“Exit out the back & make your getaway before anyone can see the damage you have done.” –Mae-

I bought two new pairs of sunglasses today for $5 each. Suhweeet. I kind of look like an alien in sunglasses.

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In the parking lot at the Stow-Kent shopping center today, I was surrounded by a Hummer, a BMW, a Lexus and some huge, hankin’ pick-up that costs more than my college education. Nothing like being surrounded by luxury to make you feel a bit wussy in your 1997 Honda Civic.

Why is the Nat calling me & asking me to work more hours? Isn’t it enough that I picked up three extra shifts & am working for eight days straight for the second time in a row? Oh, I guess not. Please, city of Cuyahoga Falls, let me hand you my soul on a platter… not to mention my free time.

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Worst/most hilarious lyric ever: “I get more ass than a toilet seat.”

And now, ladies & gents… A RANT:

“President” Bush & the religious rightists make me fucking sick. A Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage? Give me a goddamn break. Worry about some other things, why don’t you? Like, oh, say… Social Security? Health care? The war in Iraq? Why are our leaders sitting around saying, “Oh my God, the gay people are happy! We have to stop this!” To demean our Constitution’s foundation by amending it to take away American’s rights is a gross perversion of justice. I hope to God that the majority of the Senate has the sense to recognize this travesty & stop it in its tracks.

I leave you with this quote from Maryland Senator Edward Kennedy: "A vote for this amendment is a vote for bigotry, pure and simple.”

“Don’t hang me out to dry. I’m not all right but I’m not sorry now.’” –The Juliana Theory-

My mom swallowed a sewing pin & is in the emergency room right now. She wouldn’t let me come with her because A) she’s angry about it, & B) I was writing a paper, but I’m a bit worried… that could really fuck you up, couldn’t it? Swallowing a freaking pin?!

The boys are all moved into their apartment & although it’s still a bit bare (no TV, no posters), it’s looking really good. Kev graciously agreed to let me have a barbeque at their place, sort of as a going-away shindig… for myself (lame, I know). If you’d like to come, please let me know! I’d love to see you!

I spent this morning eating breakfast at Dave’s Tip-Top with my mom, Darci & the beautiful miss Daphne Anne, my favorite little baby girl in the world. We played airplanes & opened the door for people at the restaurant & colored some aliens & then dressed up in silly hats when we got home… She’s so stinkin’ cute!

* Ready for her close-up!

* Aunt Kate <3's Daph

* Cowgirl Daphne rides again!

Looking forward to:

·          Last day of class at KSU until fall! Yayyyy! (5 days)

·          Tilly & the Wall show, opened for by Abe & Logan’s band, Birds & Elephants! (5 days)

·          The boys’ big housewarming fiesta! (6 days)

·          Barbeque-slash-going away party! (7 days!)

·          Lisa’s 21^st birthday, FINALLY! (9 days)

·          Lovedrug show at the Lime Spider! (10 days)

·          LEAVING FOR WASHINGTON, D.C.!!!!!!! (a mere 13 days!)

“Now it seems that things are really getting better in my life. How do you feel? (I feel good)” –N.E.R.D.-

I got an A on my first Ethics paper! The professor questioned my “enterprise” as a reporter because I only used two sources to find six articles, but most of the archival Web sites charge to read their stuff, & I’m not paying $30 just to get sources for a paper… Anyways, I’m pumped. My friend Meg got a D & I wish we could split our grades, like have her take part of my points, so she could have a C & I’d have a B…
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Yesterday a super-polite (read: bitchy as hell) patron told me to “fuck off” & then went to the front desk to tell Mallory that I was incompetent. She claimed I was talking to my friends on the phone & that she had to wait “for 30 seconds” for me to help her. This is bull, because I was on the phone with another (very friendly) patron. Regardless, I want to know why so many angry people frequent the Natatorium.

I’ve discovered a love for MySpace. It’s lame, yes, but I’ve found people on it I never would have reconnected with otherwise, like my Jennie & Ian McInnes. It’s nice to talk to old, familiar faces.
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Speaking of old, familiar faces, my bestest, Christina, left for Tennessee this afternoon. We had Chipotle take-out together yesterday & when I left her, I had this creepy, sinking feeling that I wouldn’t see her for quite a while… She’s so happy with Adam & her Mission friends, & I love that. I wonder, though, when we’ll meet up again. Times really do change, huh?

she wants to move
but you’re hoggin’ her;
you’re guardin’ her