me first and the gimme gimmes - nothing compares to you (cover)

i had a terrible moment of panic when i got home just now. i walked in the door hauling groceries, feeling pretty independant after a long day of school and work, and coming home to a completely empty house (scott's off somewhere. parents are gone for the weekend.) i called out for my dog but he didn't come running, i assumed he was outside and couldn't hear me. put the groceries away and went upstairs. only to find my dog curled up in the middle of the floor, not moving. i said his name and started talking to him, expecting him to lift his head and look at me or something. usually he sleeps all stretched out, so the curled up thing threw me off. i bent down next to him and started shaking him.. no response. and he was cold. my heart almost stopped. i mean, he's old, he's sick... if he died in my room... it seemed way too likely. fortunately! he woke up and looked at me like i was crazy. which is kind of true. i'm not ready to let the old dog die yet.
i finally met the cool guy with a mohawk. and you know what's even better? he has a webbed toe. and he's born on a leap year (like bob!!). and he likes dissecting stuff. we talked about that, of all things.. anyway. he's cool. i knew he would be. after all, he has a mohawk.
the lady at fred meyer liked my shoes. my beat-up, colored-on, dirt-covered, holey vans from 9th grade. she said they looked comfortable. i agreed.
spring break has started! and you know what? i probably won't do anything stupid the whole time. i'm going to be responsible and intelligent and stay focused... ha! well, we'll see.
oh! i just remembered something from school today! we had a free day in weight training today. so tuey and i left and got emerald city smoothies. she almost got pulled over for doing 70 on 320th, but the cop thought it was the lady behind us. so we got out smoothies and we figured the guy who gave them to us is gay, 'cause he was talking to a customer about working at starbucks, and then later as we were driving back, a guy at a stop light asked us if brian was working there. "the blonde guy?" "yeah that's him!" so. coming back, baker asked about the smoothies. and get this. he actually believed us when tuey said she'd gotten them herself, and i stayed there.