Shuffle off to Buffalo!

with so many fun people coming to see me, it feels like it is *my* birthday, not the USA's!!! Woohoo!!! I am SUPER excited to see all of you guys (and very grateful, Peter, that for my "birthday" you have decided to give the gift of sanity and have stepped back from your idea ridiculosa [that means "ridiculous idea", Jason] concerning driving all the way to Buffalo and back for a cup of coffee and a Tim Horton's donut! :). You Indiana folk will have to plan a fun adventure for yourselves in the Hole so that I can feel bad (and, therefore, better) about being effusive on the blogger about this weekend, knowing that our poor friend Pete has to work... but just look at it this way, Peter-- you are going to make more money this weekend than we will! :)

Woohoo!!! Tomorrow is like Friday for all of you-- the last day you have to work this week!! And then you drive! And then you are in Buffalo! And then we celebrate!! Woohoo, indeed! :)

YAY!!! I am *so* excited about this!!! WONDERFUL!!!

Love,
Bird

THE FOURTH OF JULY

So...

Everybody's coming to Buffalo, right?

Please respond promptly.

WELCOME!!!

So glad you were able to get onto blogger, Jean!! WOOHOO!!!

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, That's Amore!

bertieburns: Hey, friend! I think I found the perfect man for you... unfortunately, he lives in France (and, yes, he is French... I know how you feel about the "frogs", as you call them), but he should be moving to the US in the next two years and is definetely ready for love and a committment... he is attractive, bright, well-mannered, European polite, articulate, serious, and driven... sounds pretty good! Remind me to tell you about him when we return to school! :-)

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Brushetta of the brain

I had a dream last night that, at school, I received a yellow quarter sheet flyer in my mailbox (which I can't believe cc approved!!) inviting me to participate in a bible study. On a whim, I went... it was a Mormon scam to get you to their meeting! They handed out the thinnest version of the Bible I had ever seen-- it was the second bible, their latter day saints book (which in grammar school I was warned against ever touching)! And then they wouldn't let me leave. I kept trying to get home, but they kept locking me in-- and picking on me and pushing me and bruising me. I couldn't get away-- it was Mormon hell and I was stuck!!! AH!!! (thank goodness for that five three oh alarm!)

How did they do that? How did they penetrate my subconscious? Will I be Mormon when I return to school? Is it inevitable? Do either of you ever have forced religious conversion dreams? Is this normal? ... what if I dream about scientology next?!!!!

Renamed (because I am paranoid)

... with all of the D-Day commemerations, I had a thought: how do they handle gay men with the draft? If a draft were instated today, would dropping the g-bomb and declaring yourself gay keep you from overseas service? How would they verify that one's orientation was, in fact, gay? Do you think, should the draft be reinstituted during our lifetimes (God forbid), that pretending to be gay would be the new Canada? Or do you think that it would finally make the armed services wise up and accept (openly) homosexuals within their ranks? What are your thoughts?

Fun fact!! (but if you haven't ever seen season II of the WW, disregard...)

Jason, check out this fun fact! The day after "18th and Potomac" first aired (the episode in which Dolores L. dies.. sadness!), the California State Legislature held a moment of silence for Mrs. Landingham!! Isn't that fabulous?!! We aren't the only people who live in the parallel Bartlet universe!! :)

If only NBC would cancel the WW, so that we would all be allowed the appropriate opportunity to mourn Aaron and his genius... before it gets any more distorted!!

It was fun seeing both of you last week! Hope this finds you well!

Love,
Bird