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our first baby Benjamin James 11 lbs 7 oz Born: 12/15 |
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you know how after a good scary movie, you get those post-adrenaline jitters? i just got done watching "the ring" and although the first part of the movie didn't scare me too much... the last part got to me :) it was sweet! i freakin love scary movies... they're da best...
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put some 'before' pics up... just a warning... yikes!
before/after pics
before/after pics
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i did it! this morning i weighed in... and it was 128 baby!! woohoo! 60 lbs gone! my goal is 120... if i keep at it, i could get there by mid/end july... awww yeah...
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oh man, i had to post this one... matt just sent this movie: http://media.ebaumsworld.com/funnycats.wmv to me, and i was crying i was laughing so hard. beware, it's all cats, so if you hate cats, you won't find this funny at all... (it won't let me link to it... so just cut and paste into your browser)
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in honor of the one year anniversary of weight loss... i posted the updated face pic here. kind of a subtle change since september... but a crazy different one from over a year ago, at my heaviest. wow :)
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this site is crazy. note: it's not racist... it's meant to show people the ridiculous stereotypes that people have. read the 'your letters' section to get an idea... :)
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this article is by far the most interesting that i have read about dolphins. very interesting... :) and yes, i edited my last couple of posts because it was all me bitching, and no one wants to read that. so i'm sparing you all. sorry.
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in other news... i do have some happiness to report :) i hit 59 lbs today... one more lb to go, and i'll have reached 60 lbs lost! one year, and *almost* 60 lbs lighter... would would've thought ;)
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i had no idea that sarai was a white girl. goes to show my stereotypes, apparently. oops. i still like the song, black or white :)
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somebody wanna do something nice for me? norah jones makes me happy... and i don't have her cd yet. if that's not a hint, i don't know what is... ;) or you could just send me email... email always makes me happy... :)
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now i feel better... room is all rearranged... and i like it like this :) i put pictures up in the photo album. just click here and go to the 'urbana apartment' album... the last four are of the new layout. basically, when you walk in the room, you now hit my bed instead of my desk :) i like it :) and now off to bed finally....
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ok, that's it. i'm rearranging my room. i used to do it all the time when i was growing up. granted, my furniture was a lot smaller and lighter then... but it always made me feel better for some reason, to change things up. so i'm off... i'll take updated pics when i'm done... cause i'm a dork like that. and, i'm procrastinating my laundry... :)
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alright, i finally found the song. i called the station that kept playing it and asked the dj what the hell the song was that they kept playing. it's "ladiez" by sarai. it's sweet! :) i had fun this weekend... i surprised adam in minnesota and helped him build a deck onto his house. it felt good to actually do something productive over the weekend. so now i have a nice burn on my neck and face, and my hair is about a shade lighter. :) no plans this weekend. some friends had planned on visiting, but i think their trip is going to be postponed. i'm exhausted. even though we had a 3 day weekend, i haven't been sleeping well. i feel like i haven't slept for days. this day started out crappy... and i don't see it getting better... i wish it was tomorrow already...
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alright, i'm off for the weekend. no updates til monday night, when i get back... hope everyone has a good memorial day weekend!! :)
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ok, i'm going completely insane trying to figure out what song this is. i've emailed dj's, posted messages, and searched for lyrics, and i can't figure out who sings it, or what the name of the song is... all i know is some of the chorus (it's a hip-hop song, by a female):
"ladies, hands up... something about d-cups... let me see you shake your stuff... fellas, hands high... put your body against mine... and grind..."
so if anyone out there has heard this... please help!
"ladies, hands up... something about d-cups... let me see you shake your stuff... fellas, hands high... put your body against mine... and grind..."
so if anyone out there has heard this... please help!
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yesterday was a good day. tim got in around 8... we went out for some food and then had a drink... it was fun to actually have someone to just hang out with. :) after talking with him, i realized how long it's been since everyone graduated and left east lansing. it's been 3 years since he went to msu... and the majority of my friends left town within that same year. sooo much has happened in 3 years, it makes me wonder what is in store for the next 3 years... i also heard that everyone is jumping ship from my old job, that i got laid off from back in december. it's sad, but i guess i'm glad i had to leave when i did. it's all about timing, i've discovered. everything. so i'm no longer worried about one day getting married/kids/house, etc... it'll all be in good time, when i'm ready. yeah, i know i'll get married one day... and even have kids. but the prospects of that happening are pretty far in the future, so for now, i'm just enjoying what i have, with who i have it. :)
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ok, i think i figured it out. they're not real. well, i think most of them aren't. i'm a little confused, actually. especially after reading this. people have waaaaaay too much free time, i think. i mean seriously. read the kelly osbourne journal. that's a lot to write about, pretending to be someone else. it's insane. but hey, who am i to say what's normal? maybe people think i'm insane for keeping this site... whatever... it just confused the hell out of me...
