there's no place like home for the holidays.

since i can't go home for christmas, i decided that i needed to get myself a christmas tree. so i did.

it's just a little guy...well as tall as me. but i like it. 

in other news...i''m still alive after working at Crate & Barrel on black friday and the day after.

in real life.

a lot of things are different in real life. the most different for me is learning how to make friends when you're not simply given a community. i call it making friends from scratch. but i guess i'm cheating a little because i knew people out here before i moved, and well, i have a church. nonetheless, it's still hard. how do you know if you're not trying hard enough to make friends, or if you're trying too hard...

in case you were wondering...

i had my first celebrity sighting this week! haha. well, kathryn really saw him first. if she hadn't been there, i totally would have missed it. but...we saw john stamos!!! that's right, uncle jesse in the flesh. haha. it was pretty cool. we were on the WB lot though, is that still just as cool?

happy anniversary.

so last saturday (november 8), california and i had our one month anniversary. yay. 

happy birthday laura!

november 4, 2008. it happens to be election day, a very important election day at that...but also it's Laura's 24th BIRTHDAY! yay. which makes her two years older than me for a little over a month. ha. so, happy 24th Laura!!! i miss you!