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i have NEVER been so happy to get a C in my life.

merry christmas (or happy holidays, whatever you do or don’t celebrate)

i hope that you get to spend time with people important to you. love and peace.

Just when you thought it was safe to eat at Carl’s Jr. again, they whip out the disgusting commercials once more. This time, it’s two guys talking about a philly cheesesteak burger. And they are yapping with full mouths (well, at least one of them is).

Dear Carl’s Jr:

Stop with the disgusting commercials. We don’t like to hear people talking with their mouths full. We don’t like to see it. It’s rude, crude, and makes us not want to EVER eat at your restaurant again. The big sloppy burger splatting on the counter at the end? Not doing it for us either.

Get a clue. We don’t want to see people with horrible manners in your commercials. Find another gimmick.

Sincerely,

Me

I haven’t had time to go thru my vacation photos. I will, but not until after the new year. Here’s one for now.

man, what a great game today. chargers take the AFC west and LT sets the record for most touchdowns in a season. woohoo!

i hope we’ll be able to see some of the games while we’re at mom & dad’s!

I was thinking about the sign on the 5 freeway that used to say “Cruise Ships Exit Here”. I never got a pic of it while it was up. And I haven’t spotted one on the web. Has anyone seen a pic of that somewhere? I wish I had snapped a shot when I could have.

Did I mention that Belize was the best vacation ever? No, seriously. EVER.

I so want to go back. NOW. Part of it is just getting away from the demands of everything and everyone, and enjoying serious down time with my sweetie. That was so nice.

Stories and pics after I get out from under my school work. Promise.

I almost missed calling my brother on his birthday. I am a bad, bad sister.

I am so wrapped up in homework, I forgot what the date was. Yes, it’s that bad. 300 pages of Proust (plus a reading journal). 300+ pages of Dos Passos (Manhattan Transfer). 400+ pages of Agee (Let Us Now Praise Famous Men). 1 fiction paper (plot driven). 1 lit paper on a British Lit book (6 pages). 1 lit paper comparing Wm Carlos Williams and Hart Crane (8 pages). A nonfiction paper for a workshop on Tuesday. A review of a nonfiction work (technique).

And by next week, 36 polished pages of writing to turn in for my final in nonfiction.

Yikes. If I could just stop trying to listen to the Harry Potter movie in the other room!

Is it just me or do the lids at Starbucks split a lot easier than they used to? About every other time I try to adjust a lid, it splits up the side and I am stuck with a leaky lid. When did this start happening anyway? I’m noticing a definite pattern.

Starbucks, you need to tell your vendor to strengthen up your lids. This trend is frustrating to customers.

wow, this is it. the last day of NaBloPoMo. we made it!

i hope you had fun if you participated. if you didn’t, i hope you looked at some of the participants and found some new reads.

i found a new love for writing – about something other than myself (which i really hate to do, believe it or not). superficial stuff is always okay, but i have a hard time with the really personal things. so i talk about crap. but freewriting from a keyword or two is really cool. i’d like to keep trying that.

another idea to prompt my writing is using some of the resources i already have, like the pocket muse. it has some great prompts in it. although it’s more for writing stories and novels, i can see how it would be easily adapted to blogging.

well, i had fun. and this month has shown me that i can find something to write about every day. i just need to continue that, with some more thoughtful pieces thrown in once in a while, just to mix things up and be interesting.