Back on Topic

Well... I got my last check for the month. I didn't do well this month with Christmas shopping and no mommy money. I actually saved a negative amount since the 15th when I last did an account check. I'm down about 100 dollars from the 15th. Which I guess isn't too bad considering I paid for everything but rent out of my own pocket this month AND bought all my Christmas presents but my brothers. It still makes me wince a bit to have less money. I'm sitting here in my head trying to figure out what I could have done without to make this work. If I hadn't used up so much gas to visit my parents twice this month I would have saved some money, but not that much since my dad filled my tank up which covered a whole trip. Maybe if I hadn't spent as much on my mom's Christmas present. I bought Chinese food one night (it fed me for a few days though). I bought hot chocolate two or three times at school and I bought a few candy bars when I was starving at work. But I don't think I could have saved much more money. I went out to the bars only once this month, I bought a friend a bottle of booze for their 21st birthday, and I bought 2 six packs of smironoff twists for myself. That isn't too bad. But if I had gotten rid of the things that I didn't really need... the alcohol, the sweet things for school and work, the Chinese food... that might have accounted for maybe 75 dollars. I guess I can just try harder next month!

My posts about economic classes are much more interesting than posts about my economy aren't they? Go reread the posts about medicare and stuff and if you're lucky I'll find time to go through my notebooks for more quotes from my professors that I found entertaining. Tomorrow of course since I'm supposed to be studying right now.

Equal Opportunities Hurt Schools?

Another interesting comment one of my professors made in class the other day was "Affirmative action has hurt our school systems badly." The reason? It used to be that the brightest and the best of women would go teach school, greatly improving the school system. Now the women go off to be lawyers and doctors and the people who tend to teach primary school are not the brightest and the best. Teaching pays so poorly here that people become teachers often because they don't know what else to do. Some believe I should be a teacher, that or a nurse. Probably because they are traditional women's jobs. I know most of my teachers in grade school through the end of high school were NOT the best in the world. They were not bright or clever, they were just everyday people. I wonder what schools would be like if they did still attract the best of the best of women. Because we all know women are smarter than guys right? *runs*

Medicare increases Poverty?

I actually managed to convince my professor today that my argument was a valid one. It is a warped, extremely horrible way to think about it... but in a way it is true. Without medicare the poor, who can't afford medical care, would die sooner. Medicare does not lift people out of poverty, it merely keeps their income level constant. Therefore Medicare increases the number of poor old surviving people. The poverty rate goes up. My professor told me I had a warped way of thinking about things. Possibly.

På Svenska?

Jag ska prova, igen, att skriva på svenska. Det är inte lätt för mig, men jag måste träna! Eller hur ska jag prata med Davids foraltern. De kan inte prata mycket engelska och jag kan inte prata mycket svenska! Vi forstår varandra iallafall. Inte alltid, men ofta. Jag har skrivit till Stavfel, en blog var man måste alltid skriva på svenska. Där ingen vill sa när jag skriva fel. Det är bättre jag tror.

Jag skulle bli i skolan just nu, men jag är för trött! Jag ska inte gå till min första klassen, den börjat kl 8! Tidigt! Istället ska jag bara skriva lite på svenska. Det tar en läng tid för att skriva lite. Jag kanska behöva en svensk typbord?

Och här är en bild av min pojke. :) Han är så söt! Eller hur?

Observations from the previous year...

In an attempt to post something interesting...

1) If you are struggling to unlock and open a heavy door, while standing on ice, juggling bags, and holding a bike and a guy stops to help you, he is an exchange student and will talk to you in English. A Swedish guy would be convinced you can do it on your own. (which is true, but sometimes everyone likes a second pair of hands).

2) Everything can be eaten with a fork and knife. I once was teasing Peter as we cut up a watermelon, I bet you Swedes even eat this with a fork and knife... only to turn around and discover he had set the table with silverware.

Ok, the list was supposed to be longer, but if I remember anything the girls and I complained of last year, I'll post it.

Unproductive

Today was completely unproductive, not only did I not get anything done that I was supposed to, I made negative progress. The laundry isn't finished. (I have one load sitting in the washer and one in the dryer). I haven't had dinner, I didn't study very much, I didn't write much in my blog, I didn't go to the store, I haven't had a shower, I haven't done the dishes. About the only thing I have done is sit here for hours reading a blog about an American in Skellefteå. That's it, for the last 4 or 5 hours. How productive is that? I had a whole week off last week, and I still don't have the energy to do anything. I must not have slept well last night.

