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Tuesday, December 30th, 2003
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well, my christmas was good, how about yours? we had cousins and aunts and uncles over. my family is pretty nutty, so we played board games together and watched movies, ate lots of food, and of course exchanged gifts. overall it was a really good christmas. i just wish my dad was here...
i worked the few days before, and the day after christmas. but on the 26th cassie and i drove to stuart to see some people we hadn't seen in a long time. it was nice being back there for a few days. we hung out with emily, gaylene and charley, the tucker kids, ashli, gary, josh, and jeremy, and we saw a bunch of people fromm church on sunday. stuart's a good place to visit, but we got bored super quickly. it is a beautiful place though...
today and tomorrow are my days off this week. i've had 3 days off for the last 2 weeks. :) lucky me. i think cassie and i are going to get messages today! i'm excited! and hopefully tomorrow i can hang out with azuree and give her her christmas present.
well, time to get out of bed.
<3 brittney
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003
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i woke up this morning to a voicemail from jeff about me loving lord of the rings. :) smiles all around. hehe. lord of the rings was great! woohoo! :) me, nate, tom, alicia, and polly all went on opening night. yeah... like i said, FANTASTIC! anyway, it's only a few days away from christmas and i'm finishing all my shopping today. i had to wait for that elusive paycheck.
cassie's in town. we went to cingular this morning and got her and my mom new phones. i'm switching over in march, and i'll be getting a camera phone. yippie! after phones we ate california pizza kitchen and it was yummy.
i have lots of wrapping to do right now actually, and i really should be doing that instead of writing completely not important things on my journal.
me, gary, and chris went and saw bad santa the other night too. it was pretty good. i also happened to see the guitar player from matchbox 20 in guitar center that same night. gary got star struck. hehe. i made fun of him. hot cocoa and playing tricks on my sister and laughing a lot finished out that night. and of course, it's just plain nice to spend time with friends. especially when they're ex's and you all still get along...
if you can't tell i'm in a much happier mood these days. azuree, nathan, kat, wilma, and KELLY have all visited me at work this past week, and man have i so loved that! if you're in the fashion square mall and wanna bug me, please do! :) i work at dillard's in cosmetics. (cough, cough, soorya!, cough) hehe.
oh! also got a phone call from the lovely amy newsome this afternoon. between her and mia, i think i've done a darn good job having long distance awesome girlfriends who i NEVER SEE! hehe.
well everyone, have a wonderful christmas if i don't talk to you, or post again before then!
<3<3<3 brittney
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Thursday, December 18th, 2003
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i decided today is just as good as any to seriously begin writing the lyrics to my next album. i've written one all by myself before, back in the day when i was in last laugh, but to listen to it now, it's all so trite and childish. ricky and i colaborated in writing our demo a few years ago too, and i still love those songs a lot, but SO much is going on right now that i feel like i'll explode if i don't purge some of this stuff. i have a TON of old stuff that i've written throughout the last few years too, and some of it may be relevent, or basically not horrible... salvagable really. we'll see. eventually, once i find all the right words to say, and exactly how to make them relevent to other people's lives as well, i definitely wanna be in a band again. i miss it a lot, and i'm beginning to miss it more and more on a daily basis. i figure i'll lock myself in the house all day today and just write like crazy. i guess i'm feeling creative. or insane.
<3 brittney
oh wait! by "all day" i mean, "all day except if someone wants to go see lord of the rings with me." holla at me. :)
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2003
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| Time: | 4:20 pm. |
| Mood: |  sad. | | Music: | no doubt // singles. |
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today i am sad. read on please.
i was so excited for today. i'd been looking forward to it for weeks. my day off, lunch with chris, cool florida weather, a bit of christmas shopping... i woke up anticipating greatness, and while i guess i kinda got that, i guess i expected more. i realize today that a very, very unselfish part of my life is about to begin. whereas before, i would have unapologetically spoke my mind, i now realize that sometimes that hurts others, AND YOURSELF. and more so than anything, i'm done hurting myself. i feel like, in a way, i torture myself everyday with dreams of things that may never happen. and as in pain as i find myslef sometimes, NOTHING will lead me to ever express these inner workings to the one person i want to know them. can't my own personal happiness be spared for someone elses? isn't that noble, and selfless of me? or am i performing some strange ritualistic tourture on myself? why do i feel like i i'm being strong by keeping my mouth shut, when all i want to do is say what i'm really thinking. i guess it's because i know doing so will not change anything. the end result of my speaking up will be the same as it is now. and i will still be alone.
in due time, i will not be alone though. and that thought is one of the only things keeping me alive right now. in due time, i will not only have myself to take care of, but someone else too, and that to me is more gratifying than any fly by night, love 'em and leave 'em relationship. i care too much to say a word, and so, i will stay silent.
