I don't believe Peggy Sue is really talking about her father in Cole Porter's song "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." And the whole song makes me a little sad because I am not sure I should sing it. If I sing it with my family they think "Meg's a little Freudian" and if I sing it with my friends they're thinking "umm she calls men 'Daddy'." So I'm ( Read more... )

Alright it took us long enough but Steve and I figured out how to use Skype and we talked to eachother and watched each other talk to each other and it was beautiful. or if not beautiful than at least very fulfilling ( Read more... )

apparently there's this "retard" (not my word but my Alabama grandfather) who is the son of my aunt's roommate's girlfriend. He just sits and stares opened mouthed at people and doesn't say a word. but in this silence he's found time to go into the backyard of my aunt's house and build a nest in a tree. a huge nest that he as a ten year old can ( Read more... )

I think that life will be interesting. I'll make it so. Or does that happen only on its own? I keep thinking that when I go to Germany I will miss a hunk of time that my brothers will be growing up. If I go to Germany for a year and a half, I will miss Will's tenth birthday. I find this to be sad. But can one live life for another person? Or ( Read more... )

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Your Love Quote
Love is not a matter of counting the years --it's making the years count.
What Love Quote Suits You?

ironic because apparently i love waiting years and years to be with someone. it's like a passion for me. or a sugar cookie to some one who just loves sweets. or glass to a glassblower. or the touch of someone who cares to a

Your Inner Retro Girl Is
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i wish i smoked. i always want vices i don't have. and the ones i do have i don't think are all that great. i think i have vice-envy.

i'm about ready for my computer to give me websites in English. Right now its German for the most part. Livejournal and Frostwire, for example, are all in German. I attribute this to Steve. But he didn't make any dramatic changes to my computer, or so he claims. It's probably a lie and he laughs about it as he goes to sleep ( Read more... )

I didn't realize how much i agree/relate to "transatlanticism". I'm just slow. Tonight I refused to do anything social and was determined to study. But now here I am, thinking of making pancakes so i can freeze them for future breakfasts. And have a couple now too. Is it raining? Yes it is ( Read more... )