i'm a big laze

michael and sara are down from oregon this weekend, and tomorrow, i'm going to my cousin jeff's to see them and their adorable kids and the rest of my crazy family. i'm excited for michael to read some of the things i've written, because i take his opinions really seriously. also, i think it will be a nice break from all the intensity of being at school, as much as i love it here. being with my family is like being on a different planet, and it's nice to be able to decompress after spending around seven hours at the rose bowl working will call for the football game, like i did today. (it was really fun, actually - we just spent a lot of time talking and hanging out and being harrassed by shitfaced tailgaters).

i'm working tomorrow morning at the phone room, and i'm so tired that the idea of that really makes me sad.

last night, i went to venice with udeitha and beach and a bunch of other people. we ate at c & o's and had the best garlic knots in the entire world. there was a ten dollar minimum per person, so even though i had a late lunch with kenny yesterday, i ordered a huge plate of pasta and now have meals for the next four days. i didn't get my nose pierced, as was the plan, because it was late, and because everyone i talked to told me to stay far away from piercing places in venice. i'm going to be a baby and see if a clarie's around here does nose piercing.

i have a fat paper to write for research methods, and i seriously cannot bear the thought of starting it right now. i keep telling myself i'll start it tomorrow after i get back from the valley and the family party, but i don't know how much more energized i'm going to be after that. it's due this coming friday, and it's a way detailed, apa-style experiment write-up (for an experiment we haven't been assigned yet), and i'm so not interested in doing it.

i'm going to zone out for a little while, and decide if i want to walk up to the other apartments tonight, like i was invited to do. it's far and i'm tired and i don't particularly want to walk back all by myself in the middle of the night.