hey_mom 3scientists I saw daddy kissing Santa Claus. There goes another rose garden. Oh please, get me a drink, or better yet, an injection for my infection. I need a shrink, head shrinker that is, I want to be killed by the great Voodoo assassin...ooops, he was converted. Stick with science my friends. 040202 ... her royal highness the quirk you've turned into an amazing source of comfort right before my very ears. i can't believe it's taken me this long to realize that you aren't out to get me, that you truly do care about me more than anybody else i know. for the longest time i've always thought that i could only talk to my best friend. when that was taken away from me, i didn't know where to turn. you answered that for me. i allowed myself to cry on the phone with you for the first time (and second and third and god knows i've lost count) since ive been in college. it was a huge relief to just let go and tell you everything for once. the best part was that you didn't judge me for not talking to you for the longest time. you just acted as though me pouring my heart out to you was an everyday occurrence. i'm so sorry i didn't come home this weekend. i couldn't get out of playing at that damn bball game. and i can't wait until next weekend when i actually can home. i can't wait until i see you at the door with open arms, ready to give me the motherly hugs that i've craved for the past month. they're a different kind of hug, all about comfort and love. and not the kind of comfort and love that comes from a significant other. it's the kind that you know can't be taken away by anything. it's unconditional love, and for the first time in my life i realize that my mother loves me and that i love her, unconditionally. i promise to never let anybody get between that, not a boyfriend, or a best friend. 040202 what's it to you? who go blather from