monday morning ramblings...

       i've been trying to write a post for the last couple weeks, but it seems like it just doesn't want to be written. kinda frustrated about that, but whatever. superbowl was yesterday and, as usual, i watched it for the commercials. i actually had a team to cheer for, though—usually it's just an arbitrary choice or i cheer for whomever everyone else is cheering for, but my choice this time came from my dad. when i was little he used to take business trips all over the world to visit their various customers and aid them in installations of his company's software (he's a programmer, or was—he's with the same company and he doesn't take trips anymore, but i'm not sure what he does now). but everywhere he went he would bring back some souvenirs for my little brother and me. he went to pittsburgh a couple times, though, and he's a football nutter, so invariably he'd bring home steeler's memorabilia. no, i didn't have any of it here to wear, but i was wearing it in spirit—a throwback to when times were simpler and when my dad would bring me things because he was thinking of me. so i was happy they won. and the commercials were funny.

       my parents were here for the weekend, actually. well, saturday night/sunday morning. just to visit. it was nice. they took me shopping (yay groceries!) and i got to explain why i'm cutting out red meats (and they actually took me seriously). they took me to church sunday morning, though, which was interesting. i haven't been since the beginning of december, so of course everyone there jumped on me, which was nice in a way. i always feel bad, though. i really do love those people. one guy who's only a few years older than me and used to be the pastor was particularly emotional. we're pretty good friends, but not really outside of church. he's been trying to get hold of me over the last couple weeks and i've been shamefully but purposefully avoiding him. i can't really do that anymore, though. i think i might have to be honest with him, which i'm scared as hell about. i want to run it past brandon first, since he also knows the guy, but he's in thailand and of no use for the next week and a half. he's promised to bring me back recipes, though! anyway. church is a very, very difficult topic for me to discuss. i hate thinking about it and the choices i'm going to have to make in the near future. well, i know what choice i'm going to make, but it's going to suck (and in a bad way). oknewtopic.

       hmm... i can't remember what else i was going to talk about now. my computer's back up and running. had to reformat, so it's been fun trying to get everything back together again. and it actually has been fun. i had some backup discs that i'd forgotten about and i'm finding things from several years ago that i'd forgotten i had. some pictures, some old (and terrible) stories, other random things. i didn't lose as much as i thought, so i'm happy about that. still lost a lot of music, though. i've been borrowing everyone's cds and copying them over, and my bittorrents have been going non-stop. give me suggestions, though... what's your favorite music? favorite bands? i need ideas, people... i need … lists! especially obscure things that i might not think of right away. the gems, you know? the only things i don't like are rap, death metal (i have a rule that i have to be able to understand most of the words the first time through), and i'm none too keen on country (because i still can't understand half of what they're singing, lol). my favorite bands are lifehouse, coldplay, snow patrol, and muse, so that kinda gives you an idea, but i like just about everything, and especially love to try new things. so yeah... proceed. thanks!

       ok, i need to start getting ready for work now. happy monday to all, and if you've already had your monday i hope it went well and have a splendid tuesday. later taters.