I am concerned that this week will sort of suck because Grey's Anatomy wasn't good. Band together my friends, we'll get through it.

1.5 Rants

So I really only have one and a half rants to share.

1. Why is Kinko's the BIGGEST rip off ever? Seriously. I went in tonight with a CD and wanted them to print my curriculum newsletter (by the way, on a side rant that isn't factored in, what parent has time to read a 4 page newsletter? None! So why am I required to make on?). I wanted it printed on 11 by 17 paper in color so it looked like a booklet, folded over and everything. They said they were backed up, but I could do it on the Design Station. I countered with I don't know how. So they said they would help. Then they stood there like idiots while the computer ticked away at $0.40 a minute! Then they charge me $8 for black and white not on one page! So I freak, make the woman give me a credit and head to a copier where I did NOT get what I want, but at least I got to leave Kinko's. $12 poorer and pissed.

.5 How come sometimes when you know exactly what you want you can't find it anywhere? For instance, I want a RED recipe box. A red one. So I go to Target and find wood ones, stainless steel, and some very ugly lime green and yellow. This ios not what I want. Conversely, I found a ton of things I didn't know I needed when I went in! Dang.

Man, I freaking LOVE the Olympics.

I mean, if you think about it, what is there not to love? All these countries that you have barely even heard of get to compete as equals in some awesome locale--maybe Salt Lake City wasn't awesome, but it was pretty cool--and be like, "Yeah Latvia! What do you think now?"

And I am a SUCKER for the rags to riches/Olympic Glory stories. Tobey Dawson, the American skier who was abandoned in Korea and then adopted by the Dawsons of COlorado and dedicated his medal to his mom who had the American flag AND the Korean flag pretty much all over everywhere. Yevgeny Plushenko from Russia who was separated from his parents at age 11 and moving 1,000 miles away to train because thats all Russi had then and finally got to reunite his family a few years ago. Bode Miller because he is so hot. Ted Liggety giving the U.S. our first Alpine gold in 10 years and crying on the podium. I am just a SUCKER.

And I won't lie, I cry every time they play our national anthem and I watch some athlete cry with our flag. I'm just ridiculous.

If only the U.N. played like the Olympics.

So I have decided that Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve are essentially the same holiday. One an excuse to drink, another an excuse to pick a fight with your significant other over flowers or candy or something else slightly ridiculous. Both a product of our societal need to commercialize and capitalize. Every February across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday? I mean, really?

The Catholic Church recognizes at least three martryed saints named Valentine.

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

So out of this defiance of orders we get Valentine's Day. I wonder if 500 years from now there will be a holiday named after the guys in California performing gay marriages. I'm just saying. (Somewhere, Grandpa just got a headache.)

I graduate in 88 days.

Ready...set....freak out!

I applied to graduate today. Holy crap.

My car is back. Happy Day.