Today is January 1. Happy new year everyone =) Celebrated with RGN and Alicia. We played board games and Uno and stuff, and ate snacks and drank. It was a lovely evening. Conan was the man and counted down special for the people in the Central time zone. There were little dancing mascot guys that came out at 12:00, including a guy in a corn suit. It was cool.
We took lots of pictures in Colorado and my plan is to make a special trip page so you can read and see what we did.
Today is January 2. Here's the scoop. I came home from work, dead-dog-tired, and went to sleep for seven hours. I woke up at 10:30 and now I don't know what to do. We were supposed to go to a movie, a movie that I had saved to see with Brent, but I slept right through all possible showings of it. So now I'm watching TV, messing around on the internet, and wondering what I should do next.
Now, to copy Goose, (a friend of Tavie's), the best/worst of 2001. I plan to add to this as my brain unfolds and I remember more stuff
Today is January 3.
11:59pm% DING!% 12:00am%
Today is January 5. We're all (Rachel, Sharon, Alycia, Kendra, Faith, Naomi, Laura, Christa, Megan (Echy)) at Sharon's, chatting like old times. All five other Baumhovers are here too, along with Fudge and Mr. Mel. Everyone's enjoying my photo books, which makes me happy =)
Soon we'll eat tacos, and then commence to the actual baking. It's so cool to see people again. There are four, yes FOUR Tauruses here.
Today is January 6. Later at Sharon's, Lars & Veronica came, with baby Kaia (sp?) in tow, then later Keith and Nathan. Good bunch. After I left the Baumy house, I went to a party on Campus Ave which was a BLAST. They even played some Journey for me on the mp3. So needless to say I didn't get much sleep. right now I'm really tired and just watching TV. I have done a bit of rearranging in the ol' room. Now it looks like a talk show set =) And I have my TV up on milk crates, but I'm thinking about getting some fabric to drape over the crates to make it look a lil' nicer, ha ha.
Oh yeah, and any one I might have proposed to last night, post-party, I apologize. I get a little friendly after drinkin'.
Today is January 9. Yesterday David Bowie turned 55, this fact courtesy Lori. I went to visit her Tuesday night, after work. Then I came home and drank and listened to records. Journey:Beer::Yes:Amaretto. Somehow that seems fitting. It is hard to type now. Later today, after I have slept sufficiently, I will attempt to buy and sell books. My hair smells really good. I need some one to make out with. My room is a fully functional babe lair, but it hasn't lured anyone here yet. WHY? Speaking of babes, I saw the dreamy Peter Schultz at KwikShop while visiting Lori. We figured out we had both been at Breckenridge on the same day. Wow.
Today is January 13. Happy 52nd birthday Dad. Last night was the Hy-Vee "Christmas" party. I took Lori as my guest. We had a great time getting toasted and dancing and stuff. I think she fit in with my co-workers well. Today at work we were all moving pretty slowly, plus it was really dead so that led to a very long long day. Andy got a massive hickey on the bus ride on the way home, so we all (including some old people) gave him crap about it =)
Today is January 10. Weird day at work. The health inspector came and we had to run around like crazy and make things clean. Book-buying went fine, then later I went home and knit for a while. P.S. Don't tell Larry, but I really want a new iMac
Today is January 14. Well, it's that time of year again : Spring 02 Schedule You know you've been using Pico too long when you try to hit Control-X to save in Simpletext!
Today is January 16. A brief conversation.
Less Nerdy Self (LNS): You just asked the pharmacist for 100 "meg" of Zoloft. You cannot *have* 100 meg of a prescription! It's 100 milligrams, you computer geek!"
Me: Sorry.
That having been said, please read this I did not write it, I just found it interesting.
Today is January 21. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He was a great man and an amazing leader. And a class act all the way.
I made a page about Records, you know, LP's, vinyl, platters, stacks and stacks of wax and wax?? Well go check it out, sure to please everyone.
Things are going pretty well. First week of school went fine. I think if I can just keep up with my work in all my classes I should be golden. Oh yeah, and I got my paperwork so hopefully now I can get a loan of some kind, so that I can continue to attend school.
Today is January 23. Today I just let my hair air-dry and it turned out all nice and curly. Interesting. Right now, I'm listening to a little ABBA. Has anyone seen the "Mamma Mia" musical? I remember seeing ads for it in Toronto, and then never really heard much about it again until late last year. If it comes anywhere near Des Moines, I will be there. Speaking of which, there was a clue in the New York Times Crossword today that had something to do with Des Moines. I thought that was kinda cute.
Today is January 25, early in the a.m. Today's beautiful song that helps us be sad is Cricket by the Dance Hall Crashers. I think it's supposed to be a lullaby, of a mother reassuring her child before s/he goes to sleep. To not be afraid of death. It is a good song for me, to help me be sad. Ranks right up there with For Martha by Smashing Pumpkins. I have both these songs and can get you a copy if you'd like to hear their sad melodies.
Today is January 28. Had a good weekend. For the SUB film showing of Hedwig, I got to dress Tom and Victor as pretty, pretty ladies. I "introduced" them to the audience before the show. The movie was great too, amazing music and beautiful costumes. I reccomend it highly.
A new feature of the news page is going to be "Rachel's first human interaction of the day." The criteria for this award is that I have to speak with someone face to face. We must each say something. Today that honor goes to Michelle Sacco, Rowe House, at 12:15 p.m.
In other news, I don't have to work Saturday morning so I need to do something wild and crazy Friday night!
Today is January 28. Watching MeatLoaf perform "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" on VH1. I'm not sure if it's a movie or what the deal is. Anywho:
Drink me!
Which drink are you?

Yeah, that's pretty accurate. (pronounced "accur-at")
Today is January 31. Big snow. It has been snowing for about 30 hours straight now. I got my Com Sci homework finished and turned in and everything. A nice feeling to get off to a good start.
Oh wonder of wonders. An X-Files Fanfic that takes place in Story City.....How cool is that? I didn't read it all the way through, but it seemed kinda cute, I guess.
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