except for the book ends - i'm not really french.
11:56 PM
11:27 PM
i spent relatively little time here today:
i went on a walk, i went to the pool and laid out with a friend, i did homework, i got sun, i felt great. yay!
(disclaimer: i am actually sitting there now, despite what the picture would have you think. working on a paper. :)
3:12 AM
i'm trying it out... what do you think?
props to bloggertricks for the gorgeousness.
8:49 PM
i love this stuff. let's face it - i am truly a texas girl. :) when i used to want to be a professor of scottish history in scotland (which is kinda a weird thing to want to do for an american, admittedly - who is going to hire an american to teach scottish history in scotland?!?), i had it all planned that i would have dr pepper shipped to me regularly. cause i was a strange child like that.
11:12 AM
this story is not surprising at all, but people are acting like it's demonstrating that Gov. Perry spoke out of turn. i LOVE the USA and, like Perry, think "We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that? But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot."
the point is not "Peace out, America - we're ready to leave!" - it never was. the point is "If things pass the point of no return, we can secede. And we very well may."
but we aren't there yet, and hopefully we never will be. i really do love this great country of ours, and one of my favorite things about us is that we are a nation that holds the federal government at bay to some degree simply because we CAN object to the point of pulling out - hello, American Revolution! but our union is great, and while there is much that needs to be redeemed and set right and redirected, i'm proud to be an American.
12:47 PM
this is pretty much for anyone who wants to talk religion from the 4815162342.com forums.
let's get it on, folks!
12:11 AM
We had a tea party here in the Queen City today. 
This was my favorite sign.
Everybody loves Ben Franklin. Lots of other founding fathers made "appearances" as well.
And we had some wonderful veterans show up.
And a few cute shout-outs to Sarah Palin.
"Don't tread on me" was a common theme.
I think the best estimate we had was about 3000 people turning out. It was so peaceful and fun and happy - we sang America the Beautiful and O Say Can You See, said the pledge a couple of times, and laughed a lot. 
I mean, yeah, we're clearly peeved about the stimulus package and the exponentially increasing size of the government, which is trying to do all kinds of stuff the Constitution left to the states.
And about the fact that our babies and their babies will be paying for this bailout stuff.
And about the rise of Socialist policies.
But we love this country. And we love that we can gather peacefully here and say, "Hey, Raleigh! Hey, Washington! This is not ok!"
12:09 AM
i just completely forgot to take a picture!
this lovely group of hydrangeas came home with kristen this evening. i love flowers. :)
yay spring!
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