goodbye.

dear all:
I'm leaving in a few hours (that is, approximately three). I hope that I get to see you when I come home again.
In any case, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day.
I also hope that you enjoy whatever family or friend involved goings-on you have planned for the Christmas and New Year's season.
That's all I wanted to say to you.

From, Nadine

I like to think that I have an exceptionally expressive face.

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And, you know what? Maybe that's not true, but I think that might be okay with me. Even so, I sure like to think it all the same.

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By the way, today I don't feel like going to sleep, even though I am excessively fatigued.

sometimes it is funny, even if I don't laugh.

You know what I've learned lately? A few things about one thing actually. Well, sort of.

Sometimes people tease you and you get really mad.

Sometimes people tease you and you get mad but you don't really know why because what they're saying is kind of true.

Sometimes people tease you and you're actually kind of glad that they noticed something in order to tease you about it, even though it makes you blush. It just seems lame at the time to say that you're glad they noticed, especially after they took the time and effort to think up a good tease.

Sometimes people tease you and you think you should be more mad than you are and maybe that makes you act in a certain way.

Sometimes people are able to tease you because they know you really well. That's a delightful way to think of it.

Sometimes people tease you and it's really not so bad as you think it is. Especially when it's something that kind of makes you at least as happy as it makes you embarassed.


P.S. By "you" I actually mean "me". I know, very tricky.

eyelash+cheek=happy

You know those times when you're smiling so hugely that you can feel your eyelashes on your cheeks?

It's one of the nicest feelings in the world.

dear future hypothetical boyfriend:
When we get together, let's do things like go for walks, even in winter because wintry walks are often the prettiest. Or let's watch a movie at one of our houses and then talk through it, because movies can't contain all of my attention, unless it's a very interesting or suspenseful movie, in which case I'll probably be asking you what's happening because I will probably have missed some critical occurence in the story as I am easily distracted.
In any case, let's spend time doing things together and enjoying each other's existence and sometimes each other's silence, because silence is a beautiful gift.

dear all:
I want to see you soon.

something you may not have known about me...

I really like buttons.

Also, it has been a long-time ambition of mine to buy a coat and put several buttons on it.

Yesterday I bought a coat.

Today I put buttons on it.

Button-putting-on is going to be a gradual thing...although I did put a lot on today, I'm going to slowly put more and more buttons on my coat until I want to stop or until the majority of the fabric is covered in buttons, which ever comes first.

In any case, ask me to show you sometime, please? Although, if you see me and ask me, you probably won't really need to ask anymore [as I will almost definitely be wearing said coat with buttons on it]. Well, you can just pretend you didn't see yet...just say you were temporarily blind.

I'm rather ridiculously excited about it. It may even be scandalous to be as excited as I am at this moment.


P.S. If you ever want to get me a gift, get a fabulously beautiful button. For example, one in the shape of a rubber duck.