first things first, a few things, first. 

1) i graduated. for all of you who don't know.  with an unshabby 4.42.  it was touch and go there in the end trying to work 30 hours a week and pull all nighters to finish final projects.  graduating, however, has not prevented me from misusing words and saying things like "me and _______", instead of "_____ and I".  i am also known to spit a few "ain'ts" now and again. 

2) i just got back from the fair land of bordequas (puerto rico).  unfortunately, i lost the cord to my camera so i won't be able to post any pictures just yet, but if you know mosteph, then you know where they at.  i didn't put any money on any cocks, but i got a lot of sand up my butt and ate several varieties of "deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep fried foods", including bananas stuffed with meat, several pounds of plaintains, MOFONGO, "local cheese"- whatever in god's name that means, chicken, pork cracklins, and the like.

3) i got a crazy amount of hair cut off, something like 9 inches of ratty, damaged hair.  i realized that three more inches would qualify a donation to locks of love, but those kids would be better off baling hay together with twine than wearing a year and a half's worth of hair mistreated by a poor diet of stale pastry and beef jerky.

4) strangely, or not so, i've become extremely close with my coworkers at starbucks- we are all approximately the same age, differing only in the number of acid trips experienced, baths taken in a week, and level of pretentiousness.  we are some sort of freakish family who laughs, cries, gets drunk, practices incest, shares pets, food, money, children.  they are most of all sneaky but i love them for it.  i know many of their secrets and have shared many milestones in their lives-for all of you who know her, deanna is due to give birth tomorrow. she has promised to poke holes in the box when she sends me poor little dylan "chantico" fletcher in the mail.

5) yoko is my lovebug.  for some reason she's gotta be lying near me, on top of me, licking me, crawling all over me, sprawling across my stomach, purring in my ear, meowing at the bathroom door, generally loving me.  i bet it's because i feed her that 3 dollar a pound shit.