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i wanted this post to be about how i bought a cute pink shirt today and got to eat at yummy macaroni grill and how azuree got me a build a bear as an early christmas present and how we hung out last night and i bought the new no doubt cd. sorry i got so sappy.
<3 brittney
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Thursday, December 11th, 2003
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| Mood: |  cheerful. | | Music: | my hotel year. |
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i love my mom. we've been talking a lot lately, and getting really really close. last night we talked about boys and life and shoes. it was perfect.
work is going well. i got off a half hour early tonight just because. :) i also rented the movie a beautiful mind the other night but haven't watched it yet. would anyone like to watch it with me?
tomorrow night is hang out with ashli time, and probably seeing "that guy that's in love with me", steven arnold. haha. tower of terror. dreams are funny.
well, it's time to watch jay leno. tomorrow i open at work so i gotta get lots of sleep too.
love ya'll.
<3 brittney
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Monday, December 8th, 2003
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i thought we were in a good place... we talked a few weeks ago and you sounded okay... but then i read your journal... seems as though there's still mistrust. why don't you talk to me instead of posting my life for all YOUR friends to see? see... this is why you cursed livejournal in the first place, and yet again... you say you're not gonna do something anymore and then you do...
sorry. i go off on tangents sometimes. ANYWAY...
the other night ashli and i got together. it was such good times! we hadn't seen each other or talked in forever! we went to bennigen's and ate yummy food and were forced to listen to "radio rock." haha. but seriously, i missed her so much!!! i'm so glad we got a chance to hang out. now we just have to do it more often. :)
yesterday i worked, and then went out to eat with andrea and darrell at p.f. chang's. yum. hehe. then we went to see gothika, which was suspensful and slightly scary, but very very good.
i have today and tomorrow off of work, and my mom and i went to church this morning. our plans for the rest of the day include sleeping, decorating our christmas tree, and watching alias. :) i'm hoping i'll be able to get some hang out time in with travis or azuree or at least one of my friends tomorrow. anyone up for it?
cassie got her job, yay! and now we're trying to coordinate what to get everyone for christmas, so i'm gonna go. but i <3 you all. and i'm sure i'll run into you soon. :)
<3 brittney
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Friday, December 5th, 2003
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good things come in three's right? i hope so. i have one more night of fun-filledness planned...
yesterday was another day off for me. it was filled with arrend running and being annoyed at stupid spanish people who ONLY SPEAK SPANISH WHEN THEY LIVE IN THE FREAKING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! (i can say this because i'm half colombian, hehe)i also baked some cookies, and went to the mall with my mom and bought some really cute stuff at old navy including this adorable light pink sweater. :)
after the mall, my great friend gary, who i haven't seen in almost a year came over. he's in town helping chris with some work, so we got together to hang out. add nathan lee into the picture and there was much laughing going on. i think i almost peed my pants about 6 times. we didn't really DO anything, persay, but it was nice to be out in the beautiful florida night time weather, giggling it up with a bunch of friends. :)
later this afternoon i go to work, and hopefully afterwards i'll be hanging out with nate and tom. i think we're going to kissimmee??? i dunno. but i'm sure if we hang out it'll be super-duper fun.
well, that's it from me. HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD MAN SIEGLE! hehe.
<3 brittney
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Thursday, December 4th, 2003
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last night was one for the history books.
after much needed time to myself, sleep, and a job, i hadn't gone out in what seemed like FOR-EV-ER! (to quote the sandlot) but last night was perfect. first, during the day yesterday, i ran a bunch of arrends and was quite productive. i even got my hair cut a bit and boy did it look snazzy. of course i was so excited because i actually had something to do last night to show off my new, flippy, cute hair. hehe. anyway, back to my story...
the night started off with cute clothes, a long overdue convo with a nice boy from canada, and awesome weather. i headed downtown, only to be greeted by one of most favorite people in the world, travis. hooray! he looked so goooooood in his little black sweater, and made me smile a ton. i hugged him for probably 8 minutes before heading inside the social. haha.
