I spent last night pinning and basting a shirt that I need to take in because it is shaped too weird for my body. I am extremely hesitant to sew this on the machine, because this would be the first machine sewing I ever did, but I HATE reading manuals and preparing and learning and practicing before I get to do something real. I just like to barge right into things and flop around all clumsy, learning all the necessities as I go! I am a real go-getter. Anyway, I kept pricking my fingers on needles and also I had horrible cramps. On the plus side: NO BABIES! On the down side: RED SEA!

How come the people on American Idol have no distinctive vocal style? Or if they do, they are really bad? I am also unimpressed by the songs they choose that use like 3 or 4 notes in total. THEY DON"T FOOL ANYONE, EXCEPT MAYBE PAULA ABDUL!!! and note that her voice was 'harmonized' during her singing career, and she is actually a really bad singer.

My parents are cleaning out a storage room at a storage facility, and I get to go through all my old stuffed animals sometime soon and decide which to keep. I don't think I have any other decision but to keep them all. I think about how sad and heartbroken and abandoned they'd feel in a garbage dump...and i just can't do it!! The looks on their faces!! Oh merciful lord!! (I really had trouble when I was younger with judging fantasy vs. reality, and I still feel to some extent like inanimate objects have feelings. Why am I admiting this?)