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5th Annual President's Day!!!

Yep, I sent out the Evite (yes, Evite is another obsession I have...for more obsessions, see my previous blog entry about Facebook) (and while we're on the topic, I'm also obsessed with using parentheses) today. It's a month away still, but I figure I need to give people advanced warning...not so much so they can put it on their calendars as it is a way of giving people a chance to take care of their livers up until that date.

Let me just give a quick run down of the past President's Day weekends...

2002 [Columbia, Mo. - Shiloh Bar]: Happened on accident...we really just went out for ONE drink and some dinner and to chat...it just so happened to fall on the weekend of President's Day...the waitress had to clean up spilled drinks twice...I was convinced I had frostbite on my leg...we stiffed the waitress on tip (don't worry, I went back a few days later to tip her)...we called 5 different people to drive us home and didn't realize it.

2003 [College Station, Tx. - Tap]: As kind of a joke, we agreed to have a crazy night again on the anniversary...I was dancing on a table...we passed out stickers...Brooke and I definitely made out with some people...my guy was "Green Sweater"...I don't know his actual name ... a video guy that shall remain nameless hit on me and when I didn't like him back he yelled at me because, you know, that's normal.

2004: [College Station, Tx. - Tap]: Round Two at the Tap ... I think I danced on the tables again ... this year just makes me think of our metallic American Flag stickers ... I think we bought a roll of 500 and they were GONE by the end of the night ... most of the stickers ended up on me (thanks, Greg) ... what still makes me laugh to this day is that when I did laundry after that night, all the stickers I missed magically appeared when i did the laundry; those stickers were EVERYWHERE!

2005: [College Station, Tx. - Logan's on Campus]: This year was great for several reasons ... one reason was the nametags we brought and people used to have fake names ... you know you're a hit when complete strangers are asking for red/white/blue leis and seeing if they can have a nametag sticker or anything ... and then there's the fact that I tried to introduce Lea to Nick and they had been married already for a while ... wow, cut me off at that point ... but probably the best part from last year is that 6 months later, I was at Logan's for dinner/happy hour and my menu had a familiar looking sticker on it. When I asked the waitress about it, she said "oh, some group of people had a party in here and they were obsessed with President's Day or something. We find those stickers EVERYWHERE." YESSSSSS!

So who knows what is in store for the 2006 installment. However, it is guaranteed to be fun and crazy, just like it's always been.

My facebook addiction

I've recently decided that I'm obsessed with Facebook. Luckily, it comes in waves of obsession, so it doesn't completely take over my life. But this past week, I've been on Facebook every day.

The great (or terrible) thing about Facebook is that they keep adding new little ways to really explain who you are (and/or for people to know WAY too much about you). For instance, I can now tell how I know my friends...like how we met. And you can be pretty creative with them. One girl I know said that we knew each other from when we traveled in Scotland in 1977...which is before I was born. Another "friend" of mine said that we hooked up but that "it was actually that you (meaning me) hooked up with one of your athletes"...and i forgot to mention that you must confirm the info but you can also edit it...so i added to that "and then you (meaning me) beat the crap out of me (meaning my friend)"... so it's fun. It gets a little crazy.

Well, I gotta go...look at Facebook again.

Back in Tejas...but more importantly, my family is on crack

The time at home made me realize just how crazy my family is. Here are some examples...

-Alex and me constantly having to say/sing "Wave of babies"...
-My entire family taking turns singing a line or two from a song from Annie
-On New Year's Eve, my father "booby trapped" the entrance to the front of the house with those little pop-snap things so that if we came in the front door we'd have the bejeezus scared out of us
-Playing dominoes ... it just takes too long to explain, but really we act like crazy people
-We invented a new car called the Chevy Boogaloo...apparently it comes with a cupholder that fits a gallon jug and free guinea pigs...do you see where I'm going with the "crack" comment?

Anyway, I had a blast at home and really didn't want to leave! I'm sure I'll see them all again soon, though.