It's not the honors and not the titles and not the power that is of ultimate importance. It's what resides inside.
- Fred Rogers

i always remember really enjoying mr. roger's neighborhood because he told us that we are unique, and our own person, and people will like us for who we are. i hope that future generations will be able to see his message and hold it true in their hearts. :)

erik and i have come up with a new factor for sports. it's called, "the braces factor." sort of thought up by erik, and expanded and named by me. :) we were watching a mlb game where the american and national leagues were actually playing softball. some retard playing actually has the balls to say, "yeah, we all have so much athletic ability." which was hilarious because everyone who got a hit, just walked on over to first, and maybe over to second if the infielder made an error. yeah, pretty athletic. but the guy who said it had braces on. this is where "the braces factor" comes into play. what other sport can you have braces on and still be able to play the game without getting your face torn up? basketball...not really. football, yeah right. hockey. oh good lord, maybe if you want to donate blood. so there you have it. as much as i like baseball, i don't watch it for "athletic ability." i watch for mark mulder. muahahahahahahahah...

speaking of sports, i saw the cal's men basketball game today. horray for them!! i love watching the last home game, cause it's really special for all the seniors. i really liked how they all got to start (even though bruan said it wasn't a token start) and how donte smith got to go in at the end!! fun times...

after that, we went over to my neighbor's house to give their daughter an engagement present. my daddy actually picked it out, and did a great job...for being a boy. i guess it's a mainly southern tradition, but i've seen people do it here...but for an engagement present, you give them a tea cup. and when you come over later to visit for tea, they serve you out of that cup. my dad picked out this beautiful one from faberge. i think he was having too much fun at gumps, though...the lady was showing him place settings that were $4000 EACH.

did anyone watch the second simpsons tonight?? i didn't know it was a repeat, and so excited to learn homer's email address: chunkylover53@aol.com. i was even more excited to see that he had a profile!! i had my dad email, but the box was already full. i guess that it had aired on january 12, so it wasn't really new or anything. "homer" (actually a exec for the show) has tried to answer all of them like homer would!! how funny!!

all right, a few links for ya before i go. can you imagine the nerve of someone practicing geology without a license? hee hee...sounds like me. :) what the crap is this madness? am i not being a true christian by accepting my phone number which ends in 666?

and, your moment of zen. brought to you by homer simpson. "i might even have you look after bart and maggie. i'll go super dad on their asses."