On the bright side, I do have (ok, I just forgot what I was going to write in the middle of that sentence, oh yes!) a working heater. The heater guy came and fixed it. I was so afraid I'd have to wait a week or something. So the apartment is back up to the somewhat reasonable temperature of 68 degrees F.

Oh! And I was happy today when David (min pokje!) pointed out that the really cool person, whose blog I like, wrote comments in my blog. Happiness! He was impressed with me too. I have her blog linked to the right, the one about dating in Sweden. If you know anything about Swedes and Sweden I highly recommend her blog, especially the first few entries. (Scroll ALL the way to the bottom). Isn't it odd some days the things that can make you happy?

COLD (and some self-defense)

All I can think about right now is the cold. I definitely need to get a working heater. 14.5 C is way too cold for INSIDE the apartment! I'm doing laundry in hopes that the dryer will heat up the house. I haven't gotten the dryer started yet, just the washer.

Today I went through a self-defense class in order to make up some absences for aerobics. It wasn't too bad. Most of the girls were crying at the end because they gave us a chance to be "attacked" by a heavily padded guy whose only goal besides not getting hurt was to try and get the pants off. I didn't feel like emotionally abusing myself in that way. Even those of us who were watching were crying. The guys ended up bleeding despite their armor by the end of it. It was interesting. We got lectured over and over and over again about how we shouldn't go home and try to show any guy, friend, boyfriend, husband, brother what we learned. Because the guy will hold on as tight as he can to prove that you can't escape, but the girl won't be able to completely fight back because she likes the guy. Most girls aren't willing to break a guy's nose just to prove that she can get away. We were told if asked what we learned to just go into cute girl mode and say 'nothing.' Was an interesting experience. We cheered each girl on as she fought off her attacker for 30 seconds or so. The idea was to create a cheer in the back of the head in case something like this ever happens, to know that others are on our side. They also made us practice spitting at trees because they say spitting in someone's face is a good way to make them leave you alone long enough to get away. *giggle*

I was going to do homework today, but I'm just so tired and drained and cold and everything. Right now I just want to focus on staying warm. This means that tomorrow I'll have to do lots and lots of homework. I had a nice week off with my parents though. Relaxation is necessary too I guess.

How is it that I manage to still be tired even after a week away from school? Somehow no matter how hard I try, I never quite manage to get caught up with everything I need to do or be relaxed. You'd think if I wasn't doing school work I'd be relaxing, but it doesn't work that way. I spend half my free time relaxing and half doing school work, the result being that I'm neither done with school work or relaxed! But only 2 more weeks of classes, then finals week, then 5 weeks with no school or homework or anything! I'll still be busy, but hopefully I won't have such large projects hanging over my head all the time. I'll also get to spend some time with David, that should make me very happy. Until then... *runs around like a chicken with her head cut off to study and get ready for the holidays*

Right now a nap sounds good though. So time to study until I fall asleep. Maybe my mom will stay gone long enough with my brother so that I'll actually get some sleep in.

Why is it the more I write the more my blog sounds like a whine blog instead of a 'moving to Sweden' blog?

Christmas Shopping Done! (mostly)

Well, finally finished my Christmas shopping except for my brother's gift. I don't really know what to get him. I need to finish my Christmas cards, but that might have to wait a bit. I had to order two things online because I couldn't find what I wanted at the store. My brother is in charge of buying one present as well. But I bought enough stuff and spent enough money to feel quite poor today. I actually still have some food items to buy now that I think of it. *whimper* I was so proud of being done with shopping then I sit down to boast about it and I find more things to buy!

I bought myself a present today too. A new potato slicer. I miss my old one! *laugh* But it wouldn't fit in my suitcase for coming back from Sweden. I almost bought myself a candy bar today, but I really don't need one. I've had enough sugar. Sometimes even if something is on sale and you want it, you still shouldn't buy it. I actually remembered that for once.

Now I am very tired though, I went shopping with my mom this morning and my brother this afternoon. My brother must think I am a very creative driver considering all the things I did each time he changed his mind which direction I should go.

But shopping mostly done!

