i'm eating mangos in trinidad with attorneys....

several things...

1. i'm going to learn how to type! that's right, it takes me flippin' forever to write one of these things because i still hunt and peck for each key. i had to dictate any papers to my mom until i graduated high school and only became somewhat proficient at this hunting and pecking my sophomore year of college after hundreds of hours of chatting online. so now, seven years later, i think it's time. i have a monster paper ahead of me, so unless mom wants to move in with me for dictation purposes, i'm going to learn to look at screen and type.

2. #2 has done it again. today she surprised me with DAVID GRAY tickets! i'm unbelievably excited about this. she had hatched a great plan to surprise me with them, but i of course blew it with incessant questions and a compulsive need to plan. i was still very surprised. and this concert is just one week before i get to see HOOTIE play! it's gonna be a good month....

3. it's official...i'm moving to atlanta! can you believe it? i'm not sure that i can...it still hasn't completely hit me. a couple of weeks ago i had to suffer through an incredibly nerve-wracking phone interview. several things played into my nervousness: i've never had a real job interview, i hate talking on the phone, and i hate talking to strangers. i thought it went well overall...only a couple of silences (which is good for me) and i don't recall making any racist or sexist comments. a week later they made me an offer, and i accepted. so, as of january 4, 2006, i will be working as a research manager in atlanta, georgia. everyone is welcome to buy me goodbye gifts/meals before i go.... ok, to wrap up the random 10, number one would be for me to stay, but also to be happy, of course. two would have to be severely underpaid and unfathomably lonely. five is what i need when picking out a new huge tv for my new place. six is what i say to all my texas friends...i expect ALL of you to come see me. and finally, ten would be where i definitely don't want to live...unless i get a great deal....