i have the coolest friends. Oh yes, all you who are conditioned raters will throw this one to the dogs, but I am feeling particularly grateful so you can go . . . boil . . . *hesitates*

I *do* have the coolest friends. The go for caffe with me, they let me grin and giggle and talk and be quiet until they are blue in the face and they get my stupid jokes and laugh at me when I do stupid things and make me feel better when my soul is pale and thin . . . they do not touch me carefully, they like me even when I'm quiet, they hang around even when its past their lunch hour and all I'm doing is throwing french fries at them . . . and they watch geeky movies with me and throw rotten tomatoes at the characters we don't like. I need to write a poem or something. Something more than giddily singing their praises here on a web log.

I can't wait till Christmas break.

*victory dance*