Maybe next year I won't go home for Christmas! Then I won't have to buy so many presents? I wouldn't mind it if I knew something about the people, but some of them I only see once or twice a year. I never mind buying presents for kids, but it is hard for adults because they just buy anything that they'd want. I'm left getting them junk that they probably don't want anyways. I can't really spend much money on them. Oh well! Soon to Sweden!

Christmas Stuff

It seems like most of my extended family will be giving me universal gift certificates this year. (aka cash) I get more if I get presents, but I'm much more likely to get what I want if I get cash. We'll have to see what happens. But I'm going to be getting a nice Christmas list collection going for everyone who was here and emailing them out to those who weren't in exchange for their lists. It's mostly just my plot to be sure people know what to get me. Maybe I'll post my list here when I figure it out. If people don't know what to get me I get all sorts of junk that I either give away to other people as presents or sits in the closet for years until I finally garage sale it. I hate having junk sitting around too.

Thanksgiving Recipes (the day before)

Pie Crust (to be sprinkled with cinnamon sugar or made into pies)
Homemade Crust

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
4 to 6 tbsp cold water

1. Mix flour and Salt together
2. Cut in vegetable shortening with 2 knives until mixture is crumbly
3. Sprinkle with water
4. Blend until mixture holds together
5. Shape half of dough into ball
6. Place on lightly floured surface
7. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick
8. Line pie plate with pastry and turn edge under, crimp edge as desire.
9. Repeat

* Avoid rolling out crust more than once or twice.


Pecan Pie

Makes 1 9-inch pie (and 2 mini pies)
Crust: 1 9-inch pie crust unbaked

Filling:
¼ cup softened margarine
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
¾ cup light corn syrup
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups pecan halves

1. Heat oven to 375° F
2. Mix butter and sugar
3. Add eggs one by one, mixing each
4. Add syrup and vanilla, mix
5. Mix in pecans
6. Pour into crust(s)
7. Bake at 375° F for 5 minutes
8. Reduce heat to 325° F and bake for 45 minutes (or until knife inserted into center comes out clean)
9. Cool to room temperature before eating or cutting.

*May be too much filling since original recipe has too few pecans
*Break nuts in half to slice the pie easier later.


Pumpkin Pie

Makes: 2 deep 9-inch pies or 3 and a half shallow (aka normal) pies

Crust:
unbaked pie crusts

Filling:
1 ½ cups sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
½ tsp ground cloves
4 large eggs
1 can (29oz.) Libby's 100% Pure Pumpkin
2 cans (12 fl. oz. each) Carnation Evaporated Milk

1. Preheat oven to 425° F
2. Mix dry ingredients in a small bowl
3. Beat eggs in a REALLY large bowl
4. Add dry stuff and spices to the eggs
5. Mix really well
6. Gradually add milk while mixing
7. Pour filling into crusts. (Be sure they can still be carried to the oven)
8. Bake at 425° F for 15 minutes
9. Reduce Temperature to 350° and bake for 40-50 minutes (or until knife inserted near center comes out clean)
10. Cool on wire rack 2 hours
11. Refrigerate or eat immediately after cool.

DO NOT FREEZE

Morning!

Tonight I will get to see my brother again. I've spoken to him on the phone three times since we last saw each other in mid August, but that's it. But before then I have so much stuff that I need to do! I have to go to the grocery store, the local Hallmark, Longs, JCPenny, etc. I need to buy socks, groceries, toothpaste, new toothbrush, christmas cards, and whatever else I decide that I must have. I need to take pictures of my mom's quilts today too. I have some photos I want to get developed, but I need to wait for her photos to be ready to send in at the same time. I'm also supposed to help my dad clean today, but I might just absent myself during some of the cleaning by going shopping.

Maybe I'll go back to sleep for a bit. Today was a sleep in day for me and I woke up at 7. Much too early for a sleep in day.

Home again, Home again, Jiggity Jog

It feels nice to be home again, although every time I come home it feels a bit less like home. My room doesn't have much of my stuff left anymore. Most of the stuff in here now is my mom's. She's moved a lot of quilting stuff into my room since I was last home. The only things left that are mine are some stuffed animals, a few posters, my old nightstand, and some stuff in the closet. If I took down the last of my stuff one would not even be able to tell that a girl once lived in the room. It looks more and more like what it is now. A guest room. Even the drive down my street was a bit different. There used to be an old sign that said 'Via Vista' in metal letters. Ever since I've lived here though it has said 'is a.' Now it doesn't even say that. It is large and arched over the road so I guess some highschoolers finally got around to climbing it to remove the remaining letters. I wonder if anyone else feels like a guest in their own home? I shouldn't think too highly of myself though, my mom didn't clean before I came, which means I'm not too much of a guest!

