Last ditch point effort.

Cocoa and I spent a lot of time at the dog park today. Because she is a dog and likes other dogs, I figured it would be fun for her.

I'm excited to go to Las Vegas because my friend 'Stina lives there. And if I were the sort of person who missed his friends, I'd miss her. Luckily, I am not. Actually, I was talking to 'Stina the other day and telling her that she should try and get with my friend jmf. Then I decided that Yenta was by far my least favorite character in Fiddler on the Roof; and nobody wants to be any part of that.

So I almost bought my plane tickets to Indiana today. I figure the best thing to do is buy the plane tickets and make no other arrangements, thus forcing my family to find something to do with me for a week. I'll probably rely on some of my vegas friends to take care of the Cocoa Dog. If you'd like to apply, please send your resume to my e-mail.

Last night I went to the Carson Valley Inn with some friends for some live music. Bad live music + good vodka = good night. Plus points. Hanging out with friends and watching live music get me stress points, which I need. And the shot of Vodka likely won't interfere with my virtually unlimited number of nutrition points.

In response to outside pressures, I created my own recipe for Soy-based ice cream. I take half a package of silken tofu, a cup of soymilk, lots of frozen fruit and a teaspoon of sugar and put them all in a blender. Then hit "go." Or maybe your blender says "blend" or "puree" or something. But mine says "go." Or at least it should. Anyway, it's tasty. Tomorrow I'm going to add some dark chocolate.

I had a meeting with Big Brothers, Big Sisters on Friday. They asked me for a lot of money. So I told them they had to hire my friend and former assistant, Nichole, who happens to be the aforementioned 'Stina's sister. I guess if they do that, I have to give them the money. Man, the things I'll do for friends. Especially when those things are tax-deductable.

I am not a pilot, nor will I ever be.

I'm going to start packing this week. I figure, I can take care of a lot of the ansillary stuff now and the bigger stuff can be handled later. But the more I do now, the less I have to do toward the end of the session, where I imagine I'll be pretty busy. Who knows. Anybody want to drive down in my special caravan? It'll be leaving on the 9th or the 10th. My good friend Angela is going to fly up here and drive down one of the cars. You guys will totally be out of town by then, but it'll be nice to drive down with some buds. If you're into that kind of thing.

I haven't gone to see any movies in a while. Some of my friends want to go see Spider-Man 3 next weekend. Why not? Spider-Man is an American Institution. POP CULTURE NOTE FOR FOA: Spider-Man is a comic book superhero who was created by Stan Lee and Marvel Comics in the 60s. He was bit by a radioactive spider and, instead of rendering him sterile, the bite emparted upon him super powers which he uses to fight crime and supernatural terror. A "movie," according to the princeton dictionary is "a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement." Typically it's filmed onto a celluose strip and projected onto a screen using a very high-density light projector.

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