Under the Milky Way Tonight

Today marks the 6th year he's been gone. I can't believe it. I miss you Chris, and I'll always love you.

Oh, and (also today) Happy Birthday to your mother.

Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring... Bananaphone

High Afternoon Tea with Lizz was awesome! One of the few times I have put absolutely delightful, gourmet food in my mouth. And the tea itself... I had an Orchid Oolong tea, which was exquisite. Wow. Tasted just like consuming exotic flowers in liquid form (which is exactly what I was doing...). But yeah, that was a fun day. Thanks again, Lizz! What a great idea that was.

Hey, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their traditional or non-traditional Turkey or Tofurkey day! I sure did. I went up to Paul's parents' house, and we dragged Daniel along as well. Good times. Only one small yelling match... Paul said it could have easily escalated, and he was surprised it didn't. I have no hard times believing this. Personally, I was kinda surprised it didn't happen sooner in the day. Anyway, I helped with some of the food... I made a fruit salad, I made whipped cream (which was amazing to see... I've never had hand-made whipped cream before), and I also made a green bean casserole! MMMmmm... The whole dinner was delicious, actually. I made a wonderful-looking plate, filled as full as I could get it with little samples of everything everyone had made, and a ton of dark meat from the turkey, along with some choice slices from the glazed ham... Well, we were watching a movie (Meet the Fockers) and I had to shoo away Callie (the cat) a few times because she was sniffing at my food. A few minutes later, while I'm totally engrossed in the movie, I realize I'm absent-mindedly stroking Callie while she's sitting in my lap... Oh no... I look down and sure enough, she's sitting in my mashed potatoes and licking my turkey. Damnit Callie. You suck. I had to get a whole 'nother plate of food, and didn't get near as much as I had the first time, nor was it nearly as appetizing as the first plate. What a cunt. Why O why wasn't I paying attention?! Curses.

Oh well. Even though I didn't fill up on dinner, I had enough dessert to last me a lifetime. Headaches all around from a horrible sugar high... Woo! Aspirin Ahoy! And as the family went home little-by-little, Paul's awesome friends started showing up, slowly but surely. These guys are awesome. Every one of them, please take my word for it. I'm sad they live all scattered across Washington (some scattered across the country) because it is always a delight to hang out with these guys. Anyway, the lot of them showed up, and we made the traditional trek to Shari's to have a bite and b.s. a bit. Our poor waitress, Lauren/April/Pickle had to put up with us. She was doing a great job though. Props to her, wherever she is...

All in all I feel it was a successful holiday. Now onto the daunting homework... God I hope this quarter is a painless death...

Happy Weekend, everyone!

One lump, or two?

High Tea with Lizz tomorrow afternoon... we've been looking forward to this for a month! We're getting all dressed up, and it's gunna be great. I can't wait.

And perhaps more music on Monday? Haven't refilled my music library in four months... that might be grand!

Homework... ehh, I'll get to it.

Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" is awesome... I'm half-way done with Book the Eleventh. There are twelve out at the moment. Silly Paul's only on #6...

"How I spent my summer vacation"

So... living with Paul has been interesting. And by "interesting," I mean nothing has happened. We both seem to not mind the situation, which is good. I actually do like being there, and I haven't felt like I just need to escape him for the day yet. I don't know whether or not he's felt that way. It seems like he hasn't felt that way in a really long time. Or maybe he just stopped telling me...

Anyway, by saying "nothing has happened," I mean we haven't jumped down each others' throats or better yet killed each other, however, there also has been a whole lot of boredom and an otherwise lack of excitement going on. I find it much easier now, to understand why Paul never knows what day of the week it is, or how the hours just slip away from Paul making him late for virtually everything, or why he can sleep in until 6 pm, or why he thinks something that happened weeks ago really happened a few days ago. It really is just all in the atmosphere. The damn basement is a black hole, and I have experienced its mysteries...

My days are running together. Nothing happens. We both sit in the same spots all day and night, occasionally talking, mostly listening to music. And when things do happen, they aren't separated by dates. They're just separated by what they are. It isn't "this happened on Tuesday, and this happened on Friday," it's more like "this happened, and this happened too." We probably couldn't even tell you whether or not the events had even occured on separate days.

I'm pretty sure he likes having me there. He said so a lot when I first moved in. And I do like being there. I like having him to hang out with that much more often. Before I wasn't seeing much of him, and that has led to large problems on more than one occasion. But also, not that you care to know (but I do care to make a note of), the sex life has been a bit more active. It's not once a week anymore. That was a bit disappointing before. But now, for the most part, he wants to go more often than I do. I don't really get it, but whatever. At least I know he still likes me.

