Mell's blog and Jess's blog

Read these for Italian updates. Mind you, my side of the story may be different. :)

-the sun rising over London Stansted
-the sun setting over the Spanish steps... Roma at twilight
-our tour guide history geek: the actor from Connecticut
-oh the many walls I want to climb
-gelato and pizza
... absolutely LOVING Rome.

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Nothing so consumes a person as meaningless exertion. -The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, pg. 50

(but isn't it we who assign meaning?)

fall is here, hear the yell
back to school, ring the bell
brand new shoes, walking blues
climb the fence, books and pens
i can tell that we are gonna be friends
i can tell that we are gonna be friends

walk with me, suzy lee
through the park and by the tree
we will rest upon the ground
and look at all the bugs we've found
then safely walk to school
without a sound
safely walk to school without a sound

here we are, no one else
we walked to school all by ourselves
there's dirt on our uniforms
from chasing all the ants and worms
we clean up and now it's time to learn
we clean up and now it's time to learn

numbers, letters, learn to spell
nouns, and books, and show and tell
at playtime we will throw the ball
back to class, through the hall
teacher marks our height against the wall
teacher marks our height against the wall

and we don't notice any time pass
we don't notice anything
we sit side by side in every class
teacher thinks that i sound funny
but she likes the way you sing

tonight i'll dream while i'm in bed
when silly thoughts go through my head
about the bugs and alphabet
and when i wake tomorrow i'll bet
that you and i will walk together again
i can tell that we are going to be friends
yes, i can tell that we are going to be friends

{indignantly} did you ice it????

do frozen french cut green beans count?

Mellow Seven update: up to ten now. New addition: Upward Over The Mountain, Iron and Wine.

who the f*ck has parties on a freakin' wednesday and thursday nights in a row and leaves their drunken friends screaming on the street at three in the morning?

oh dear god I'm tired.