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so i broke down and went tanning this week. which could be a post in and of itself. it's a waste of money and bad for my skin. i know this. however, i need color STAT. and this is the longest i've held off before giving in since about 2003. so--progress.
however, there are these signs all over the tanning place that say "use lotion...it attracks light to your skin." ...."attracks"? seriously? did the red squiggle line not show up under that one before they printed it off? here's the sad part...i was reading the sign over and over, thinking "something's not right." it took me a full minute to figure out what it was.

why that's important enough to write on here you ask? i have no idea. i have been really annoyed with grammar and spelling errors lately. for instance...
friends are not "apart" of your family. they are "a part" of your family.

whatever.

i will update you on how my weekend went. friday night i went to a comedy club with friends from school. have not laughed that hard in a loooooong time. i think we all left with sore face muscles having laughed so much. greg morton. google him. he spent the first full 5 minutes talking about underwear, which makes everyone giggle. don't deny it. one of these days i'll figure out how to post audio files and you can listen to the song my brother wrote for me. it was an honor. but i digress.
saturday i had class most of the day--came home, talked to my bff beth for a while and worked out. went for a walk and went to the mall. spent too much money but got my dad a birthday gift. this morning, went to church and then out to lunch with my grandparents. i have to do a cultural narrative project for one of my classes, and my grandparents and uncle have been extremely helpful with giving me family trees, family pictures, and stories about when the templetons crossed the pond. but the BIG news is that i'm related to king charlemagne. so you may call me princess. [i thought this was pretty cool. and it still is, but i bet about 1/2 of the world is related to a king somewhere down the line]. i also satrted the daunting task of cleaning out my closet and starting a goodwill box. too much junk!!! anyway, i'm at home now, lounging around, feeling pretty good about myself for eating an egg-white spinach omelet and blueberry lowfat yogurt for dinner. which balances out the dozens of cookies i've consumed in the past week. need to hit the treadmill hard tonight if i'm going to make a respectable showing in the mini marathon.

first step would be to get off the couch.

ok so i've blasted indy enough on here (even though i LOVE living here)--i will now give the city a collective compliment. while you have short memories and don't know how to deal with, or drive in, snow, i will say that you're all pretty brave when it comes to other forms of severe weather such as tornados. tornado warnings are waaaaay more common here than i'm comfortable with, but everyone here is so brave about it. i am impressed. i will be spending half the spring in the bathtub [safest place in absence of a basement]. kind of like stephanie in full house when she moves of the room she shares with dj.

anyone? anyone?

have a great week. i for one, will be skipping town in 3 short days! really glad to be going home for a looooong weekend!