[three days after it was 81 degrees outside] it snowed. ONLY IN HOUSTON, FOLKS!  muahaha. the russo, jiminez family, enriquez family, garrido family, and MY family had a swell christmas. even though we're really tight with money these days, its been good. this christmas, even though my cousin dustin moved to alaska, for the first time in a long time, we were really a FAMILY. and i like that. i really learned to appreciate a lot this holiday season. sure, eventually my parents might have to sell our house in the valley, i might not get to go shopping as often as i used to, i might have to sacrifice more than just my time for my parents now and again, but it really doesn't matter, and WHO CARES?. so, i didn't get an iPOD. or an apple powerbook. but i got the SIMS 2! () and a lot of great other things. but most of all, i got to play with my little knuckleheaded cousins in the snow. now, buddy, that was a gift! even though i got sick for being out there in the cold for hours, and i probably sound like a man because i'm losing my voice, its all good.

[plans] for tomorrow will be done as followed,  wake- up early, play the sims for a while (muahaha), do all my chores, shower, get dressed, call adrian, print out some of my debate files, read a bit, practice my DI, and then head down to panera bread! yup, lara and nirav are roundin' up all the speeches and debaters so they can shoot as all at once.  haha, NO, just kidding!  but we are all gonna meet up, and naveed and i, in particular, will be working on debate. because we have to.  *sigh*

i'm living the good life  

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ok. no house in the valley? no new shiny plastic things? but... but... what about... A NICE BIG UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK?! OR CHICAGO?! WHAT ABOUT THAT?! bah. i have two more years.