Two of my poems have moved on to the finals in the America Library of Poetry contest. I’ll just have to wait until September 30th to find out how they do.

I am a designer. Yes, I have run out of things to say today.

I’ve already stumbled upon my new found privileges… Being tried in
court as an adult, signing up for the draft, paying full taxes, etc
etc. Yes, being an adult is awesome… I think.

Just kidding, it’s all gravy! Had a blast on my birthday.
Went to lunch with my sister at Ruggle’s on Westheimer, then racing
with my boss (pics & video here), then out downtown with my friend
Lacey to eat and go dancing, then we headed off-road with the
Jeep. Much fun

I was really busy yesterday, too, and I just woke up… So, I’ve got lots to catch up on today.

No, not really, but my friend David is letting me borrow his big off-road jeep until this weekend. Actually, I’m cleaning it for him in thanks for helping me with my bumper. But I still get to drive it around – and it’s fun!

Anyways… “big 18!” I’ve already eleven wish me a good one and my mom came over and brought me some breakfast and a birthday banner, imagine that. Well, have a great day – I’m going to!

Yup, “happy birthday” to me! Just thought I’d throw a shout out there for myself. At 6:30 this morning eighteen years ago I was born… Pretty crazy, huh? I love looking back on all that’s happened and all I’ve accomplished, and also looking forward to all that I will do. But the most important thing is to simply live in the present and enjoy every moment of it! This is what God created life to be.

This is really impressive: a 6th-grade girl, fed up with the slutty clothes being worn by fellow middle schoolers, wrote a letter to a local Nordstrom department store, reprimanding them for their lack of modest selection.

Rising sixth-grader Ella Gunderson wrote a letter to a Nordstrom department store, complaining of how few modest clothing choices were available for girls. She says she had two very important reasons for objecting to the immodest styles she found so prevalent on the store’s racks: “One, they’re not comfortable, and two, you really shouldn’t sacrifice your human dignity for the sake of fashion.”

The Seattle-area youngster wrote that, while clothes shopping at a local Nordstrom store, a clerk had suggested to her that “there is only one look,” a bit of fashion advice Ella resisted. “If that is true,” she wrote to Nordstrom, “then girls are suppost (sic) to walk around half naked. I think that you should change that.” Ella also stated, “I see all these girls who walk around with pants that show their belly button and underwear. Even at my age, I know that is not modest.”

The child’s letter, which founds its way up the Nordstrom’s corporate ladder — all the way to executive vice president Pete Nordstrom — drew an overwhelming response and prompted company officials to write back, promising to offer a wider range of clothes. And as Ella’s mother, Pam Gunderson, notes, not only did Nordstrom’s write back, but so did almost every girls’ clothier around. “There seems to be a note that was struck that really spoke to a lot of people about this,” she says.

Out of the mouths of babes, no? Thanks to Right Thinking for the link.