st valentine

"there is no use trying," said alice; "one cant believe impossible things." "i dare say you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "when i was your age, i always did it for half an hour a day. why, sometimes i've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --lewis carroll.

so i got this package today... it came all the way from texas. enclosed was the most incredible hard cover edition of lewis carrolls "alice's adventures in wonderland and other stories". it even has gold rimmed pages. if you know me, you know my love of a good book. those covers that feel really great, there is nothing better. there was a mug with the above quote on it... an i tunes gift card and a personalized deck of cards. no not with my initials on them.. like written on cards. whoever sent me this package knows me oh so well. thank you valentine.

this could be the reason i was less bitter for the valentine holiday this year... or maybe its just that i think the holiday is humorous. if someone seriously gave me one of those bears they have at walgreens i would explode. with this new view of the holiday in mind, i went to see dear john tonight with my friend natalie (although we were tempted to go in pajamas, with smeared mascara and hair insane just for the effect of valentines misery... we didnt. we did sneak in five guys and chocolate though. so... you be the judge of how crazy we are) its actually a really decent movie, i enjoy nicholas sparks books, and i have been tempted on several occasions to read dear john. for some reason or another while standing in the aisle at barnes and noble, i opted for the wedding instead. the sequel to the notebook. im a sucker for that one... probably a good thing i didnt read this one though--way heart wrenching. BUT i definitely recommend dear john in movie form. regardless of the fact that it reminded me way too in depth of the last 23 months of my life... it was good to see a semi happy ending. now that i have shared too much im going to press publish post and someone can read this making it too late for me to delete it. happy valentines day.