aaron was a doll and put both me and azuree on the guest list, which was awesome, 'cause i'm broke. AND this was my first "i'm 21" show, so i could come and go as i pleased. oh the freedom! i met azuree, rusty, and aaron at subway and ate cookies with them. i hadn't seen aaron in what's seemed like years, and it was so amazing seeing him again last night! i didn't realize how much i'd missed him and how much history we actually had. i'll never forget the night he let me cry to him about stupid boys with horrible tattoos that were breaking my heart... err. copeland played so well. i was totally impressed. azuree and i had so much fun singing along to songs about dragonflies and ooooooh oooooohs.
...now rusty, on the other hand, who i'd only met once, is one of my bestest friends' new fiance. so OF COURSE i had to hang out and make sure he's a good guy. and, much to my glee, he was! (and is.) and he gave me free copeland stuff, and took photo booth pictures with me and azuree, and pulled my chair out for me at dinner. AND has mia's name programed in his phone as "my lovely fiance." (who we probably called 80 times throughout the course of the evening) how freaking cute is that!?
after the show came food at the globe, an uncomfortable conversation about a choice ex-boyfriend of mine, lots of laughs, good movie quotes, and just an all around good time with friends i hadn't seen in far too long. (including nick pollice and dion as well) all in all, it was by far one of the best nights i've had in a long, long time. thank the Lord for great friends, great music, and yummy food. now if only there'd been cranium... :)
<3 brittney
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003
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this weekend was as good as can be expected. beautiful "florida in the winter" weather, a bit of sadness over the fact that i had to be inside working during it, a great sermon at church on sunday, and money in my pocket come friday for all the hard work i've been doing. :) too bad florida lost to fsu. florida winning would have lifted my spirits for sure! i miss my friends like crazy though! i haven't seen nate, tom, azuree, or ashli in far too long! i'm off for the next 2 days, and while i have a million arrends to do, i'm gonna MAKE SURE i get some friend time in there! i think i might even hit up the copeland show and see tiffany and aaron and rusty...
... speaking of rusty... i talked to mia on the phone last night. i'm so excited about her getting engaged!!! i can't wait to go to the wedding... in 2005! haha. it's crazy because we met a year ago, and that's the only time i've ever seen her in my life, but i would consider her one of my best girlfriends. i love her to death!!! :)
thursday is chris' birthday. he's gonna be even more of an old man. haha. i have to buy b-day cards for him and some other friends too. (that's more of a note to self thing...)
OH YEAH! i bought the newest beloved cd tonight. i've been wanting it for forever, and i FINALLY went and got it. yummmmmmmm! i went to cd warehouse to get it and saw my old pal bryan quilty working. hehe. man, i miss that kid. :) as i was leaving i remembered i really wanted the sleeping at last cd too. oh well, maybe tomorrow. :)
welp, that's it from me. i love you... uh hu... yeah... you!
<3 brittney
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Saturday, November 29th, 2003
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+ got a chance to talk to nate for like a half hour the other night :)
+ my beautiful sister came to town! we dyed her hair.
+ thanksgiving was the yummiest ever!
+ worked all day today. yup. i'm pretty exhausted.
+ talked to an OLD friend again tonight. familiarity is keeping me grounded and smiling for sure. (thanks for helping me through)
+ watching TGIF with my mom. woohoo! :)
<3 brittney
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Monday, November 24th, 2003
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well, my birthday was a smash! dad and i went to cheesecake factory for dinner, and then back to his hotel to watch uptown girls. haha. the food was awesome! i'd never eaten there before, and it was a great first expierence. haha.
on the actual day of my birthday i got a "surprise" visit from an OLD (haha) friend. it was so nice to relax and sit and talk. i'd missed those conversations... it was a beautiful day, so my sister andrea and i ran arrends and just hung out. then my mom and i went over to her house for dinner. yum. :) i just wish cassie could have been here. :(
the day after my bday (and continuing with the eating theme), me, azuree, tiffany, casey, tom, nate, kippy, and dan went to kobe for dinner. aww, man... sooooooooo good!!! :) then we played movie cherades at azuree's house and had lots of fun because we're all dorks. ashli, i NEED to see you soon!!!!!
yesterday was just another normal day at work, but my dad stopped by to say bye before he went back home. i ate a burger for the first time in 3 months. haha, and it was super-good too! haha. today was church with mom, and lots of napping. that brings me to the present, and to this wonderful bit of news:
I FINALLY GOT MY CELL PHONE TURNED BACK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!
i can be reached anytime, day or night, teehehe, @ 772-834-5114. hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well boys and girls, i <3 you!
