I once had a pet spider named stupid. He specialized in webery. We would test his skills by throwing bugs into his web, and he would wrap them up. He could wrap up a bug in less than 20 seconds, give it a little kick, and it would fall to the ground, defying the law that everything sticks to a spider web. Once, right after Halloween, we threw a plastic spider into his web. He wrapped that up too. What a great spider.

jess made this awesome video of our wedding "afterparty." we, of course, were not there and rather enjoying our honeymoon suite, but this looks pretty fun too. watching this makes me miss this time in my life, i cant believe its over so quickly.

I have become OBSESSED with United mileage plus. I check my status constantly and have made it my mission to understand fine-print. Dave and I are considering buying plane tickets to Miami ONLY FOR THE MILES. We would fly there, and fly home. If we do it, we’ll be premier exec. Premier Exec! That means more UPGRADES. I feel like an upgrade whore. This summer while waiting hungover for a flight from JFK to SFO (a notoriously long flight, made longer by going against the weather), United decided to upgrade us for free. This is a mystery I choose not to investigate. When they called my name and handed me business class tickets I said “thank you” and turned around quickly. I enjoyed that flight, almost as much as when they accidentally upgraded us into first instead of business class from DEN to SFO. Short flight, but, man, that was better than my own bedroom. I almost started crying. After this JFK flight, we were back in coach, and I felt ANGER. I felt they had TAKEN SOMETHING FROM ME that I deserved. They owed me this. That feeling certainly gave me insight on the welfare debate. Now I must have status, must have extenable legrest ….must have warm towel….

this movie fucked me up last night. not that i liked it, because i didnt. but it fucked me up good. not another movie has done this to me since blair witch, but i liked blair witch. open water disturbed me, i dont think i can go swimming ever again. when she trew up, i thought i was going to throw up, the movie actually made me sea-sick. i dont know why i didnt like it at all, because generally i like being scared out of my mind by a movie. this just wasnt very entertaining. i was scared and bored at the same time. i wanted to strangle them for not climbing up onto the damn buoy. forgodsakeswhatthefuck, why are you not swimming toward the buoy? im definately never going scuba diving ever again, i've never liked it to begin with, this seals the deal.

i just got in a little internet fight with someone. i left a comment to someone (whose website i dont even normally read) regarding their excessively narrow-minded post. i dont even normally do things like that, i never have left a negative comment before. the post had to do with politics, i dont want to get into specifics. i dont know the person who wrote it, but i have come across thier "type" so often that most of people i know can be blamed for this.

i require a few factors in order to enjoy a politics discussion. (these factors are rarely met) number one is dont insult me. dont accuse me (in any kind of indirect way) of being a liberal or conservative and tell me what a bleeding-heart trotskyite or warmonger fascist I am. number two is dont try to change my opinion. (everybody slips into this occasionally) but it takes away all the fun. the fun comes from getting down to the specifics. getting to why you would hold a certain position, and in what way that position differs from the opposing one. why your position would be a better way to the end goal. figuring out the end goal. most people dont realize that on almost every issue both viewpoints are trying to achieve the same goal. the opposition comes in on how to get there. i cant talk about politics with a person who doesnt realize that, because i cant stand the accusations.