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I have the best friends ever.

Check this out: my dear friend MC, who lives in Portland and knows I've never seen snow, made this video just for me:

Gay Floridian Electors Vote for Obama

My friend Gena was one of the 27 electors chosen to represent Florida in the Electoral College. When she cast her vote for Barack Obama in Tallahassee on Monday, she was also one of the two openly gay electors -- the first in Florida's history. (The other was Chip Arndt, of Amazing Race and [...]

Charlie’s wedding

Gov. Crist just got married at First Methodist, like, an hour ago. Check out this awesome lede on the St. Pete Times:

When Gov. Charlie Crist kissed the bride, it was tender and brief. She wanted more.

So she put her hands on his face and kissed him again.

Later on...

The biggest celebrity, perhaps, was Geraldo Rivera... He [...]

Well, that’ll teach her.

Sydney has gotten much better as she's gotten older about begging for & stealing food. But she still will try to sneak a bite off a discarded plate from time to time. Like just now.

My dad left to do some errands, and before he went I had him make me up a plate of leftovers. [...]

Wrapping up the semester

I just have to say... I am so freaking proud of myself at the moment.

This semester, more than any other in grad school or as an undergrad, I stayed organized and on top of my work from the beginning in order to avoid that last-minute, procrastination-induced manic 96-hour writing binge the last week of the [...]