when we arrive, sons and daughter, we'll make our home on the water. we'll build our walls of aluminum! we'll fill our mouths with cinnamon! Now.

DisneyWorld trip is in a week. I want to see everything I can without parental supervision. The rules are simple: stay in the same park as the parents, stay with the brother. You have a meal ticket, too (perfect prep for college)- 5 days, with 5 sit-down meals, 5 counter-meals, and 5 vendor-meals. And a continental breakfast. I plan on not having the optional 4 meals a day thank you.

I want to see if i can get an iPod for the planeride and next year. It's about time. I've lost my little mp3 that held 50ish songs, and I need something more substantial for next year. I'm looking at a yellow 8GB Nano. The Bumblebee, when stripes are applied.

I'll hopefully draw on the plane and in Florida, but mostly there will be rides and fireworks and family time.

Made stuffed shells- pasta shell stuffed with mozzarella/ricotta/pecorino romano and meat and smothered in sauce. It was the big 'Welcome Home' dinner for John-brother. Dad said that I'll be hosting Thanksgiving in the future ^_^.

Watched Princess Mononoke and Nauticaa today, and realized that the protagonist must bring balance to the earth in each Miyazaki movie. It's a beatiful connection to nature that I don't think america has as much as japan.