A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for Saturday, August 20, 2005

I love my dogs. My family has two Welsh Springer spaniels- kind of a cross between an English springer and a Brittany. Most are bred to be either show dogs or hunting dogs; they're kind of rare as house pets in the US. Anyways, these two dogs are named Henry and Teddy, and we love them todeath. In fact, we love them so much that we treat them as though they were human- ie, we talk to them, spend more money on them per year than most people do on a year of college, etc. Its true when they say... Sign in to see full entry.

What are some internet behaviors you can't stand? I'll begin. 1) People who IM you with their personal porn website, claiming to live 15 minutes away from you. How did this person get my postal address, and why do they think I would be interested in their porn site? 2) Spam e-mails that advertise Viagra and kiddie porn. God knows all the various ways an e-mail address can be gotten. 3) On a serious note: people who cut and paste bits and pieces of other people's work/ other websites into either... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm normally the kind of person who likes to solve all her own problems. IE, I don't let anyone else know about it, sometimes until the problem becomes so big that I can't deal with it any more on my own. And sometimes there are those moments where you simply can't help yourself. That happened to me today when I was coming home, where I finally broke down and cried. Have you ever had one of those moments? I spent last night at my aunt and uncle's house, and then we all drove over to GW to pack... Sign in to see full entry.