what i learned on my not-quite-summer vacation:

1. increased lung capacity rules. nothing like completing a short run and not feeling like you're going to vomit from lack of oxygen.
2. the ones that you love the most can really bring out the worst in you. (i did not learn this firsthand, so no gossiping. i am not the teaching aid in that lesson)
3. no matter how grown up i think i am, i never stop getting really hurt by the fact that my father doesn't bother to respond to my emails/phone calls/what have you. ever.
4. tempeh is not nearly as gross as i am sure you think it is.
5. margaret cho is frighteningly, frighteningly funny. and i admire her. in an industry that says that you need to be homogenized, skinny and of one of several very specific ethnic backgrounds--being male is encouraged as well--she is overweight, asian, and female. and funny as fuck, proof that you can do what you love if you're good at it. and stubborn. even if you don't fit the 'profile.'
6. assurance hosting can bite me sideways. because all the domains that i set to auto-renew in FEBRUARY did not, in fact, auto renew. grrr!
7. i am a complete snuggle junkie. and i'm not ashamed to say it.