ok. since i've been so bad about my news blog, i thought i'd just post this article here, since i suspect it is of interest to all of us: Oregon, in Crisis, Finally Balances Budget. thank goodness!

B - yes, we should try talking on the phone. perhaps something good might come of it. it probably wouldn't change my cynical saying, though. oh, and carmelo msg'ed me on friendster. i haven't written him back yet, though.

J - if you don't go ask the bike boy out for a beer, i will personally show up in another one of your dreams and then leave again without saying goodbye. so there. and yeah, i read about the naked hiker. how great is that? i thought the funniest part was the naturists who denounced him.

G - mmmmmmm. pbr. fjv. do it. i haven't met the new spokane house. you know how i am with strangers. but maybe soon. maybe aaron can take me down. things are less scary when he's around.

two parting thoughts - i've reinvited michelle, and i'm really beginning to enjoy alaskan amber ale, which we didn't much partake of during the year. but my parents had it at their anniversary party, and which we recently got a case of at costco. tres bien.

love you all.
[a.ho]