This is so random and will probably be less significan to you than it is to me but I had to write it down somewhere so I can go back and look at this one day and be happy about it...

- My "brother" Tommy (he is not my real brother, but I've know him since Middle School and he ended up as the same college as me which is pretty awesome and he calls me sis) is currently at bootcamp in Georgia. I'm guessing this is part of his training for US Marine stuff? Anyway, he sent me a letter today and I got pretty excited because it's GREAT hearing from him. Plus, I LOVE snail mail. Snail mail over e-mail any day for me. I also like writing letters too... even if it takes longer. I guess I'm "oldschool" like that. It sounds like Tommy is having a pretty rough time. He wrote about some of the stuff they'd been through this week and it sounds crappy (for lack of a better word). I feel bad for him, but he'll tough it out. He's done it before. He was in the ROTC at Tech our Freshman year and I remember how terrible his first semester was. He was getting initiated and all that jazz. He had a curfew, he only got 30 second showers. I would let him come over to my dorm so he could take showers and watch TV/have a semi-normal life. I remember walking around campus with him to class and he'd have to salute all these people, walk a certain way, round corners a certain way, stay on a specific side of the sidewalk. Just ridiculous stuff... Now, I guess he's down for more training. I guess it's just in his blood. You really have to be cut from a certain cloth to be able to do all of this. All I know is that I couldn't think of a better person to be protecting the US than Tommy. It was good hearing from him today.

- Everyday for the past month or so Nina has been sending me funny messages on Facebook. Everytime I check my e-mail I see 5 from Facebook that say something along the lines of "Nina Cohen has sent you a message" or "Nina Cohen has written on your wall." Funny thing is, I always anticipate messages from her, and I know for sure I'll be laughing when I read them. Anyway, here's part of her message that she sent me today:

i think one day i should compile a book of our msg convos and keep them in a securely locked safe and take it out to read when i need to laugh at life. because honestly. i mean, i know you want to do the same. i almost wish we COULD show the world our convos just cause they're so fucking funny/out of control/inappropriate. but the thing is, no one else would laugh nearly as hard anyway.

in conclusion, there are many reasons why i love us. the. end

Ha! We are such dorks but I love it. I completely agree with her idea. She better make me a copy of these messages too if she does actually compile them one day.