I wonder if there will ever be a time when I will not be able to call my parents' place home. It's much more likely to happen once I stop moving every year! Maybe once I settle down in Sweden that will feel like home. I hope so.

Homeward Bound

I really need to learn to sleep past 5.30 in the morning. I could use the time to aquire more, you know, sleep? I didn't accomplish much of anything yesterday. It's hard to have the energy to do much after working 8 hours! How do those real adult types manage? I hope it is something people just get used to. I've worked 8 hours or more in a day lots of times, but it has always been things like working at the bar or working at the lake. Stuff that doesn't require as much concentration. The lake work was easy, I sat in my car and interviewed people if they happened to show up at the boat ramp. "Field research in economics," it was called. Surveying at eight bucks an hour would have been equally descriptive. I also like to think of it as a way for Fish and Game to waste money creatively. I guess the 5 surveys I collected a day or so were very useful to someone. My professor told me he did have to throw out the one that I wrote "They would come to this lake more often if they were given more beer." The people I interviewed were drunk... I mean, he fell out of his boat when trying to put it up next to the dock...

Thanksgiving will be interesting this year. It will be the first major get together with my family since I started seriously having a bf. Somehow I think I will get lots of questions. When will we meet him? will probably be the least intrustive. Somehow I think I will get all sorts of annoying questions like 'Is he cute?' Well of course! 'Does he want kids?' well how the heck should I know, and it isn't like it matters right now! This is what the magic pills are for that I faithfully take each day! 'When is the wedding?' Like it is any of their business? Relatives! I will be polite and smile and give them distractions from questions. Instead I'll try to find out what they want for Christmas. I wonder how other people deal with nosy relatives without going crazy? And my mom wonders why I never told her about any of my boyfriends before this until after we broke up....

On a completely different note.... I wish I had a working heater. *shiver* I know this is California and stuff, but it is around 62 INSIDE in the mornings when I wake up. It makes it hard to get out of bed in the mornings. Apparently not hard enough though since I did wake up early this morning. I need gloves to wear while typing too. My fingers are cold!

I'm an Adult!

Well, ok, not really. But I think I've made a large step towards becoming one. I worked 8 hours in the office today. First time ever! And I didn't get too distracted or bored. But 8*8=64 dollars for today! That's a few more Christmas presents that I can buy. I'm probably only going to work 6 hours or so tomorrow. Start at 8, end at 3. My boss is taking us out to lunch tomorrow so I'll actually have to take my hour lunch break. I'm hoping to have everything that needs to go into my car packed up and by the door before I leave for work. So tonight I need to clean the bathroom, clean out the fridge, wash dishes, pack, etc. I think I'll drink a bit too. In celebration of course. Also because I'm working on my break.

I really need to go to bed early tonight and study a bit. I wonder how I will fit all of this in? I guess it is SUPER magic! I could stay here another night, do 8 hours tomorrow, then head home early Wednesday morning. I'd rather have another dinner at my parents though. Mommy food is the best!

A transfer

Well, I've decided to create a blog to actually show my friends rather than hide away in the obscure place it was previously. It's also been made boyfriend safe so that he will have some idea of what goes on in my life. I'll be slowly moving previous entries over here. If you don't like to listen to me whine, don't read my blog!

The Swedish word for the day is upptagen.

The Swedish word for the day is upptagen. It means busy.

I stole that from another blog. But it's a useful word for my life right now too!

Jag är alltid mycket upptagen! Jag behöver sova!

natti natti

Welcome to Thanksgiving Break!

I now have the next 10 days off from school! I'm still going to work 2 days. Probably full time. I didn't plan this week into my money earned, so any money I get will be nice and extra. I plan to take it really easy though. Study a bit, not stress out, relax, play computer games. I really want to get caught up in school. I also need to send out Christmas cards next week, do my christmas shopping, clean my apartment, visit parents for 3-4 days, work, etc. Not having school though should give me enough time to do all that stuff and then some! I have a few homework assignments due when I get back, but not too bad.

