some other things i really really need to, want to mention

• i got to meet up with my awesome cousins a few days ago.  one of my cousins just graduated from high school and she got the most awesome necklace of dollar bills i have ever seen ever.  and i'm not just saying that because i've never seen a necklace made of dollar bills before.  
• we had vietnamese and it was very tasty.
• my cousins are really awesome!! very artistic, funny family.  makes me want to come back to california later.
• thanks to my awesome cousins, addie and i got to be in the studio audience of x-factor for the upcoming season.  we heard some really awesome, and outrageous and confusing auditions... it was an experience, a very long and very fun one!
• i like transcribing.  i still got my fast typing skills.  thank you mavis beacon (+ mom).  [:
• i do not like maps.  i already knew this.  it's just confirmed.
• i do not like wind...  see above.
• trees are so much better in california.  i just like the ones i'm seeing here a lot.  not just palm trees.  in fact those aren't even my favorites.  i'll post a picture sometime.
• i love writing i love writing i love writing i love writing.  did you know that ray bradbury wrote like 50+ or 60+ novels and then a bunch of other short stories?  i only know of fahrenheit 451. some day i hope i've written dozens of published novels.  even if only one ever becomes well known.
• i get sidetracked by noise very easily.
• thrift stores.  'nuff said.