mahna mahna

blah so i've been a boring blogger since i haven't updated in awhile. i've missed you, internet-friends...who are also friends in real life. and if you want to hang out, that would be cool.

of course, my busy schedule is one thing that prevents me from hanging out as much. i don't mean to make it sound like my life is so full of exciting things, because it's not, but i did go to ikea yesterday, which i find extremely exciting. quite level, in fact, with day trips to colonial williamsburg. aargg my cat just licked my lips. and you know where his face was a minute ago.

anyway, yesterday was a good day, as i not only went to ikea, but down to d.c. as well, where i saw the jim henson exhibit at the smithsonian and it was completely inspiring. it was in honor of our 'muppet family reunion', which to those of you who aren't familiar with alpha phi omega will make no sense to you at all. but the point is that it ended up being a group of random people who were able to go, instead of all of the members of the muppet family, so it was not the day we planned, but ended up being a lot of fun.

i was also driving my friend patrick down with us, and he ended up buying more at ikea than i did. that's the second time this weekend now that i've gone shopping with a guy friend and they bought more than me. and more domestic products, at that. am i an inspiration of some kind? i like to think so.

i'm home from indonesia!

yes, my plane did not crash, as i had feared, after hearing about that australian plane plummeting 18,000 feet through the air before righting itself. i never used to fear flying, but after that i prayed the whole 40 hour trip home that i would land safely, no plummeting, no heart attacks from not dying but thinking that i might die. i'm not ready to face mortality; i prefer the freudian denial of turning death into a desirable thing, a la king lear. i'll explain it all later.

for now i'm momentarily in salisbury, ct visiting mt. riga and my aunt has taken me into town to check email while she does laundry at the laundromat. so no more for now, but i'm happy to be home and will have much to tell when i have settled back in gettysburg with my vicious beast, aka jack. i love you all and hope everyone who reads this is doing well!

peace, love, happiness

my alias:

vicki, aka our favorite hippo, was kind enough to find me this:

yay for otters!

reasons otters are great:
they are playful
they eat off of their stomachs

lame, but true

i secretly love patriotic music, like "america, the beautiful" and "my name is richard henry lee, virginia is my home."

you know what i mean.

survival techniques

i leave for indonesia in less than a week now and i'm a bit apprehensive. definitely excited, mind you, but nervous that i'll contract some horrible disease or stomach virus because my weak american body has been conditioned only to survive in a completely sterile environment, i.e., america.

i even had some stomach complaints in france when i first arrived there, and that was france. oh well. there will be so many amazing things happening, i hope, that i won't even notice if i'm rushed to the emergency room to be treated with five different medications to bring down the swelling.

bon voyage!

good forecast comin' right up

well, my aunt's wedding is this weekend. it's an outdoor wedding. and it's supposed to rain. and there is no tent. and no chairs. so we'll be standing. in the rain.

i stole a gettysburg admissions umbrella from the office today.

bbbedrunkennn

fabulous book club meeting tonight ladies. well done.