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wow, who knew? now, i'm not a fan of kelly osbourne's music... but since her touring band's drummer was from michigan, and was a close, personal friend of a friend of mine, i figured i would do some searching to see how she's doing... in the non-stalker like way ;) turns out, she's got a blog of her own, as does kelly osbourne. who knew? it's interesting to read, if you like reading other people's blogs (which you obviously do, cause you're reading mine) :) so check out kelly's and alicia's. crazy.
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man, i need to do laundry. i had to pull out a skirt today, despite the fact that it's below 50 outside right now. oh well, it reminded me of jamaica... my sandals even still have some sand in them :) it's supposed to be 70 today, and tim is coming to visit tonight! woohoo! i doubt we will be up to much, considering he will have just driven 11 hours, and i myself have a long drive ahead of me tomorrow... but it will be fun to see a friend i haven't seen in a long while. :) plus a 3 day weekend... this day is gonna be all right... :)
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i need to be committed, i think. lack of sleep has got me going through a whole range of emotions... i'm sad, angry, hurt, and then i'm boppin around my apartment like nothings wrong. i feel like a 4 year old that just needs a nap, to right the world again. i need help, definitely.
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well, i've almost got it done. i've still got some formatting to do, but the functionality is there. i've got lots of pictures to add, and a lot of captions explaining what the hell the pictures are of... but you can see it almost done here. i'll put the link back on the right hand side when it's done... but for now, you can see what i have so far... forgive the errors... it's a work in progress...
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i am an uberdork. i got frustrated with using the free mysql database that someone offered... so i decided to screw it and installed it on my own machine. so there. :) so now i'm a lot happier... plus i can do whatever i want, however many times i need to :) it's mainly for the photo album that i'm trying to get up and running again. since the last database crash (NOT my fault) i lost all that data... so i decided it was time to redo it anyway. i wanted to install sql on here... but that was going to take too long to track down a copy, so i settled for free mysql. oh mysql, how i've missed you... i remember these command line days all too well...
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and i'm live again :) this might happen a lot when i get bored. which, since i live alone, might happen often... so check it out. :)
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i've been sleeping too much. i didn't even watch idol last night. oh well, it's on tonight and tomorrow is the big finale. i think clay pretty much already won it... his damn single is already out on amazon. crazy. but william had a good point... if ruben doesn't win, he won't be tied to simon's contract. :) now if tamyra would just come out with a cd... i'd be happy...
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and as the day winds down.... i realize that i have sore muscles, i'm tired, and i need a haircut. badly.
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well i'm off to a fabulous morning :) a little sleepy... but in a great freakin mood, nevertheless. :) it's a monday... so who knows how long it will last. i'll just sit back and enjoy this until the workday finally kicks in. i'm off to visit someone this weekend (shhh... it's a secret) and i can't wait! i am also getting a visitor this thursday (hopefully) so i'm looking forward to that too. *happy sigh*... :)
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and i'm off to another amazing day. whoopee. gonna get some work done, and sleep a little. wow, i can't contain the excitement....
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i'm live people. click here to view the streaming cam. beware, i don't look very happy... i'm still waking up. but i figured since i'm bored and online, might as well go live...