Progress towards Sweden includes the fact that I listen to Swedish radio every day/night for at least 2 hours. I tend to sleep through a large part of that or be doing other stuff, but it is on. Maybe I'll magically absorb Swedish knowledge while I'm asleep? I can always hope! I've fallen so far behind in my attempts at writing in Swedish each day... I try to chat in Swedish with david though. It helps some.

5am... tired!

It's 5am, I finally got my paper that is due today done. I think I am going to go back to bed for 2 hours before my first class. Perhaps after this week I'll have more time to spend working on my Swedish... somehow I fear that will not be so.

I had a weird dream last night where I was arrested along with every other girl downtime. They said we were all prostitutes. None of us were of course, they just didn't like university students. But I was not bothered much by this because magically my dad was police chief or some other high elected politician. I got all the police officers in trouble and got to laugh at them being behind bars rather than me. My dreams must show I'm insane. Also the police put us all on a train to get us to the police station. (had to add a bit less sense to this).

No Time. :(

There isn't going to be much from me until after Thursday. I HAVE to get these papers done. I finished one tonight, but the other I've barely started on. I've done about a third of the reading, but still a lot to go. I'm too tired to even think about writing in Swedish. If I have time tomorrow morning I'll do more reading rather than work on my Swedish. I'm so worried that my Swedish will not exist by the time I'm in Sweden again! David's parents won't be able to understand me at all.

On the bright side I'll be working two days next week. I didn't think I'd have any money coming in, so this extra bit will be nice. I'll just work Monday and Tuesday though because I want some of the holiday week off to be with my family. I might only work 10 hours. Or I might work 16. I don't think I want to work two 8 hour days though! That's a LOT of office time. I could use the money with Christmas coming up, but I need Sarah time too. The good thing is that once I finish up these two papers I won't have any more big projects due before the end of the semester.

I'm hoping to get my Christmas shopping done next week. That'll be a lot less worry on me as finals approach. I'm torn! I want to work lots so that I can be with David, but I also need to study lots. I need to sleep and I also need to have fun by going to parties and bars. I also need to relax. I have too many things that I want to do. Someone rescue me from myself! I'm obviously working WAY too hard.

Stuff to worry about

Weekend. I didn't do much this weekend. Didn't do much schoolwork, didn't study, didn't read anything, didn't work on my Swedish. It was wonderful.

David told me today that he finally started thinking about what's going to go on once I get there. Right now he's trying to figure out where I can put my laptop in his room. He's also done the math and finally figured out that he'll be done with school before me. He says he'll have to stay in Uppsala until I'm done.

David also seems to think I should get a teaching certificate or something in Sweden. The classes are all in Swedish but at least with a degree I could almost certainly get a job. Even if it was just teaching English. UGH! I'd much rather have a research type job like I have now. I like working with lots of numbers and making them do what I want them to do. I like being helpful. I like having to be very very detailed and exact and create projects for people. I like using numbers that someone else has found. Silly as it is I could actually see what I'm doing now as a career. I don't know if I'd still like it once it got past the basics though. I doubt I could get a job half as good as the one I have now in Sweden though, and this is just a student job!

One of these days I REALLY need to figure out what I want to do with myself in the future. So far I have 2006 finish school, graduate, work in the summer, hopefully work in the fall doing something, maybe take SFI classes too. 2007 try to get into more advanced Swedish or other university courses. In the summer either come home and visit or else see if I can get some sort of summer job in Sweden. In the fall I am hoping to be in a Masters program. If not I need to be working or in some other school program. My saved money will definately be gone by then. Once I'm done with my Masters I don't have ANY plans for my future! I don't know what I want to do or anything!

I guess it's something I should think more about. David and I also realized today that I'll have to leave a LOT of stuff behind to move to Sweden. I won't get to take furnature, electronics, most of my books, and lots of other things that I'd like to keep but can't. I guess if I do get into a Masters program I can see about shipping some of my stuff over there. We'll see I guess.

