I'm getting a Macbook tomorrow.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

What a gross day outside. At least it held off for Mike's festivities. Speaking of which, here are a few pics from the evening. :)



(e:Mike) and Lucky...BFF's


(e:Jill) (e:Beast) and (e:MK)


I believe right after (e:Libertad) took this picture, he looked at it, laughed, and said to (e:Mike) "You look like a demon!" He was right.


(e:Mike) (e:Beast) (e:Terry) and (e:Libertad)


Oh Mike how silly you are.


I think in the 7-year span of our friendship, this is first good pic of me and (e:Diana)


Looks to me like (e:Terry) has plans for (e:Jill) ...


Don't go to sleep yet (e:Mike) ! The party has just begun!



Of course then I left about 15 minutes later, plenty drunk and plenty tired. So hopefully there are more pics of the later festivities!

Hope you had a great time (e:Mike) and that you enjoy all of your candy and then burn it off on the trampoline while watching hours of great movies and TV!!!!

WE LOVE YOU!

Okay I guess I'm super silly because I didn't put up a birthday post for (e:Mike) Soooooooo HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!!!!! I can't wait to party it up for your birthday tonight.

EVERYONE BE THERE!!!!!!!

We will probably look something like this, if all goes well...

Jen...even though you may never check this site...we will miss you and wish you the very very best of luck! How exciting for you!

We will miss our little Southern belle... :(

Okay at this very moment, I am the only one logged onto this site. This is weird.

So last night I drove to Cleveland to visit my friend Nicole and her fiancee Joel in their new apartment. This morning Nicole and I went to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. It was pretty nice...nice and big, and I saw pretty much every animal you could expect to see at a zoo. Now (e:Mike) and (e:Paul) have had several tortoises in the time I've known them and I always thought they were pretty big. Until I saw these guys...look how big they are...





I just re-discovered my love for Nina Gordon's album "Tonight and the Rest of my Life" and am looking forward to hearing her new album.

And does anyone else agree with me that "Two Princes" by the Spin Doctors is an absolutely great song??

Once in awhile I get forwarded e-mails that I actually think are funny, and this is one of them. Enjoy.

"If you remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics, this may bring a tear to your eyes. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions...

Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
>>A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
>>A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
>>A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.

Q. According to Cosmopolitain, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married?
>>A. Rose Marie: No; wait until morning.

Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
>>A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

Q. Do female frogs croak?
>>A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

Q. What are "Do It," "I Can Help," and "I Can't Get Enough"?
>>A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?
>>A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget.

Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
>>A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
>>A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.

Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?
>>A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
>>A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
>>A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
>>A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
>>A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
>>A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
>>A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
>>A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
>>A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
>>A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
>>A. Charley Weaver: His feet.

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
>>A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh"

Thank you all for your comments but I'm actually still more interested in the whole condoms during oral sex issue. Anyone, anyone?

So a friend of mine recently had an STD test, and was questioned about the use of condoms. The nurse asked if he used condoms every time he had sex, and he said "yes." And then she asked if that included oral sex, and he said no, so she said "well, that means no then."

I'm putting it out there to see how many people actually use a condom for oral sex. I'd like to hear your thoughts, opinions, etc. I personally have never heard of anyone using one for oral sex. I can only imagine it would not be any fun for either party involved.

On the same topic, does anyone consider oral sex "sex"? Are you no longer a virgin if you've partaken in the act of oral sex?

Deep issues to ponder...

Has anyone ever attended or known anyone who has gone to the following schools:

Penn State
Westminster Choir College
THE Ohio State University
UNC at Greensboro
Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

I'm looking into grad schools and would love any info anyone has on these schools. Thanks guys!

I can't get over the fact that I as well as my friends are in such a crazy part of our lives right now. Like at this point, I really don't know how I want my life to go. I can think of several different career routes I could take but none of them seem THAT appealing and even the ones that do, seem like it will take a lot of work and time to get there. I could probably just start teaching right now and do it for like 35 years as most people do and then retire. But I honestly feel like if I just teach public school music for the rest of my life I will feel like a failure and that I could do so much more. So then I think I want to teach at the college level, but maybe I'm not good enough. It's just that there's so many things I could do right now and it seems so intimidating and scary.

What is also very, very sad is that I still have maintained similar thoughts patterns I used to have when I was in my stupid bad relationship. What I mean by that is, every time I used to make a decision or take any action, my first thought would always be, "what would he think? what would he do? what if i do something he doesn't approve of, or what if i don't succeed and i look stupid? what if he does the same thing, but better? of course he will, i never do anything better..." etc. etc. I STILL have these thoughts. A lot. And it is really, really troubling. Like I'm putting together a recital right now, and I'm trying to do "the best" music, because otherwise I will look like a singer who doesn't know what she's doing. I want to go to "the best" grad school. It's like, I don't know the difference between what I WOULD have done before because I felt so much pressure to be great versus what I ACTUALLY want to do. Like right now, I don't have a job other than teaching lessons. And I really enjoy it. However, I know that I would feel the pressure to have a job because otherwise I'm "wasting time." Oh it is so stupid that I still have these awful thoughts and feelings. I am just so afraid that it is still controlling what I do and think, and that is so terrible. Why can't I just get it through my head that no one is controlling me anymore?

Lastly, I'm sad I missed Kenmore Days/Taste of Buffalo. While I had a good time at my friend's sister's grad party, it makes me sad to miss out on the good times with the Kenmore crew, especially since we are hardly ever together anymore, now that people have real jobs/husbands/houses or apartments in other places. Life is moving pretty fast...