<3 brittney
ps- bye bye casey. i will miss you. :( say hello to atlanta for me.
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Thursday, November 20th, 2003
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hey kiddos.
T minus 7 hours until it's officially my 21st birthday! :) dad is on a plane right now flying to florida from indiana to hang out with me. and i'm sitting here in florida today wearing an indiana university basketball t-shirt. wow. i'm cool. :)
i had some lunch today with azuree and casey. casey is quite the cool little man. i think they grow boys differently in atlanta, georgia. thinner. and with more facial hair. and funnier. casey is all of these things. i think he's way cool.
my fiona apple cd has become an addiction.
i haven't seen "the boys" in forever. that makes me sad. the "chaimber" as it is so lovingly referred to, has been brittneyless for quite some time now. i gotta get back. (to the beach and the sun.)
the foremenetioned PICNIC has been moved to hopefully a much more doable date. that being THIS SUNDAY instead. i figure after church and/or some sleep in time, we could get together to celebrate the wonderful, miraculous births of both azuree and i. how does that sound? say, 2ish? at a pretty park? everyone bring something yummy and presents? i'll bring the chicken or something. please let me know if you can come. it'll be loads of fun. maybe even some board game fun too.
thanks for all the phone calls and <3 i've gotten lately. my friends rule my school for sure! my cell phone will also be back on FOR SURE by this weekend, so all you party people can start calling again. mmmkay?
well folks, i <3 you. wish me luck on being 21. :)
<3 brittney
PS- HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY WINTER!!!!!! MY LAKELAND P-A-L! :)
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2003
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my mother's hizzy numero is: 407-275-6104. i can be reached there most of the time when i'm not working. unfortunately, i work a lot. please do not call past like 10ish though because, well, just don't please.
PEOPLE I ABSOLUTELY EXPECT PHONE CALLS FROM:
MIA, TRAVIS, CHRISTOPHER, GARY...
and of course it would be nice to hear from those of you that i talk to on a regular basis including, but not limited to:
ASHLI, AZUREE, NATHAN, TOM, CASSIE, JEFF...
//please see "PICNIC" below//
i have wednesday and thursday off from work! FINALLY! wednesday i go to dinner with my dad, and then thursday (MY 21ST BIRTHDAY!) i'm having dinner with my mom and andrea and darrell.
//WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO HAVE A PICNIC LUNCH WITH ME ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2003? MY 21ST BIRTHDAY?//
well friends and lovers, this concludes another update from brittneyland. i so love my friends! :)
<3 brittney
:::if you're in the know, don't tell nobody:::
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Monday, November 10th, 2003
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the new job @ dillard's is going great! i made my quota today (woohoo!) and sold makeup to a lady who doesn't wear any. (i'm a corruptor!!!) :) it was good times.
i've been staying at my mom's a lot lately. it's 5 minutes from both of my jobs, so it makes more sense than driving to and from kissimmee all the time. but, boy do i miss azuree. we have plans to hang out at nate and tom's tonight. so that should be wonderful.
azuree's birthday is on tuesday. yippie! mine is the 20th if you remember correctly. teehehe. the big 21! i'm excited 'cause my dad's flying in from indiana to hang out with me. i haven't seen him since the beginning of august.
OH YEAH! for you "in the know...," TARGET gift cards would make WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY PRESENTS!!!! i could buy stuff for me and for "anyone else that may come along..." :) plus, it'd just be a huge blessing. well, that or dollars. :)
well, i'm gonna get ready to hang out with my p-a-l-s. :) i love everything!
<3 brittney
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Monday, November 3rd, 2003
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i miss my friends. everyone is either already out of town, or on their way out. [sad face] thankfully the boys come home sometime tomorrow... but still...
if anyone would like to help me, i will be moving all of things into either my mom's or azuree's place in the next day or so. i need all the help i can get. anyone? anyone?
mia, you have a letter coming your way from yours truly. :) i miss you lots tooooooooo!
bye bye now.