Swedish Writing 11/11/05

Idag är jag mycket mycket trött! Jag vet inte vad jag ska skriva om. Jag är för trött att tanka. Jag har jobbat mycket idag. Jag behöver att studera, men jag har ingen tid. Jag också orkar inte! Jag ska sova mycket inätt och ska inte jobba innan Tisdag. Jag ska inte jobba mycket näste vecka för att jag måste studera mycket! Jag har två uppsatz att skriva. Jag måste läsa också. Ibland måste jag sova! Jag vet inte när! Hur kan andra människor jobba mycket och studera och festa. Kanska sovar dom inte! Jag behöver att sova. Jag får inte jobba och festa och studera 24 timmar varje dag! Det fungerar inte!

Swedish Writing 11/10/05

Jag är lite sent, men jag skriva iallafall. På Lördag har jag två festar! Jag vill vara på både! Jag trot att jag ska festa lite utan att dricka alcohol här första, då ska jag åka bil til min kompis huset. Han fyllar år, 21! Jag ska sovar där och åka hem dagen efter. Både festar ska ha Kegs. Jag ska grilla med förste festen och dricka med andra festen! Jag måste lagar jello shots idag. Halv för förste festen och halv för andre festen. Jag hoppas att jag skulle ha det kul! Men nu måste jag åka till skolan! Hejdå!

Swedish Writing 11/9/05

Idag är jag mycket trött! Jag har jobbat månge timmar igår. 15 timmar! Idag var jag i skolan. Jag har inte jobbat idag. Imorgon ska jag jobba 3 eller 4 timmar. Min eftermiddag klassen ska jag inte ha imorgon. Min professoren ska vara sjuk. Då får jag jobba mer. Jag gillar att jobba för att man måste jobba om man vill tjänar penger. Jag ska köpa presentar för jul snart. Då skulle jag inte ha mycket penger! Jag måste köpa för månge människor. Det är kul att handla, men inte kul att ha lite penger efter! Idag har jag en huvudverk. :( Jag vill bara sova, men jag ska studera, läsa, och lagar mat innan jag sovar. Jag vill inte studera! Jag vill sova!

Weekend and Dad

Neither of my parents approve of me taking a year off, but they'll let me and support me the best they can. They won't give me money next year, but *grin*. My mom says that if I ever want to come home, if I'm unhappy and need out of any situation in Europe she'll get me home. I don't plan to ever use that, but my mom always feels better knowing I have an out. I will of course always have enough money for a ticket home in my account or have a ticket. Been trapped before and not doing it again.

My grandfather was all suprised that I'm going to graduate this spring. Graduation date is May 31st. I'll have a party at my place. I'll be the first of my family in my generation to graduate. Makes me special. Hopefully I'll get lots of nice presents then. :P Money would be nice, let me survive longer!

I have 7 weeks to go. These next 7 weeks are going to go by fast. I need to start planning. My mom says I should start packing things that I'm not going to use again before I leave. She says my cat costume, pumpkin carving tools, presents to people should start going in my suitcase this week. She plans ahead even more than I do!

Exams over, weekend off

Well... I didn't do as well with this round of exams as the last set. I've gotten 3 exams back. One I got a 74 on, one an 86, and the other one I did really well and got 100. I still have 2 exams I'm waiting on.

I got my Portola check for the week long trip today. Was over 400 dollars. Weee! That'll push my account up nicely. I have less than 2 months to go until I get to be in Sweden. I'm going to work an extra hour tomorrow to make up for missing Tuesday. I worked an extra half hour today, and I plan to work for 3 or 4 hours on Monday afternoon as well. I won't be working at the CED on Tuesday due to the elections. I'll get money for working the elections instead. 65 dollars for the day. That's something like 5 dollars an hour 6am until 9pm. 13 hours of work. But money is money!

Maybe this weekend I'll figure out what stuff to get some people for Christmas. I'm looking forward to seeing my home again, saying hi to the kitten, etc. I'm half tempted to leave my computer here, but I promised David that I'd try to show him my house. We'll see how everything works. Maybe I'll get a bit of school work done as well.

Anyways, back to cleaning my apartment. I told myself that if I skipped aerobics, I had to do something productive today. So I've washed dishes, started laundry, got the trash taken out, went grocery shopping, and have started cleaning my room. I'd really like to vaccum my room and swap computer tables to the smaller one in the corner and move this one OUT of my room. Maybe if I'm feeling special I'll even set up my stereo.

Picture for Profile

I'm just posting this here so that I can add this picture to my profile. This is me before I got my hair cut back in August. It's a big shorter now. I'll probably cut it again soon. It's looking ratty and gets tangled all the time.