Anyway, I'm supposed to be writing a paper of some kind right now. The main reason I moved in to Paul's house was to get more homework done. I don't think that where I was living was the problem, however. I think I'm just a huge slacker, because I'm doing just as much homework at Paul's house as I was doing at home.

Oh, another thing: we got a new roommate at my apartment. I've only hung out with her a few times (seeing as how I'm never there anymore). Anyway, she seems really cool. Actually, I think she'd be awesome if she wasn't so damn self-consious. She's always worried about what we think of her, or what we think of what she's doing. That is actually the only thing that bugs me about her (so far). If she would just accept that she's fine, and that we really are pretty laid-back people and aren't harshly-judging people, she'd fit into the family pretty nicely. Oh well. Maybe she'll get it. It's a new city... she's probably a little nervous.

Alright, back to my homework I suppose. Oh yeah! I almost forgot... I found out this weekend that I'm going to Florida for a week this January! My sister bought me a ticket on Saturday. I am so very excited. I can't wait. Okay. Bye for now.

Daylight Reunion

Hah, today has been interesting. And I haven't even left my house. Well, in a dream last night I found my best friend from elementary school. And before that, in a different dream, another friend wrote a blog about me. It was cool. Dreams are cool. They make me feel good. Even if it's one that has me terrified... it's feels good to get your heart racing.

I woke up to strange men in Paul's basement/house. He had... CABLE INTERNET installed today. And it's absolutely amazingly awesome. Soo fast. And so I immediately put the internet connection to good use. Myspace had been a site that was loading particularly slow for me, so Paul instructed me to log on and click around. I hesitated... Paul hates myspace. It was cool though. And what do I find?? A long lost friend has found me on myspace! She was my closest friend when I went to Foothill High School (for only half a year). It was awesome to hear from her.

Next few stops: the regulars, which are a few friends' blogs. And then what do I find? Someone not only mentioned me in their blog, but they dedicated a whole paragraph (a rather long one) to me. And not just that, it was one of the sweetest things I have ever read. What did it say, you ask? Ohh nothing much... just that Paul and I are "quite possibly the cutest couple in the world," and our relationship is "truly heartwarming." Holy cow, I almost cried it was so sweet. I :heart: you, James! You're wonderful.

Anyway, Paul and I were both up BEFORE NOON today. We even made some breakfast. Aren't you proud? Actually, most of my day happened before even 11:30. Amazing. I love waking up and still seeing daylight. Absolutely love it. And speaking of daylight... it's a blue-sky day! Woo-hoo! (Paul is currently napping, however...)

OH! How could I forget... Cody found me! Well, he didn't really find me... But anyway, I thought, for some silly reason, that he hated me. He hasn't talked to me since I last saw him, which was at the beginning of July. But he doesn't hate me. He still loves me. So that's good. It made me happy to talk to him.

ps... I downloaded "Peter and the Wolf," and Paul and I listened to that. Tchaikovsky is cool.

Good times.

Just thought I'd let you know...

I love my friends.

For now.

Yeah the trick is just makin' yourself.
But when they're parking their cars on your chest,
you still got a view of the summer sky
to make it hurt twice when your
restless body caves to its whims
and suddenly struggles to take flight....

Hi.

Well. I've done it. I've created a blog I intend to share with other people. I liked my other one so much that I was sad I couldn't share it with anyone. This one's intended to be people friendly. So, here's what's going on in my life:

I just recently moved in with Paul. It hasn't even been a week yet. It feels like it's been longer, yet it's absolutely flown by. Time is a strange vehicle...

Uh, that's about it, actually. I moved in with Paul. Well, I have been working out a bit. *Ahem* ...Not since I've been living with Paul, though... But before that. I was going every other day, for about two weeks, and starting to feel pretty good. And I plan on going to work out tonight.

Actually, tonight will be the first night I stay at my place since I moved my stuff to Paul's house. Well, see, I didn't officially move in with him. I just moved some stuff over there, so I could get some quiet time to get homework and stuff done during the week. But the plan is for me to go back to my place on the weekends. I just have to get caught up, first.

Hmm... what else... Oh, I also plan on re-dying my hair tonight. Last Sunday I dyed it pink. But it's faded, and it wasn't that great to begin with, either. So tonight is the re-dye. Hopefully that goes okay.

Alright, that's pretty up-to-date, I suppose. More updates to come as my life continues. Have a great day!