"ummm, do i want to know why the wood glue is out?"

that's what my brother asked me first thing i saw him this morning. i said no and slyly hid the chair that someone carolyn/dan broke after my first act of what can truly be construed as disobedience; an un-supervised house party. yet, as anticipated, when my parents learned of the event, they didn't care. in fact, direct quote from my mother: "sounds like fun!"

anyway, parents are back in town, sister's back at college, carolyn and mrm are gone, august is winding down before it even wound up. finished a 804-paged book and the only thing i learned was that books can still make me cry (and no, it wasn't harry potter).

i think we should start counting how many nerinx people you run into after graduation (people that go to your school don't count). in the past two weeks, i have about four or something. some are repeats. most recently was maeve guzy today at walgreens. i love the we-went-to-school-together-for-four-years-so-thus-are-forced-to-make-petty-conversation-when-we-encounter-each-other conversations. they're so awkward.