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Will buy these earrings on Friday once new credit card statement period begins:

Thanks to Whitney for showing me a new blog!

Erin says...

I'm considering a weekly post centered around Erin.  Since she doesn't actually read this blog, she seems like an excellent starting point (following that logic, I can quote just about anyone other than Whitney, Danko, and my boyfriend).  I'll start today and hope to remember to do it again next Thursday. 

Erin: ugh it's that march basketball thing again?
 all the boys love it

i wish there was like a month were it was gymnastics madness

GChat

One of Whitney's friends recently posted a blog entry looking back at your very first gchat. As of 2:39 PM on January 6, 2011, I have exactly 8318 gchats logged in my account. The very first one was May 29, 2007, but is only one sentence long, saying "helllllllllllllo" to Connie. The first one of relevance was a month later on June 29. I gchatted with MOD who, at the time, was just finishing the traditional backpack-across-Europe post-grad trip. At the time we talked, she was in London with a boy from JMU who was her travel buddy. The trip didn't turn out as planned and she was ready to come home, asking who could pick her up from the airport since our gang was all headed to Mevans' beach house for the weekend.

At the end of the conversation, we talked about our new lives in DC after graduation and how "we will just have to find stable, normal boys in D.C." This was the perfect first conversation (ok, so technically second) because, fast forwarding to 2011, I'm living with Brian and MOD recently got engaged to her long-term boyfriend, Scott - both of whom we met in DC. Looks like everything's working out just as we planned!

American Girls

Yesterday, I spent time with Whitney, Cameron and Kevin, and some of their W&M friends watching the Redskins lose, hearing about the Browns win, and strolling down Wisconsin partaking in Merriment in Georgetown. I love anything Christmas-y and this event was no exception. We ate a deliciously gourmet s'mores (which really outdid my cupcakes), saw horse-drawn carriages, had our picture taken with over-sized Christmas mascots, and...met the author of the American Girl novels (the only thing Christmas-related here is that Christmas was usually when I received new AG items). We all relived our times with our American Girl Dolls and got a few books signed - and for the record, Kevin had fun too.

Cameron and Whitney read about Felicity - A particular favorite of the W&M alumni.

On Friday, I also spent time with Mevans and Danko, two of my favorite JMUers, having a great catch-up dinner in Old Town and walking around to look at the lights. I can't wait to do it again, and with Leah!

snOMG!

"The blogosphere is blowing up!" Usually when I hear that quote, it is coming from Whitney and it relates to a Jonas brothers' marriage or something equally important. This time it's blowing up with the official announcement that the Federal Government is closed tomorrow. I'm siked for my second snow day this winter - it will make trudging through the 23 inches of gross, dirty snow much more bearable come Tuesday. For now, I'm cuddling up and watching the Super Bowl with Brian and not even worrying about waking up in the morning!

image from DCist.com

Snowpocalypse 2k9

So it snowed two weeks ago. And it was fabulous.

In total, we got a little over 20" in Arlington. I'm pretty sure that is more snow than I have ever seen in my entire life. Of course, there was the blizzard of '96 which got me out of two entire weeks of 5th grade, but Brian has reminded me that it was mostly ice. Plus, this storm shut down the entire Federal Government (except the Senate who was snowed in to work on the Health Care bill - bahaha) and my office, which is way better than a snow day in elementary school.

Being the genius I am, I decided to invite myself over to Whitney's house so we could be snowed in together and watch movies and eat Rum-Tum-Diddy (Whit was appalled to learn that this is not a known food, and that her mother, in fact, made it up. It consists of tomato soup, cheese, and crackers all mixed together to make a cheesey tomato-y delicious dish). Between servings of RTD, we ventured out in the snow a few times and I was able to snap some pictures. I have also stolen a few from DCist...

The above and below pictures, as well as the one at the top of this entry, are from DCist.

...pictures from me will come as soon as I upload them from my camera...

I paid money for that?

Last night I went to go see the second book in the Twilight saga - New Moon. The group ended up being much larger than expected, but helped us - ages 23 and up - all feel a little more secure in going to see the movie in theaters only three days after it opened. This was also lucky for Brian, as he was completely off the hook for having to suffer through countless shirtless scenes with the adorable Taylor Lautner (unlike a married man I know and pity, cough-Brent-cough).

Anyway, the movie was just terrible. I've read all of the books and sincerely hoped that with such a huge opening weekend, this one would be better than the last. All I can do is direct you to Whitney's post about it, since she has covered all of the bases, and I don't really think I can do it better. So check it out!

Why, John?

"I don't remember you looking any better, then again, I don't remember you." Ugh. Douchebag.

What happened to the "I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it" lyrics from years goneby?

John Mayer's new album, Battle Studies, leaked this morning and can be heard here. Take a listen and let me know what you think. The sound is classic, but the lyrics are new and a bit more cynical. He's not the same artist that an un-named friend wanted playing when she lost her virginity, and he's definitely not the same musician who played Room for Squares on Brown's Island in 2002.

Of course I still love him, and will be purchasing presale tickets with Danko, Amy and Whitney the day they go onsale.