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wow... i feel so productive today. that was sarcastic. i have pretty much taken up sleeping as a hobby. it happens when you are bored and lonely and broke. but on the brighter side, my friend tim is coming out this way from maryland, and may stop by for a visit thursday night!! woohoo!! i do have friends! :)
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just got back from volunteering for the twin city twosome race that my company sponsors... it was fun, but now i'm ready to go back to bed. my saturday is uneventful... i am actually going to work on a side project for some extra money today and tomorrow. i could use it. the matrix was awesome yesterday... :) i had a good ole time... for those of you that don't know, stay after the credits. the trailor for revolution comes on. awww yeah. i can't wait :)
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william is counting down til we get to see the movie. so i grabbed his sweet matrix code from there...
yeah, i'm a stealer. :)
yeah, i'm a stealer. :)
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downtown hoedown is this weekend in detroit. saddle up, ya'll :) hahaha.... ;)
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i'm going to see matrix today!!!! woohoo!!! a friend at work offered to get my ticket... so a couple of us are going today at 3:30... i'm excited beyond belief! :D <--- big smile
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that was quite a nap. i laid down yesterday afternoon, and woke up early this morning to the tv on, the doorwall open... oops. i'm well rested now, that's for sure. :) so now that today has started off really well... i'm off to work. it's friday!
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the matrix reloaded came out today! but i'm broke and can't go see it. i'm sad :( not that i would have anyone to see it with... although, we are trying to round up people from work to go as a group... now that would be fun! :) but there's still the issue of being broke... maybe i can get them to wait til next week... nothing going on this weekend. i'm volunteering at a race on saturday morning... but that's over at 9am... so beyond going back to bed, i have no plans. woohoo... lazy weekend :)
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i need friends here in urbana. not only because i am ridiculously lonely throughout the week, but tonight we had a crazy tornado warning... with sirens going off and the emergency alert on tv telling people to take cover... and i had no idea what to do. i needed someone local to tell me to chill out or where to run. i had no one to call but my family and friends in michigan... who just told me to relax. i took some pictures of the sky here so that i could show people why i was freaking out. i didn't know what to do with my cats... my carrier can't fit them both in it. anyway, the storm cleared, without any casualties :) turns out i was freaking out over nothing. hence the reason i need friends...
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whew. i just did a massive cleaning of the apartment... and a little budget planning. i have stuff planned out until the end of august. it's amazing, but i think i'll be caught up with bills by the end of june! go figure. a second job would help me get caught up faster... so i still might find one temporarily. i'm handing in two applications today, and if those don't work out, two more by the end of the week. cross your fingers for me!
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ahh... lansing's fox47 is hilarious. they always have the greatest headline news. actually... they're terrible. the latest one is (courtesy of jackie): 'can you tell if someone is dangerous by the brand of their clothes?'. i think one in the past was something like 'crosswalks kill'. they're just ridiculous. i love their tagline too... 'fox47... it's about time'. kills me... maybe they should do a story on 'taglines: bad for your health' :)
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mmm.... taste of chicago. i went to this a couple years back and loved it. maybe i'll have to go again this year... anyone want to come with? i'd be able to go on june 28-29... it's sooo good :)
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my hair is a fro today. out of control. i decided to let it air dry... whoa!! need to tame this mess. for those of you who don't believe that i have curly/wavy hair.. i wish you could see it today. it's insane. i hate it. but of course i was running late... i didn't want to get out of bed AT ALL... so i just let it go. *sigh*... it sucks. oh well... in other news, american idol is on tonight. oprah has a special on at 4 doing a "behind the scenes" of the show. looks interesting. i'm a junkie, what can i say? :)
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so i tried running again today... to make it week 2 of running 3-4 days a week... and i got up to 16 min when i got horrible stomach pains. bleh. so i had to stop, and i gave it a rest until tomorrow. i figured i will be in town all weekend... so i can make myself get the 4 days in this week. drama, drama. so i found out my friend colleen moved to las vegas today... i didn't even know they were moving! serves me right for not keeping in touch. little liam will be 1 on the 13th of june... i can't believe it's been a year already. so much has happened in the past 3 months, let alone the past year. crazy. i've had 3 jobs, graduated college, and moved to a different state. all 3 major things. 3 seems to be a theme here... vinnie would appreciate that :) anyway, i'm off to bed.. i'm exhausted and i've got a busy day tomorrow... ;)
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there is something wrong with me, i think. i've been craving chocolate all day... and it won't go away! i even had some... and still... it perseveres. i think it's a sign... i hate being a girl.
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there seems to be an insane amount of baby talk at work lately. i think it has to do with two people on the brink of having a baby (as in this week, they are due) and one coming back from maternity leave. i have heard so many stories, it's insane. it's amusing to listen to how graphic people get... apparently once you have a kid, nothing about it phases you anymore. it makes me feel kinda young... thank god no one is asking about when i am going to have kids. i think being single saves me from those types of questions. it definitely makes you think about it though... the possibility of some day. hmm...
