i was joking around with my brother
using short/smart comments
to annoy him when he was in the middle of
explaining something and
defending himself to me
and i just had to say your mom
(my trademark...that and your face)
and well, my brother
the intelligent one he is
said...cori we have the same mom.
duh.
right you are wesley.
(or at least thats what you think)

another night in the neighborhood.

you know. there are moments when i really, really enjoy being home. tonight consisted of several of those moments. me and my family went to dinner and were honored to have my aunt and uncle come along with. (these are the two from scotland). we went to ruby tuesdays where i stuffed myself while talking with my uncle steve. i love to chat with him. we talked about c.s. lewis and the chronicles of narnia (cause i had brought the horse and his boy along for some reading in case things got boring) and he proceeded to tell me that lewis and tolkien had been best buds in college. then we talked about the future and thoughts i've been having lately (like i'm gonna have to get a new drivers license wherever i end up...who thinks like that?) and what was so cool was how excited he was. while my parents are a but nervous cause they arent such where i will end up or how far away it will be, my uncle is absolutely excited to see what will happen in the years to come. thats enough to bring a smile to my face. then we talked about the bush-blair press conference and i asked him questions (cause he's originally from britain) about how the british view americans and our need to somewhat save the world. he brought it to my attention that what most americans get wrong in their thinking is that we believe that us and the british are so alike. because we speak the same language and we have the same foundations. but the american way of thinking and the european way of thinking are two different ways of thinking. neither is right or wrong. they are just different.
well after dinner we all watched lion/witch/wardrobe at my house. to me, the movie is absolutely magical. i think my family liked it (their very first viewing). my dad was quick on the future predictions. my mom was reminded of the lion king whenever aslan came into the picture and from there on she proceeded to call him mufasa for the remainder of the movie. she also referred to the land as nardia. oh mom. bethany, a cousin, said she thought lucy was annoying (mainly the way she says mr. tumnus) but i disagree. lucy is by far my absolute favorite. it was an enjoyable evening none the less and was made complete with the uncle's second time joke usage of the clever play on words "ja-making me crazy." what can i say? you gotta love the british.

currently:
reading the horse and his boy
plus eat, pray, love by elizabeth gilbert;
on the way out the door
heading to work;
excited about seeing ria
and spend the weekend with her.
nothing like a visiting friend.

law and order
and all its little subunits
have taken over television as we know it.

its a totally different ball game these days.

you know i realized, mainly when i looked at the picture of me holding veronica, that i'm old. so i know i'm not physically old. i cant even legally drink yet. but i feel old sometimes. like that geri whos so out of date. completely uncool and untrendy. every now and then when i'm bored i get hooked on facebook. and i take a peek at all the pictures and profiles of old friends. people from high school and my old church. and compared to them i feel so old. they are dating and partying and looking trendy. and i'm sitting at home with my brother thinking that i need to get my clothes ready for work tomorrow. my friends (those i felt somewhat relieved to be getting away from for a short while but now i miss desperately) are not out partying or drinking. they're graduating and traveling to far off places and getting married and finding real jobs and thinking about the future and having babies. and the thing is we have fun. i seriously have never laughed as much as i have as when i'm with them. but its just a completely different lifestyle from what i use to lead. these days instead of complaining about having to do the dishes and not getting enough allowance, i'm worrying about how to pay for summer tuition and finding myself cleaning up around the house just to help my mom. i'm certainly not cool anymore. i'd rather get a new pair of glasses and read a good book than buy a miniskirt. i mean i went to look for sunglasses cause the pair i bought at walmart 3 years ago have officially been broken for 2 months now and i'm in need of new ones, but everything they sell these days makes me look like a bug. how am i suppose to compete? and i have plans! for the future. these incredible plans that i cant stop thinking about and planning and wondering what i'm gonna do in order to prevent myself from getting stuck here or in rock hill. thats the life i dont really want. and on top of it all...i'm trying to teach myself sign language. sign language! i dont even know what for.

i guess i just realized that
somewhere along the way
i grew up
and i thought you should know.

for an update.

i'm home.
enjoying it completely.
like i told ria on the phone,
i feel lazy. as though i'm relaxing too much.
but once work and summer school starts
i wont really get a break
so as of now
i dont feel bad about being a couch potato.
the brothers driving me crazy though.
hes definitely OCD
and things about that i'm not able to understand
so i get frustrated and irritated easily.
but i pray for his release.
got a new pic site up and running.
check it out in the new photos column
to the right.
i decided that facebook
wasnt exactly the best place to post
the images i really like.
plus they arent really up to facebook par.
there are no drunken faces.
only problem flickr is limited.
so not as many to choose from.
still enjoy.

gonna get back to the currentlys...
currently...
listening to: nothing
cause i have no money to buy a new cd.
but i desperately want beth orton
or neko case
or jenny lewis.
or any of the above would do.
reading: the dogs of babel by carolyn someone.
a recommend from kristin.
finished the first narnia book in a day.
lion/witch/wardrobe to follow soon.
watching: movies from the library
and every season finale under the sun.
bad part is i never watched during the year.
so catching up is hard to do.

i dont like talking on the phone.
so no offense when i dont pick up
but messages are lovely.
and i dont mind to listen.
someone call me.

just for the record.

i ask of you please...
just no one ask how my organic final went.
while it wasnt exactly horrible
it was bad enough
to the point where i just gave up
and prayed for God to rain down
a bottle of aspirin.
but the point is i'm done.
no more of that madness
and i would rather just enjoy the feeling
of it being over
rather than wrestle in my mind
over whether i made a B or C for the semester.
so please, let this be explanation enough
and i'll find a way to deal with the grade
when it finally comes.