<3 brittney
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Friday, October 31st, 2003
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I scored a 55% on the "How Stuart, Fl are you?" Quizie! What about you?</b>
hehe. this was fun!
so, i have to work at my new job the night of the copeland show! dangit! i was sooooooo looking forward to it. :( tonight is halloween and azuree and i are doing nothing. we shall see what transpires. things are good good good with me. :) i've been keeping busy working and hanging out with tom, nate, kippy, jack, azuree... you know the drill... anyway, i'm about to get 10 times busier though 'cause i start at dillards (12 bucks an hour baby!!!!!) on tuesday.
well kids, talk to you soon.
<3 brittney
ps. azuree has gold bars.
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2003
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well, thanks to my pals for trying to help me out on the switchfoot thing. fortunately, cassie and i got tickets and stood front row for switchfoot and sleeping at last. if you've never heard sleeping at last i suggest you check them out for real. if you like jeff buckley, ours, radiohead, copeland, or coldplay, um... yeah, you'll freaking love these guys.
anyway, i got a 2nd job @ dillards in the fashion square mall. you guys should all come visit me. :) AND as an early birthday present, nick bought me a ticket to the thursday/thrice show. :) hehehehhehe! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S. my birthday is november 20th. hehe. please make a mental note. :)
oh yeah. and i'm moving in with azuree this week. eek! i am an excited girl!!! well, that's it. i love you all. peace.
<3 brittney
(see Cassie's Journal for a more detailed description of our wonderful weekend together!!)
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2003
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okay... so here's the deal. on sunday cassie gave me money to buy tickets to switchfoot, and i couldn't go until today and now the show is sold out. it's at the social tomorrow night and MAN WOULDN'T I LOVE ONE OF MY AMAZING FRIENDS TO BE ABLE TO HELP ME OUT WITH THIS! say... SOORYA or someone as wonderful as she!!!! perhapse someone bought tickets and cannot go now... hmm that would be a shame, huh? well, anyway... someone please call me and let me know if they can help me out asap! I'LL PAY ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!
<3 brittney
772-341-2732, ask for me or cassie. that's my sister. :)
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Thursday, October 16th, 2003
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hey guys,
wow. i never update anymore. sorry. ok, here goes.
i've been working for a week and a half at lenny's. it sooooo easy and fun, but i'm getting like no hours, so i have to get a second job. pray about that for me. the last few weeks have been so amazing in the fact that i've been hanging out with nate and tom like 24/7. they're such awesome christian guys and so uplifting and encouraging. they're exactly what i need in my life right now. they've both really challanged me spiritually and everything. we've all been praying together a lot and God has really been providing. a hundred bucks literally showed up oin my doorstep last week because i trusted that God would provide, and HOLY CRAP! HE DID!!! :) hehe, i'm just babbling. :)
anyway, with everything that's been going on with my job there's also a lot going on in my family right now too. everyone, just be praying for my family please. i'm gonna be going through a lot of explaining and whatnot in the next few months i know, and i'm gonna need strength to do so. but i'm so thankful for my friends and family that have been super-duper supportive already!!!
cassie is coming to visit soon, and i couldn't be any more excited! i haven't seen her in over a month and i can't wait to be silly with her again. we're so carefree when we're together. just having sing-a-longs in the car and girl talks into the early morning. eeeeeek! i'm so excited!
azuree's home now from her little journey as well, and i hope we can hang out again soon. it's been too long!!! oh yeah, and ashli, please please please please please get in touch with me so we can get together sometime soon. i NEED to talk to you!
well kids, it was a doozie. i apologize. love me anyway... mmmkay? :)
<3 brittney
ps. yeah, you all wrote it already, but wasn't yesterday FREAKING BEAUTIFUL!!!!!???
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2003
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new things.
lots of hanging out with tom, nate, and azuree. cranium out the whazoo! fun fun fun! :)
having a good hair day today. but there's no gas in my car anymore.
the best news of all... i'll be working with tom @ lenny's! i start on monday! oooooooh! i'm so excited! and i just can't hide it! :)
azuree and i tried to go to MHY last night, but had no idea what tikme the show started. so we watched sex and the city instead.
my rent is due tomorrow and i have no money. :(
random.
got a post card from my sister! :) it had no doubt on it! i have no idea when it actually arrived because we never check our mail.
i love everything!
<3 brittney
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