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i just read thru my whole journal (it’s not very long) from when i went to hawaii. trying to find something comparable to kristen’s birthday blog for you, kim. but i got squat. well except this:

“i told kim that we need to go skinny dipping in the ocean at night. she said ok.”

what the hell? we never went skinny dipping! before you get another year older, i want you to promise that we will go back to hawaii and get nekkid. because you are my brave friend who will force me to do outrageous things even when i’m petrified. plus you’re so ADORABLE and absolutely the best person to go to a tropical island with.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIM!

(picture courtesy of me. to view above pictures of vegas, sign in to CH and go here. to see pictures of beach trips in 2002 go here.)

it was morning and time to go to work so i came out of my house to find kristen’s boyfriend in the driveway with his car. his two little kids were in the back seat, aged approx 3 and 5, respectively the girl and boy. both adorable little blond ringlet-ed tykes. kristen came out of her house next door and was sobbing. i looked at her boyfriend (who looked suspiciously like jenny’s boyfriend) and he told me that his parents were missing, presumed dead. they were the ones who usually took care of the kids, but had recently gone on a cruise so the children had been left with their mother. but she had to go somewhere else and the grandparents were supposed to be back last night. but apparently their ship had sunk. they had called him during the panic, yelling about how they were about to die. the coast guard was currently searching for survivors and he, kristen, and the kids were going over there to wait. and see. he got in the car and kristen came over to me, still crying, and she said, “i can’t leave them alone. i have to be their mother now. he’s going to need me to take care of them.” and then she got in the car too and they all drove away.

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this friday the month of michele travelling begins. i’m going down to san diego this weekend for one reason, and one reason only. to see ‘what a girl wants’. don’t believe me? ask the dishes. i am quite possibly the most absurd person i know. who pays money to go down to SD to see what it very likly to be one of the worst movies of 2003? but how can i refuse the colin firth and, after all, marina begged that she couldn’t see it with anyone else but me. loyalty like that is not misplaced so much as it’s a disgrace. so here i go, down to SD. (note this guy. what does he have to do with ‘what a girl wants’? i don’t know. but it’s vaguely scary.)

next tuesday, after i come back (one week from now! only one week!) i’m going to be flying to warren, NJ to see jason and the dollhouse at the cemetary. plus the egg-o-matic. we’re going to that play too and to bookstores and flea markets. and to see bulletproof monk (my idea) and holes (his).

kristen said this to jason about me today: “i’m jealous because being on

like my idea of heaven, so you take full advantage son.”

which is awfully complimentary, but i’m skeptical that i have that much faith in myself. we shall see, i guess.

anyway, finally the week after i get back from jersey, it’s off to indio for the coachella festival. lots of music, sun, and people-watching. it’s going to be so beautiful. if you’re interested in going, you can still buy tickets. and we have space in our hotel room still…

i don’t know if anybody else has heard of this yet. but you know jessica lynch, the recently rescued POW? apparently the story is so good (because what is true life but a story in need of mass-media propagation?) that they want to turn it into a movie. a war-tear-jerker-happy-ending-movie. and WHO is the current favorite to play our heroine in uniform? sarah michelle gellar. oh yes. our very own buffy in iraq. i am curious who will play the iraqi informer who basically saved her life.

"This is the kind of movie that would put bums on seats almost anywhere in the world. Here you've got a real story of heroic Americans and it involves a pretty young girl in the lead role. What's more it's a true story with a happy ending. You're talking about a surefire hit."

i can’t decide whether i feel good or bad about this.

i mean on the one hand it’s just so typical of hollywood and america in general to take something and put some bright lights, big cameras on it and churn out a 2 hour motion picture for general populace enjoyment. and while i think that movies CAN offer you a glimpse of a life that you have no connection to and make you feel what the characters feel and see what they see. i don’t know in this situation if they will present it in a manner which will make it morally acceptable to sensationalize a war i don’t agree with and the actions of soldiers who i wish were safely at home instead of being shot by our own people. it’s great that “we” saved one 19 year old pretty girl. it’s fantastic. i am so happy that she’s safe and her parents know she’s ok. but what about the iraqi child that got the back of his head blown off? i saw those pictures. they were horrifying. but happy endings sell, small head-gutted foriegners do not.

but on the other hand, maybe the movie WILL present some of the horrors of war. maybe it will show people who have no conception of what war is really like the agony of being a prisoner of an aggressive regime. maybe it will make people THINK. and maybe buffy will look really good and shoot some things. can’t you just IMAGINE her in the little marine outfit? she’s so TINY.

don’t quote me on this whole thing being true yet. i mean obviously the rescue story and everything that’s true, (if by true you mean most likely factually accurate), but the movie thing is not concrete or anything. and certainly the leading lady role is not a given.

(i love you, jack black!)

From him:

As for inadvertently beguiling unsuspecting women, it may be too late. I don't know what I'm doing wrong (or right depending upon your point of view), but my seemingly irresistable farm-boy charm has gotten me into a bit of a predicament. After deciding to try my hand at being single for a while, I've suddenly got two girls that are both expressing a desire to get involved. I've been on a couple dates with both, and they're each fun to hang out with, but I wouldn't say I'm ready to get into a real heavy relationship with either. Lately the time spent with each has become a little more stressful because they've both begun to express concern about the fact that I'm spending time with the other. Basically I really like hanging out with both of them, but don't see a way out of this situation that won't result in one or both of them being pissed off at me. If I choose one, the other will probably stop speaking to me. Telling both of them that I'm not interested means I'll have to stop speaking to both of them. From my standpoint continuing to go out on dates with both of them would be ideal, but I have a hunch that would probably lead to one or both not speaking to me once the dates involve more than dinner, dancing, and a good-night kiss if you know what I mean. What do you think, is there a way to make this work out that isn't going to leave me looking like a jerk and/or not having any girls to talk to?

-Sought-after in Virgina Beach

From me:

Dear Sought-after,

Dear Abby

do i even know this person? no i do not. so really the title of this post should incorporate something about how this is the most indirect (intermediary being marina), convoluted (who’s confused? i’m confused?) email correspondance of the day. i’m rather wondering what will happen next. marina is supposed to keep me informed. (*editor’s note: i just learned that marina and mark, [has anyone else noticed that the SD couples have the same first initials? well mark/marina, jesse/jenny. i guess not robyn/ash, although we could change ash to rash. but he prob wouldn’t appreciate that], suck.)

marina’s advice to this chuck guy was, “pick the hot one. you don’t want to look at a fugly all night.” (paraphrased) mind you, she had a whole spiel first about being honest with them (about the relationship not about how fugly they are). honest schmonest. i vote threesome.

i can’t help it though. i like quizzes. and then i like the little picture/links they give you to put on your own webpage to increase traffic for them. pictures. quizzes. oh man. asian girls with feathery wings. it’s like porn to me.

I’m Angelic Cute!! made by Jen

if you want to see lots of fun pictures of marina and her boyfriend mark in mexico than go here. if you want to discover, as i did, that apparently mark’s brother has fucking met miyazaki, then you can go here. if you don’t know who miyazaki is than you can jolly well go jack off somewhere else. or you can go here, she says grudgingly. if you want to see me shrivel up in jealousy over the mexico beaches and the miyazaki then you can come over and i’ll make faces at you for a while.