tonight was so odd. If you've seen Bridget Jones (the first one) you will remember when Bridget goes to this dinner with all these 'smug married couples' and she is, of course, the only one missing her other half. [sidenote: we all know that's not true because Mr. Darcy, aka her other half, is sitting at the table as well...only he's paired up with that one lady that plays Ms. Honey in Matilda.]The night proceeds as well as can be expected when being the outcast in a room full of smug couples who cant help but wonder why there are so many single 30-somethings who just cant seem to keep a relationship long enough to actually get married. well, it can't help that underneath all our clothes we have scales covering our bodies. The entire table of smugness just stares at her. Ookay. Is it one-out-of-four couples that end in divorce or one-out-of-three? "One out of three." Well said Mr. Darcy! Oh yes, the point of my ramblings. Tonight I was Bridget and personified the word "single." And nothing, not even my own determined will to make a lover glide through the front door to save my from my spinsterhood, could save me from being so 'singled out.'

Some things to Do Before the Inaugural:
> >
> > 1. Get that abortion you've always wanted.
> >
> > 2. Drink a nice clean glass of water.
> >
> > 3. Cash your social security check.
> >
> > 4. See a doctor of your own choosing.
> >
> > 5. Spend quality time with your draft age child/grandchild.
> >
> > 6. Visit Syria, or any foreign country for that matter.
> >
> > 7. Get that gas mask you've been putting off buying.
> >
> > 8. Hoard gasoline.
> >
> > 10. Borrow books from library before they're banned - Constitutional
> > law books, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, Tropic of Cancer,
> > etc.
> >
> > 11. If you have an idea for an art piece involving a crucifix - do it
> > now.
> >
> > 12. Come out - then go back in - HURRY!
> >
> > 13. Jam in all the Alzheimer's stem cell research you can.
> >
> > 14. Stay out late before the curfews start.
> >
> > 16. Go see Bruce Springsteen before he has his "accident".
> >
> > 17. Go see Mount Rushmore before the Reagan addition.
> >
> > 18. Use the phrase - "you can't do that - this is America".
> >
> > 19. If you're white - marry a black person, if you're black - marry a
> > white person.
> >
> > 21. Take a walk in Yosemite, without being hit by a snowmobile or a
> > base-jumper.
> >
> > 22. Enroll your kid in an accelerated art or music class.
> >
> > 23. Start your school day without a prayer.
> >
> > 24. Pass on the secrets of evolution to future generations.
> >
> > 26. Learn French.
> >
> > 28. Attend a commitment ceremony with your gay friends.
> >
> > 29. Take a factory tour anywhere in the US.
> >
> > 30. Try to take photographs of animals on the endangered species list.
> >
> > 31. Visit Florida before the polar ice caps melt.
> >
> > 32. Visit Nevada before it becomes radioactive.
> >
> > 33. Visit Alaska before "The Big Spill".
> >
> > 34. Visit Massachusetts while it is still a State

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hi. i have not been myself this week.... man, what is going on? i don't know. i don't knowww. but yay i met my mentee and i love her! and i hung out w friends from last yr twice which was very fun. but yeah, other stuff.... i am weeeeird. oh and i'm failing all my classes. this is the worst academic quarter of my life. better start studying for finals.... bye