i have returned unscathed, but unfortunately i will be unable to get back to duluth until monday night. that sucks.

the family reunion was all right. i haven't really seen this side of the family for about five years, so it was weird to see that little four year old harrison was really nine year old harrison, and that his mother barb had lost ONE HUNDRED POUNDS thanks to liposuction. seriously, i'm not even making that up.

i had a lot of people come up to me and say "annie? is that annie?? my my my, how old are you now?" there are really only two people i let call me "annie" (unless it's followed by the word "mosity," which is actually catching on), so this was not a welcome surprise. i had to basically re-introduce myself to that entire side of the family. and then the whole "college, when did you grow up?" or "wow, i remember when you were this big!" or "duluth, isn't it cold up there?" and then the blank stares.

also, my uncle don has a lot of hair on his shoulders.

(i shouldn't call him my uncle, because he really isn't my uncle. he's my mother's cousin, making him my... great cousin? second cousin? cousin once removed? see, this why i just call him my uncle. it makes it a lot easier. who cares if it's technically not true?)

anyway, "uncle" don has hair on his shoulders. does that strike anyone else as weird? seriously, they're gigantic tufts of bright red hair growing out of the tops of his shoulders. i really hope that's not hereditary.

i suppose i owe one hell of a sunday 5, so we'll make it the sunday 5+.
theme: songs that i should have been listening to, '92 - '94. what i was actually listening to is really none of your business.

the sunday 5+.
1. eric claption - nobody knows you when you're down & out (1992)
2. barenaked ladies - brian wilson (1992)
3. r.e.m. - nightswimming (1992)
4. prince - nothing compares 2 u (1993)
5. nirvana - heart-shaped box (1993)
6. billy joel - a minor variation (1993)
7. weezer - holiday (1994)
8. stone temple pilots - interstate love song (1994)
9. the flaming lips - bad days (1994)

see? there. don't tell me i'm not good to you.

yeah. i'm boring. i'm sorry.

ps: last chance to see "rocky horror" is this weekend. you wouldn't want to miss that, right?