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this weekend was good... laura was AWESOME in her play on saturday :) i swear, that part was made for her :) so good job, laura :) mother's day was uneventful... i spent the day with my mom and my sister... we helped my mom plant a couple flowers in her garden, since she hasn't been able to recently. it was a good time, despite the hurricane winds that we had to deal with. driving home fighting that the whole way was NOT fun. this weekend, i'm volunteering for the twin city twosome 5k race... it's only for a couple hours, and sadly enough, is the highlight of the weekend. i think i'm going to try harder to find a second job this week. the bills still aren't getting paid... and i need friends. *sigh* i hate bills. but despite the crappy plans for the weekend, i'm in a surprisingly good mood. ;) so far, monday has been pretty good to me...
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well here i am awake after like 12 hours of sleep. i came home from work at 5 and went to bed... and here i am just now waking up. i wasn't kidding when i said i was tired. i woke up to some sad news, however. a girl committed suicide in east lansing this week, by throwing herself in front of the train. that girl was someone i knew... not very well, but we went on spring break together a couple years back... and had kept in random touch since then. it makes me very sad... i knew she had been having a lot of trouble in her life... and it always makes me sad to wonder what i could have done different. the funeral is today, but i'm leaving champaign soon, and won't have enough time to get there to go to it. so for what it's worth: heather, we'll miss you.
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wow. i'm so tired, that twice i've shut my eyes and done the jerk-back-awake-i-almost-fell-out-of-my-chair move. i need a nap. pronto. i couldn't sleep last night... but for no reason. i'm worried to talk to people today, in case i was psychic last night and was sensing a problem with someone else. or not. who knows.
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for some reason, the mailing lists on the server where my site is hosted no longer works... meaning those of you that subscribed to receive updates to the site have not been receiving them for a long time. therefore, if you were subscribed, you will have to re-subscribe again... but it's easy... just enter your email at the bottom left of this site, and you will get a confirmation email from yahoo groups (who i created the mailing list with). easy :)
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yep, still awake. i like doing useless stuff. i copied off william's site, and put a mood up. (look on the lower right side of the site) smileys can be fun. i found a couple good ones... i'll try and keep it updated... but now i finally decided i need sleep... and despite the insane thunderstorm going on right now, i'm headed to bed...
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today started off awesome... and then got a little stressful... but now i'm all giggly... i think there was something 'extra' in the smoothies :) i have ecicfug tonight... it's the user group for cold fusion programmers in east/central illinois. yep, i'm a dork, and i'm hanging out with fellow dorks in illinois. :) it's hosted at my work, so all i have to do is head upstairs to the conference room at 6... convenient. :) but hey, it's free pizza... can't beat that! :)
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my body hates me. i have ran for the past 3 days, hard each day, and now i'm super sore. not as sore as i was last night... but i am debating taking it easy on myself tonight, and just leaving it at 3 days this week instead of my goal of 4. the last thing i need is to injure myself with something stupid like a stress fracture. that would suck. maybe i could just ride the bike instead, or something with less impact... anyway, i actually have plans for fri night! woohoo! no, i haven't met someone new... it's with the people i work with... but at least i won't be stuck in my apartment! i'm still driving to michigan early saturday morning... so that's gonna suck. but it's mother's day, and i'm looking forward to spending time with my family :)
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i'm so tired. i got little sleep last night, staying up too late doing laundry. 5am comes early. i'm gonna need a nap before i attempt to run again today. i was excited for fri... we were supposed to have a bbq with people from work... but now it looks like too many people are cancelling, so we are going to reschedule it. i guess it's better than having to wake up bright and early sat morning to drive to michigan. next weekend i might be volunteering in the twin city twosome 5k that my work puts on. that should be fun. a way to meet more people, anyway :) i don't think i'll be ready to run in it... my goal is to be ready for the race for the cure in detroit in june. that's only 6 weeks away, so i'm glad i started running monday already...
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and 30 minutes again! this time, i tried to reach 3 miles... which would average a 10 min mile... and i did it! :) now i'm a big ball of sweat, though... yech. now it's time for laundry and some homework... sort of. stuff i've been putting off... we'll see how much i actually get done...
