so we shipped a box to larry king today...

every day that i wake up to a new day without snow i praise my god. no, seriously. we've been in real danger of that white $^%7 lately, but so far it's a no-show. FINE, by me.

so bryan is really poetic (not in a trainwreck way), but he hasn't posted since july. shame.

i still hate christmas. and shoppers. i was in freddy's the other day, and fleecy blankets were on sale. so this lady (well, she was about my age) comes up and strikes up a conversation about how we should stock up on this kind of stuff and keep it around because, "you never know who you're going to forget to buy a present for! you might just remember so-and-so's girlfriend and think 'oh, a blanket!'."

whoa. who SERIOUSLY gets so into christmas shopping that they spend their hard-earned money on people that they FORGOT to shop for!!??? if i'm actually going to go out and purchase something for someone, A) they have to be very close to me (no one i FORGET about), and B) it would have to be something that person really, really needs. therefore, Dear Everyone, Do not expect presents from me this year, or any year until i am very rich and know that you need something purty darn bad. i think i'm a fairly generous person...i try. but i am NOT into obligatory "gifting". and that's my rant. i figured everyone will be doing a "turning Christmas into Xmas with mass consumerism rant" so thought i'd get mine in first.

adios. speaking of which, for the last two weeks i have been speaking spanish more than english. no complaints here.