happy day

i'm officially the berlin babysitter this week and will remain so sporatically for the remainder of my michigan residency. i'm a bit nervous about the pubescent one being tossed back into the picture, but hopefully all will go well. i really do love these kids and want to spend more time with them before i move. leah has a dance recital and i have to do her makeup. i hope she isn't horribly disappointed with the results. aren't they just supposed to look like little sluts anyway? so this gives me something to fill my time with, allows me to get closer with my cousins, and puts money in my pocket. and missy's paying for the gas. overall, it's a pretty sweet deal.

my parents ordered me my wishlist off of half.com for my 22nd. the only things that seem to get me excited nowadays are writing, books, music, and men. this present is going to be like an orgasm on christmas morning [i realize that this might seem gross because it's from my parents, but fuck off]. actually, change christmas to chanukah because i get to open each separately as they arrive in the mail. oh the versatility of having one christian and one jewish parent. [if anyone wants to borrow anything, please let me know. i'm all for sharing the book love.]

list is as follows (which came to under $100):

Goodbye Alice in Wonderland - Jewel
This Type of Thinking - Chevelle
We Are Not Alone - Breaking Benjamin
Self-titled - Flyleaf
Color the Small One - Sia

Invitation to a Beheading - Nabokov
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
Naked Lunch - William S Burroughs
He's Just Not That into You - Greg Behrendt
Diary - Chuck Palahniuk
Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney
1984 - Orwell
The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain - Bukowski
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Shopgirl - Steve Martin

i'm in the process of quitting smoking [this does not include bar settings, when i'm in the company of friends that smoke, or any place where i'm consuming mass amounts of alcohol] and i want a fucking cigarette.