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i actually got my butt on the treadmill last night and ran for 30 minutes... not bad, considering i had went crazy this past weekend on fast food and junk. i think i ate like a whole cup of guacamole and a bag of tortilla chips on saturday... that stuff is the best :) so i managed to lay down the discipline, and ate really well yesterday, and got back in the running mood. my goal is to keep this pattern of eating well and exercising for 8 weeks straight. i figure if i can do it for 2 months, it will be a habit by then. i was so good for so long... 9 months of being good, i think i am ok with the past 2 months of falling off the wagon. i'm glad i decided to get back on before i gained it all back. do a little damage control, and i'll be at goal in no time :) june 1st marks my one year anniversary of starting weight watchers. imagine... me a year ago at 55 lbs heavier. crazy. i'll have to post some before and after pictures when i get to my goal. if i can find any before ones... it's amazing how good i got at dodging camera shots that showed my whole body. oh well... the after ones will still be fun :)
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the game dance dance revolution has entertained us many a drunken night playing on the console... and even more so when i saw it at the bowling alley and the little kids were jumping around like fools... now you can play it online using your keyboard! check out flash flash revolution. it's sweet! :)
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it being a monday and all, i almost forgot it was cinco de mayo! no margaritas for me, unfortunately. too many freakin points! maybe next year, when i actually have some friends out here to celebrate with... so have one for me, everyone!
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this week sucks already. i didn't want to get out of bed... i almost hit someone on their bike on the way to work... *sigh* is it the weekend yet? i'm heading back to michigan again this weekend, for laura's riveting role as ms. hannigan in the novi production of "annie". it's at 2pm on saturday, so i will have to be up bright and early to make it there on time. but this will be the last weekend i'm driving to michigan for a while. for a couple weekends, anyway. i'm having a lot of trouble finding a way to get to boston the following weekend. my chances are looking more and more slim that i will go. i need to win the lotto, quick...
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riding home was hell. but i made it, safe and sound. between stop and go traffic, where everyone was merging left and right... to driving through hail, downpouring rain, and a crazy lightening storm... i wanted to just stop the car and sit there until someone came and got me. i need to go to bed and relax... that drive was definitely the most stressful i've had in a long time. accidents suck.
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so i had a near death experience today. jackie and i were in a car accident this afternoon... where her car spun out of control and crashed into the median in the middle of the highway. i was in the passenger seat, and watched as a guy in the lane next to me merged over (without looking) and ran us off the road. jackie managed to swerve, but in doing so, spun the car 180 degrees, so we wound up facing traffic. in the midst of spinning, i closed my eyes as i saw the median block coming toward my door, and i thought that was it. i was done. it was insanely scary. but amazingly, the car stopped, and jackie and i are fine. the car is incredible, just a scratch in the front from the median, and a dent in the rear from slamming into it. we even drove it the rest of the way to her parent's house. crazy. i still can't believe i'm here, without a scratch. as for the guy that ran us off, he didn't even stop. we don't know if he knew what he did, but when someone is swerving like crazy behind you, he had to notice. oh well, i guess since everything is fine, i'm all good. i'm still shaky, so driving back to illinois tomorrow will be interesting. if you've ever been in an accident, you know the feeling. i saw the median, and remember bracing myself and thinking "get ready to feel the pain". not gonna get over that one overnight, that's for sure.
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bleh. hangovers suck. but the vanilla vodka and creme soda drinks were gooood. too good. now i feel like i'm going to vomit. now i remember why i stick to beer. i get way to drunk with hard alcohol. now i'm paying for it. :(
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want to know what "bling bling" means? it's in the dictionary. for real.
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so about this american idol drama... wtf is josh still doin on that damn show??? when ruben was announced as one of the bottom two... that boy should have just given up and volunteered to leave the show. if ruben had been gone, that was it. i was done. boycotted, given up... that would be the end. i still say, if k-locke and ruben aren't the last two, i'm never watching it again. screw that. anyway, i took the day off of work tomorrow, cause i am driving back to michigan tonight... again... to watch jackie graduate tomorrow afternoon! :) so congrats, jackie, and i'm looking forward to the party. :) so there won't be any updates most likely, until sunday... 3 day weekend for me! :) i wish it had started today... i could spend the whole day in bed today... not necessarily sleeping... just in bed :)
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