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I can't believe Christmas is almost here! It still doesn't really feel like it at all. I'm not sure how I feel about this christmas yet, and I'm starting to think that I'm not going to like it too much. First of all, I have about $40 dollars in my bank account right now and a student loan payment coming up for $70. This means that I can't get christmas presents for anyone. This is especially hard when all your siblings get them for you and you have nothing to give back. I was very excited about working at Borders because that means I could get everyone books for christmas and use my employee discount, however employee discount does not equal free! Maybe I can buy christmas presents after new years.

So, what all have I been up to? Not too much. I'm going to be working about 39 hours (and that's supposed to be part time!) this coming week. Um, what else. Oh, last night my friend Meagan and I rode the metro into Hollywood and met a friend of mine who is living over there. We just walked around on Hollywood blvd and then ate dinner at this lebanese place. It was really good. I enjoyed learning how to use the public transit system too and hope to use it again sometime soon. I met a really interesting lady while I was riding named Amanda. She was visiting her boyfriend at a rehab center in Pasadena. It turns out her and her boyfriend had gotten in serious trouble with some cops for posession of cocaine. It was kind of a wake up call for her so they both entered programs to get clean. She was staying in L.A. some where and has been clean for 2 months. It was encouraging to hear her talk about how she realizes all of the bad choices she made and how now she can see her family again for Christmas since she's clean. Hopefully she can stay clean and get the life back that cocaine took from her.

Other than that fun adventure, I'm not to sure much else is going on. A new Jagen album might be in the making......I'll keep you updated.