What Makes A King Out Of A Slave?

Hey guys! (Well, specifically Cody and Jeff...)

I've found us a new place!

So, it turns out that coming out is not the best thing to do during a Christmas celebration with your family. But I had a lot of eggnog, and it needed to be said or I would go crazy.

I'm gay. And it's not a big deal.

I've made a Thanksgiving Resolution.

I know that people usually wait till New Year's to make a promise to themselves, but I have been waiting too long to keep waiting.

I've decided to enroll in the Graduate program at UW, starting this January. Mom agreed to pay for it if I chip in my earnings from Blockbuster, small though they are. I want to get a PhD in Psych and the only way to do that is to keep going to school. Then I can actually do something worthwhile instead of stocking shelves with Norbit and Ishtar.

I need an apartment or something, though. I'm tired of living at home. My brothers keep stealing my stuff.

Am I alone in thinking that Sacha Baron Cohen looks pretty good as Bruno? I don't just mean funny. I also mean... He looks handsome that way. Y'know. It's a good look for him. I don't know what it is. Maybe just the clean-shavenness? He looks so much younger.

I've just been thinking about it because I see the ads for that movie all the time.

My ankle was really itchy this morning, so I thought 'Oh great, another bug bite.' Summer is always like that for me. So anyway, when I was getting ready to take a shower, I looked at my ankle and noticed that it looked different from a usual bug bite. I touched it and it was actually a bug.

I pulled it off of me because, um... yuck. And I think it was a tick. I threw it in the toilet.

But, guys. Should I be more worried than I already am? Am I going to die? I've never been bitten by a tick before. And the spot on my ankle is pretty red.

Okay, why did no one tell me that there's going to be a TOY STORY THREE?!

I defied my mom's odds and got a job!

It's not the best job. It's just stocking and cashiering at Blockbuster. But it's something! I just hope they'll stop showing scary movies all day. If I keep jumping and dropping DVDs, I'll be looking for a new job.

What am I going to do?

My mom needs to stop setting me up with girls. She keeps saying that I seem unhappy, but she won't listen when I tell her that these random dates are what's making me unhappy. Not everyone needs to be with someone. I've been just fine. I didn't even cry on Valentine's Day. I just cried when they sold out of those heart-shaped boxes of candy.