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if i were to take cello lessons, i would like a teacher as cool as melinda (if not melinda herself). she is currently downstairs teaching a 13-year-old boy how to read music. and i just over heard her saying "now, there's no reason for your fingers to look like their having a heart-attack". hahahaha. that's awesome!!

i've started making a dent in my christmas shopping. finally. i bought joelle a hula-hoop. hahaha. i think that's hilarious! every year, there's always one person who's more easy to buy for than the others. this year it was tim. i find it strange that i leave my christmas shopping so late because i LOVE giving gifts, probably more than i like getting them. i have a feeling i'm a last minute shopper because i have a hard time waiting to give them the presents. here i go, self-analyzing again. drunk april was making fun of me for that the other day and her imitation was dead on. it was too funny. i didn't realize i was unusually self-aware.

for future reference, will people please remind me NOT to tell knickers and marilyn personal things?? they're worse than my own mother with their opinons and advise.

melissa gave me this totally awesome knitting book the other day. its soo nice, and it'll be so helpful as well. melinda gave me a cookbook. i feel like a certified adult now. i'm gonna cook something for her and irina over christmas out of it. also, rhonda lent me a beginners guide to mosaics which will be really helpful over my holidays. laney gave me this really pretty tree ornament, but i'm treeless, so i wonder where i should hang it... oh what a challenge. hmmm. irina gave me this tea cup for graphic designers. it made me feel so special, i've never been given something related to my career before. its like finding an obscure name on a pencil in the dollar store or something.

so does anyone know what the saying "cut the mustard" means? i've never understood it, or known what context it should be used in.

come on hide your lovers underneath the covers.