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This really cracked me up! It is hilarious and better than any of the previous ones.

Enjoy!!!

http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/6660/2008cc1.swf


Mom-Nora

Santiago® introduces himself

Hello everyone!. Since this is my first time ever to participate on the blog (by the way, thanks Nan for inviting me), i'll try to do it short. First of all, i apologize now for my spelling.. not good at english writing. Having said that, i continue, not sure what to continue with, but i do anyway.
I guess i just wanted to let everyone here know how happy and anxious i am about this "massive american family (AKA: Bozzolous) marriage invasion", and alex's family too. Really, this is going to be just great, fun, .. intense¿?, unique moment for sure.
I know i personally dont keep much contact with you guys, but still you are as close familiy as my "argentinian-blog-partner: juanonymous" is. So, i take this opportunity to express my love for you all. Well, that's enough, i dont even recognize myself writing like that.
Oh, and in case anyone was wondering (im sure all of you where), I STILL am one of the greatest musician ever known since MC Hammer or Vanilla Ice. There.., done.
Sorry about my poor post, im new at this. Oh, Nan, im impressed with your lifestile, and i agree, you sure know how to handle stressfull situations! way to go! i look up to you
Besos para todossss
chau

Santiago®

Nanupdate: the madness is over

At 10:30 PM yesterday, the final two weeks of my quarter ended with a fizzle. And although little nagging issues continue to dribble in from the office, I’m basically done with tying-up lose ends at work for the summer. I have about 4.5 days to a) catch-up on sleep (4 AM bedtime is not healthy, as it turns out), b) pay my bills, c) clean the crap on my bedroom floor that has been festering for 10 weeks, and d) catch-up with everyone who couldn’t penetrate my force-field of madness during the final stretch. I also get to finally write something on this blog—a relaxing and meaningful exercise that has, unfortunately, completely eluded me these last couple of months.

The madness is over! Someone should ring the church bells and announce it to the world. I suppose the blog will do. Since Memorial Day weekend fell right in the middle of finals, the 24 hours with you all is a haze to me. I don’t remember. I’m sorry for being mentally absent.

Here are 10 things I learned during this very busy quarter:

1) Diarrhea: As you may already know, shit happens when you attempt to work from 8-5, then study from 5-later-than-you-should-be-up. It turns out that it’s not so good for your system to overwork it. In fact, my system told me so on several occasions by purging itself forcefully. I like to think of it as a physical catharsis of the academic bullshit I was force-feeding my body.
2) Clumsiness: The first thing to go when you don’t sleep and spend hour after hour studying, working, and worrying: balance. I fell down the stairs last night. I also have mysterious bruises on my shins and ankles. It’s a miracle I haven’t broken a hip.
3) Florida needs a giant dehumidifier: Oddly, I went to Ft. Lauderdale/Miami at the start of the quarter and again last weekend. It’s weird that Dawn and I have been to Miami 3 times in the last year. My crotch was consistently drenched in vapor. I’m convinced people down there have dehumidifying units inserted in their inseams for comfort. Otherwise, people would just start killing themselves. It’s not human to have dampness in the crotch. It just isn’t right. Also, we stayed at the Four Seasons because Dawn was there for a work conference. It was kind of a distraction for me because I had to study, but it reminded me that I’d like to be wealthy. They really treat you well if you’re wealthy.
4) Florida needs a giant deargentinafyer: No offense to Juanonymous and Santi®—I love you guys—but what’s with the walk-into-an-argentine-restaurant-and-everyone-stops-talking-and-arroganly-looks-you-up-and-down bullshit? Very, VERY, uncomfortable. Dawn and I witnessed an incident that illustrates Argentine-American relations: we were sitting in a booth at this South Beach restaurant (Argentine) where the bar next to us was showing ESPN on two TVs. Well, two New Yorkers (not Argentine) were sitting at the bar watching USA vs. Costa Rica on the TV next to them. Just as the US scores a goal, the bartender (Argentine) intentionally switches the channel. The New Yorker, confused, asks why he did that. The bartender gently explains that they have “satellite programming issues” and they’d like to have different games on each TV. The bartender manages to get the USA game on the TV at the other end of the bar. So the New Yorker, pissed, gets up and drags his plate and drink to the other end to sit and watch. But then THAT TV goes blank. The New Yorker, very pissed, stays calm and says, “I think what you need to do is put game on this TV (pointing in front of him) and put something else on the other.” “I know, I know. Don’t worry,” replied the bartender. Both TVs finally land on stations, but the one in front of the New Yorker is NOT playing USA vs. Costa Rica. The game is playing at the OTHER TV. So, the guy, fuming, stands up, drags his shit back to the other end of the bar, and quietly turns to his friends and says, “See? Like I said, the food is amazing, but the service is shit.”
5) Bailey is now a farm dog: That’s right. While in Florida, we left her on a farm. She came back smelling like one too. She actually was forced to live with 10 dogs, 2 horses, several cats, and even a couple exotic birds. She did fine. It is good for her development, so we’re leaving her there in a couple of weeks when Dawn comes to DC.
6) Airfares are NOT going down: I give up. We’re buying our tickets now for Argentina. Looks like 6th or 7th through the 16th are the dates.
7) Coffee is great.
8) Administrative Law: I don’t like it and I hated the class.
9) Data Analysis: Fun. I actually enjoy SPSS and data analysis. I just get it better than some other things.
10) Public Management: I don’t intend on being a manager in an executive agency. Therefore, this was a complete waste of time. I scored 7,000,000 on pinball on my laptop during class though!

I’ll be in touch with you guys soon. The GAO starts Monday, which is strange because they haven’t told me ANYTHING about what I’ll be working on. All I know is that it is health care related. I’m looking forward to it, but the mystery is eating at my nerves. No, it’s not. I’m just kidding. It’s a good thing that I have such strong character (ha ha). I like to think that most people would collapse under the pressure while I merely treat it like a bout of the runs.

Okay, take care.

Nan

Harlan McCraney

I just got this from a friend and I was going to email it to each of you but now we have 603 Beech Street! It's pretty funny--and it's nice to see Andy Dick being funny again. Because I think he forgot how for a while there. http://www.xroadsfilms.com/batescomedycentral/