musings.

everyone's cutting all of their hair off. i don't feel like an individual anymore. those two things have everything and nothing to do with each other.

being in winona made me miss school.



i can't wait to go back.

just thinking.

my job sucks

my car sucks

my money situation sucks

my older brother's wedding plans taking over the family sucks

forgetting to wrap my dad's present sucks

forgetting my parents' 28th wedding anniversary sucks

knowing my family is stretching to include me in the california plans sucks

insomnia sucks

97 degree weather sucks

blisters suck

broken jewelry sucks

ann coulter sucks





i'm really happy right now and i can't tell anyone why. after all of the things i listed this one thing made it all worth it. i can't share and that makes me sad. i go back to winona in 6 days for the computer exchange and i can't wait. i'm going to get smashed and sleep over at tasha's and be young and stupid and collegiate and i can't wait. i'm going to drive 5 hours there with my favorite music and bad wisconsin radio and be alone with my thoughts and i can't wait.




happy father's day, pop. love from your weezbojeezyak.

of course you're alright, you're alive.

it's been a while...

i have a job. i start sometime this week. i'm gluing together cardboard packaging for jay's potato chips.

i'm going to the reunion in california in july. i get back the day before al franken is in winona. i need to figure that out.

matt graduated and went to prom. he's all grown up. i'm not quite sure how i feel about that just yet.

tom and beth picked the church and reception hall for their wedding. it's all moving really fast. i'm excited, though. they're happy.

and i'm happy. i love coming back here and just picking up right where i left off with everybody. i'm going to be in california when laurel leaves for australia, which sucks, but i'm getting to spend a lot of time with her before she goes. i see amanda just about every day. frank calls me LITERALLY every day. nick's trampoline and wiffle ball field are up. i was over there the other night with freebs, him, tom, eddy, john, dj, ricky, and tom's cousin whose name i didn't catch. freebs and i left about 1 am-ish, after the first game and the rain delay, but they played two more after we left. i think vance was heading over to play, but he had been at the sox game, so i don't know. tropical sno is open. amazing. i'm there just about every day with my two dollars in hand, waiting for that amazing hawaiian shaved ice. heaven.

i wish i talked to some of my friends from school more often. SOME, NOT ALL. tasha calls me every other day or so, and we chat until the wee hours of the night. they're some pretty amazing conversations. and i talk to katie and jared online a lot, and katie calls me every once in a while. i love all this. i wish i heard from carla more, though. i haven't gotten anything from her since she and tim stayed the night in may. she's busy, though, so i understand.

lunch time.

feeling floopy.

this is what happens when i go to the city... i have two more quote lists that need to go up, so here they are, ladies!

Thursday, May 25
Eva: I don't like that woman's ponytail. It reminds me of my poodle.

Emily: Rearended by a Bus!!!!!!

Eva: *woman is leaning over front seat of car to unlock back door* Yeah, that woman wants it up the butt.

Emily: You can get a lot in the city for $20. And by "a lot" I mean A Blow Job.

Emily: That outfit's a bit odd, but it works.
Eva: She can get away with it 'cause she's Asian.

Emily: I just yelled 'I can't move my legs' in front of a girl in a wheelchair!


Thursday, June 1
Laurel: Too bad food doesn't go to your boobs.
Eva: It does for Emily. You don't need anymore!
Emily: Yeah, me and Dolly Parton.
Laurel: Yeah, me and the 4 year old I babysit for.

Eva: I feel like a beached whale. I mean, I ate all this food, and HE's got my credit card!

Laurel: That ATM's name is Genie.
Emily: Hi, I'm Genie, I'll be your ATM for the day.
Laurel: Tomorrow I'll be Pam!

Emily: If you have to go, just go. Tie your jacket around your waist.
Laurel: Emily, I am NOT a wild animal.

Laurel: *on the train* Seriously. Why are we stopped?
Emily: We're at a stop...

Emily: I really should know this, shouldn't I? I am a poli-sci minor.
Laurel: Yeah, you're a bad person.
Emily: I usually don't get called that for not knowing the constitution. It's usually for other things...
Laurel: Yeah, blame your boobs.
Emily: Thanks, Laurel.
Laurel: Thank them.

Laurel: ...I emailed her around spring break and she never emailed me back, so I think I'll go over and pay them a visit later.
Emily: What about the vegans with the China baby?




I've been spending a lot of time in the city and I love it. I feel like I belong there, and it makes me feel good. I think I'm getting a job at a potato chip factory. I don't know how I feel about that. But it's close to home and good pay, and they're willing to hire me for just the summer, so I think I'm going to have to take it. Oh well. It's a job.