birthday pies!

Davids Birthday is Saturday, and although I got him a pretty bomb gift it won't be arriving till Tuesday of next week because I always seem to order things from California when I need them in a rush... and we all know there is no way I'm spending $19 to have it shipped any faster. Since I will have nothing to give him and I'm also unusually busy that day I'm baking him pies instead!

The fastest way to a mans heart is through his stomach... or a sharp object through his chest... but I'll already have a big enough mess to clean up after the party and don't want to add spilled innards to it.

The pies I'll be making will be of the Strawberry/Rhubarb variety and will hopefully taste awesome. I'm thinking about making 3, two for the party and one to taste test to make sure they are good enough to serve people. I am also thinking about cupcakes since I make good ones and not everyone likes pie. What do you think? It really depends on how messy my kitchen is after the pies and how tired I am after making them.

where I've been and where I'm going

I'm not a big travelor, I'd like to... it just that my money tree hasn't been growing in the last twenty years or so and traveling is sort of expensive.

This month, however, I'll be adding to my places visited by 2! and when you've only been to a few places 2 is a lot.


visited 8 states (16%)
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I live in Ohio, and I have all my life. I've been to Florida twice, once in 6th grade for a vacation with a friend and once freshman year for a trip to Disney with the marching band. I went to Colorado for a "family" reunion when I was younger... I can't remember how old I was but I think it was before I read Harry Potter which was 7th grade so I was probably 12 or 13(I use the term family loosely because it was my step family and my Dad is divorced from that women now). I went to Tennessee and spent a week on a houseboat with another friends family vacation (my family never does anything fun) and to Michigan for a graduation party for a friend of a friend. I've visited the Ikea in PA as well as Gettysburg and some amusement park I can't remember the name of; but they had a large pumpkin and I thought that was cool since my birthday is in October and I was way to young to drink...

 family events are far more tolerable now that I can drink, that's all I'm going to say.

I've been to Chicago IL twice, once with the drama club and once with my two girl friends Andi and Kori for a day trip that ended not so well, but I love that city. The soup box is my reason for living. If you've never been there and you like soup you don't know what you're missing. It's perfect, even in the hot summer. I love the soup box, I love it so much.

In 7th grade we took a class trip to DC, that's why I've been to Virginia, and it was not nearly as fun as 8th grade trip to Toronto where we saw a medieval time dinner theater and Niagara falls. And seriously that's all I've ever done... don't you feel bad for me?

Well, you can stop that noise because I'm going to expand my traveled map starting in 10 short days!! by the end of the month I'll have been to NY and SC.


visited 10 states (20%)
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i'm mainstreaming

If you've never met me, which is very likely considering how much I like to stay at home and pretend I'm interesting while I roll dice trying to do max damage... I mean while I stay home watching copious amounts of 30 Rock and Will and Grace (I don't know if that's any better...) you probably don't know how ridiculously out of things I am.

I've never looked at Craigslist, until today, when my aunt forced me to email a woman about a blender so I wouldn't buy a new one and waste money.

and obviously by "forced" I mean sent the email for me and told me I had to buy it even if I was scared... which I am.

This woman may or may not be next door neighbors with a kid in band from HS. In fact it may actually be the same house, I can't remember. All the houses in that part of my neighborhood look the same. And I do mean in my neighborhood. I rode the bus by this house every day till my mother finally let me get my drivers license senior year. This woman lives close. How convenient?! Craigslist is wonderful! I may go read it myself some time soon!

So naturally I'm less afraid to go now that I see her house is so near, if I get murdered it's close enough to where I actually live that the police may look there.

And now I'll finally be able to make my own margaritas for margarita Wednesdays and not feel like a loser.

Other things I'm way behind on? I finally got an iPod yesterday... I'm 21 and I've never had one. It's 2010 and I've never had one.

Who knows, tomorrow I may see what this "Internet" thing everyone keeps talking of is all about. I hear it's very colorful. I just need to get an extra phone line so I don't miss a call. Excuse me though, I have math homework to do and I misplaced my abacus.

If you say "clam to clam" does that make you a lesbian?

My best friend is Adrienne , and I love her. Soon I'll be visiting her in New York City and I am literally peeing myself with anticipation! Yesterday she sent me a message with the plans for our weekend adventure which include events such as picnicking in Central Park and visiting the Statue of Liberty! She also said we could go to a Broadway play, and let me be honest when I say show tunes are my life...

The other day I was talking about how excited I am to go and how much I miss her and someone asked if I was gay for her. Naturally my answer was that we go clam to clam. Obviously we haven't yet. But does it make me a lesbian for saying so? Do you have to be a lesbian to say "clam to clam"? Are you a lesbian if the phrase can roll of your tongue in normal every day speech without so much as blinking? I don't think I like girls, but I do love Adrienne.

Maybe I'm gay only for her.

And Anna Paquin.

Happy Gay Pride Month! Celebrate love!