In some ways, I wish I didn't have to wait till Wednesday to get this paper turned in. I want these out of my hair.

I know how that feels. Hope it all goes well.

I'll check back in here when the kitchen's done. I'll probably need a break by then.

Wanna know what's boring? Putting 50 surveys in alphabetical order on your "works cited" page.

The only letters not represented in the first letter of member names that completed my survey are: H, Q, R, U, W, X, Y, Z.

Kinda wierd to think about that.

I'm drinking much coffee and watching Newlyweds. Next the Ashlee Simpson show is on. I can't believe I'm enjoying myself right now. Somebody help me.

Oh, jeez, Lilty. Do we need to stage an intervention?

But..it's Sunday. I like coffee and brainless tv! vw, you know you want to join in...just let the dark side take over! I have a cup of French Toast coffee right heeere.....

ION, my roomie got a perm. It may not have been the right thing for her to do.

Um...you couldn't pay me to watch those shows. They're just so...

And no more coffee for me. I've already had one cup, and I'm meeting a friend for coffee in an hour or so. Although, French Toast coffee does sound interesting.

ION, my roomie got a perm. It may not have been the right thing for her to do.

Oh. My.

Dangles chocolate cupcake in front of vw.

I'm with you Lilty. Those are perfect mindless entertainment. But then I like P Hil, too, so I might not be good company to keep :)

Timelies. I'm waiting for coffee, but the coffee maker isn't measuring out the grounds while I sit here. Obviously, it's not as smart as I thought it was.

Lilty, I hope we aren't going to have to stage an intervention? Do we need to find you a new couch, one that doesn't have so much potato sprouting potential? I'm shuddering at the torture you are willing to endure.

I, too, have been following along with the discussion on religious beliefs. If there is anything I believe, it is similar to Beverly, but probably without an as well-thought-out credo as hers. I believe everything is sacred in its own right. Plants, insects, animals, even rocks and water. I lie on the ground, sometimes, in better weather and I feel like I can hear and feel the earth breathe. Unfortunately, despite my belief that everything is special, I don't do much to worship it except occassionally when it comes to mind. I've no overwhelming drive to protect all these things, probably because I realize everything comes to an end at some point. Rocks are eroded by wind and water, trees fall with age or get cut for houses, insects get stepped on or die after mating, stars go supernove and die, everything has a cycle. It's not up to me to decide how or when that cycle will be cut short, nor how to prolong it. And that includes myself. I am afraid of a protracted death so I tend to try to keep myself in better health, but not the best. I've seen too many deaths from cancer and that is my biggest fear. I don't want to know the day and manner of my death. And, I'm not ashamed to admit, I am afraid of being dead. I can't imagine not being, that is possibly the scariest thing I can think of. It doesn't matter that my higher brain is telling me, "you won't know you're dead, stupid," there's still a fear that somehow I will be dead and KNOW it. I don't want to know it. Therefore, I sure as heck hope there is not an afterlife, because then I think I'd have more to regret than I do now. Logically, that doesn't make a lot of sense, but emotionally it's a truth for me.