i was shivering, under three blankets, with a sweater and a scarf on in my ( Read more... )