tuesday

1. i read the paper as i ate my breakfast this morning. granted, it was yesterday's paper. but still, i read it. i learned that i may have a 1% income tax next year. i learned that people in pick-em-up trucks don't need to wear seat belts (yet). i learned that my town is, indeed, good enough to receive the get healthy magazine.

2. i read the paper at lunch today. today's paper. skyvalue airlines has pulled out of gary.

3. i switched toothbrushes, and my teeth feel impeccably clean. i mean, right now, i can tell i've eaten since my last brushing ... but all in all, my teeth still feel clean.

4. i did a lot of beading over the weekend. apparently it helps me keep my mind off of work.

5. some people have a very different view of "good news" than i have. or, at least, they have a very different view of what that good news will do for me. if you've just given me very bad news about subject A, following that up with good news about subject B doesn't erase the news on subject A. is that really so hard to understand?

6. three out of four people have tried their jennie rae's jam & enjoyed it.

7. i was told about a fabulous france/spain trip next spring that sounds absolutely wonderful. and while i know it's a very good price for the trip ... i haven't convinced myself i want to spend the money. it just seems like a big chunk of change i could be spending on a house instead. this series of thoughts makes me feel old.

8. april & i discussed submissions for the lake county fair at lunch today. we realized that we are beginner digital photographers, as we have not had our digital cameras for five years. this is exciting because the categories for beginner digital photographers are better than those for the advanced digital photographers. personally i think they should both have the same categories ... but apparently the fair folk don't agree.

9. my hair is just getting long enough to pull back into pigtails.

10. my niece puts on her sun glasses & calls herself a rock star. :)

11. i think i may go back to wearing contacts so i can wear sun glasses.

12. sun glasses? sunglasses?

13. i plan to request a desk change at work. my reasons are three-fold.

14. i finally watched "secondhand lions," this weekend. it's been sitting around since the beginning of december. it's a very good movie. i like when people recommend very good movies.

15. i finally watched "nacho libre" this weekend. it's been sitting around since the middle of december. it was not as funny as i was hoping for. i enjoy jack black a lot. "school of rock" is one of my favorite movies. but this was not as funny as i was hoping for.

16. my next arrivals from netflix should be "capote" and "delicatessen". i'm very excited about "delicatessen". i've waited a long time for it to come out on dvd with french audio & english subtitles. for awhile i could only find korean audio (sampled over the french) with english subtitles. and that's just ridiculous.

17. i think i'm going to buy a bike. i got a mailer from trek the other day - and i found one i really like. anyone want to offer advice on bike buying? is trek a good place to go? is there somewhere better? i know very little about bikes. but i'm thinking a trek bike is probably better quality than a target bike ... which accounts for the price difference. and i want a quality bike. i just need to be sure i'm going to really use it enough to make it a worthwhile investment. yes, investment. that's the key. i'm investing in a bike. i think it'd be fun to have a new exercise.