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i went back to ohio...

soooo, i'm in the great state of ohio, my homeland. it's pretty hot here but i don't mind b/c this is about all the summer i'm going to get all...summer. huh? yeah.

since arriving on weds night:

- i picked up my sweet rental car (a dodge avenger, aren't you jealous?!?) and drove 1.84 hours to marietta; this is actually one of my favorite things to do - solo road trips. where i can listen to whatever music i fancy and sing at the top of my lungs while the creepy truck drivers check me out. oh yeah, it's basically awesome.

- went to my mom's eye doctor appt with her so that i could see my old high school friend matt, who is now an optometrist, his dad greg (also an optometrist), and his stepmom mary. i love that family! and matt's little girl is sooooo cute. he jokingly said the next time i see him he'll have a litter (his wife is preggers again) and i half-think he was half-serious. wow.

- got a mani-pedi courtesy of my mom; mainly b/c she doesn't like the chipped nearly-black rock star nail look i've got going on.

- checked out my little brother's new pad, and it's HUGE. like three stories huge. and super cheap, nearly disgustingly cheap. wtf? oh wait that's right, this is ohio.

- had dinner w/ my mom, stepdad, brother, dad, and stepmom - and my cousin was our server; y'know, just the average all-american family!

- broke down and bought a mcdonald's iced coffee (per my stepdad's rave review) b/c this town doesn't have a starbucks or any other proper espresso coffee shop. srsly.

- installed firefox on my parents' computer and signed my mom up for an AIM account (geek)

- watched most of just my luck. p.s. it's not very good.

now i'm cruising the internets, blogging, and watching young frankenstein. i forgot that i kind of love teri garr! comedic genius, she is.

i think i'm going to go out to the barz with my brother tonight b/c he is now legally permitted to drink in those sorts of establishments and what's better than drinking with your baby bro and his crazy friends? tomorrow i head to columbus to meet up with my college friends who are also in town for comfest and some other friends who are in town/still live in the 'bus. w00t! i swear vacations never really feel like vacations but more so a series of tightly scheduled mini-reunions...

confession.

so i have a secret. and i'm willing to expose it now, to the internets. are you so excited/intrigued?

my secret is...i love love loooooooove ballet/dance movies. the cheesier the better. i was reminded of this obsession tonight when the cheesiest/most awesome ballet movie, center stage, was on the teeeeveeee. OMG I LOVE THIS MOVIE. hiiii, hot man ballet dancers who ride motorcycles. mmm mmm mmmmm. the best part of this whole movie is the last dance number that cooper (aforementioned hot man ballet dancer riding a motorcycle) choreographs to jamiroquai's "canned heat". JAMIROQUAI! yeah, i said it. did i mention that i love this movie?

EDIT: oh dear lord i forgot that this movie also features one of my favorite michael jackson songs - "the way you make me feel"!!!! dude, i'm in cheese heaven.

i took ballet for like 5.2 seconds when i was six. then i started swimming, which took up the remainder of my life for the next 12 years. so, i think this obsession has something to do with my unfufilled dreams of being a dancer. a daaaaaaaaaaaaaacer!

oh, and did i mention that peter "sandy cohen" gallagher is in this movie? awwwwwwwesome.

anyway, now you know my secret.

the graduate.

my baby brother graduated this past friday - that means no kids in college anymore for my parents! w00t! i bet they are very excited about that. well, until i decide to go back to grad school or law school or something. heh. higher learning 4-evaaaaaah!

momma at graduation.
my mom is a dean at the college my brother went to, so she got to give him his diploma. pretty cool, huh? j had no idea she was going to do that - and then my mom cried and my brother was probably embarassed and crap i can't believe i missed such a precious moment. meeemooooriiiiiies!

my brother is the pimp, second from the left. too cool for school, obvi.
and in conclusion, congratulations bubby! now get a job.