another letter to a different friend concerning my emotions

i think my brain is mostly controlled by hormones. they seem to come out from nowhere and zap the intelligence. i seem to be in constant limbo between the rational side of my brain and the irrational side.

the letter:

"Mostly because it isn't much fun, i've decided to stop being angry and sad.

Just remember that i'm a little bit like a flower. i need lots of water, sunshine and love. treat me delicately.

coco"

a letter to a friend regarding my thanksgiving

thanksgiving went fine... i'm thankful it's over.

my family got back into the old habit of saying a prayer before dinner. when i questioned the new practice, they simply averted their eyes to my two young nephews and assured me that they've ALWAYS said grace before meals as any good catholic would. after the boys left the table my mother told me that praying was something my older sister erin asked them to do shortly after the boys were born- she wants them to be practicing catholics... why... no one quite knows. i think she might be crazy. when asked to go around the table and state something that we were grateful for, i responded with "my cat joseph, birds and trees", my nephew jack with "that god killed all the dinosaurs", and keri's boyfriend terry with "that my family doesn't make us do this at home".

later that evening jack asked if he could sleep with me. i took that opportunity to read him a story about how a meteorite killed all the dinosaurs. he didn't believe it but thought it was a good story either way. my attempt in making him un-catholic has proven unsuccessful.

i should get back to work. glad to hear that things are well. by the way, did you find out about the peacock? what does it do in the winter? does it walk around in the snow? does your mother still feed it cheesies?

courtney

courtney's arch

i just thought i'd update this thing. it all seems a little forced right now and so i'm frightened that i might not have anything good to say. however, after reading the last several entries, i've noticed that i've had very little to say in the past but people still read it.

in fact, people read anything. take for example today's big news regarding tom cruise's and (the girl whose name i can't remember because i still refer to her as joey)'s pregnancy. these things still amaze me. after hearing the details of the pregnancy, i got to hear a little blurb of how scientists have found the dna strain of the spanish flu after performing an autopsy on a woman's body that had died from the virus and that had been kept frozen- that was it... no other details. but i did find out that the happy, soon-to-be parents, were excited and had large smiles on their faces today as they spoke to reporters.

sometimes i wish a flood would hit ontario- london first. now i know how noah felt... i'd only pack animals too.