I'll Cover You

ANGEL
Live in my house
I'll be your shelter
Just pay me back
With one thousand kisses
Be my lover and
I'll cover you

COLLINS
Open your door
I'll be your tenant
Don't got much baggage to lay at your feet
But sweet kisses I've got to spare
I'll ne there and
I'll cover you

BOTH
I think they meant it
When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it
A new lease you are, my love
On life... Be my life
~*~"I'll Cover You" RENT

Oh the days when they were happy... Anyway. Somehow these songs keep working out and becoming quite apropos. I love you Lonzo! That was so sweet yesterday... hehe.

Today was a fantastic day. I had so much fun and I felt so good... I love Mandy! WEEE! In case you didn't know, today was the AIDS walk in Chicago. The GSA and the NHS from Rich East went, and it was awesome. Me and Mandy talked for a little while on the way up there, while we ate donuts, then we took a nap (cause we got up so early) the rest of the way. Got to the place and registered and got our numbers, and then we talked more... When the race started we got coffee from the Starbucks table (cause they're one of the sponsors) and set off. Michael and Eudora (Michael - GSA guy. quite fun. Eudora - NHS chick. Alica's older sister.) joined us after the crowd thinned out a little bit. And as we were walking and talking, Mandy noticed this guy in front of us and it was really really funny because you could tell he was gay, just by the way he walked. I mean, he like swished his hips and swung his arms and everything. It was fucking hilarious. And he was hot too! And with a hot boyfriend! And so the four of us followed them, keeping pace, Michael drooling all the way (cause he had a hot ass... believe me. lol), me laughing like a lunatic, Mandy just kind of rolling her eyes, and Eudora not really doing anything. Then after a while, Mand wanted to walk slower, so I stayed back to walk with her, and we just talked for a long time about all kinds of things. Michael and Eudora slowed up so that we caught up to them, and the 4 of us finished together - 5K (3.1miles: and I was ready to go a second time. It went by really fast!). We were the first of our RE group. It was pretty cool.

So then we sat and talked some more, and once all our group was together, we got back on the bus and went to Connie's, where Mandy and I talked more. We shared a really yummy chicken thing. I can never remember the name... Yeah but then there was the whole fiasco with the food... people not paying as much as they were sposed to so people who didn't sit at our table started giving us money... it was crazy but not worth stating here all over again.

On the bus ride home the some of us GSA people had quite a heated discussion with some of the kinds from Youth Alive, which is a prayer group that meets at our school. There were some interesting points brought up. I wanted to talk more, but I'm just THE freshman, and I was kept plenty busy listening, so it's all good. I loved being around so many incredibly smart people. It was amazing. Just a really great time.

After I got home we went to the animal shelter and looked at puppies. Well, my family did. I played with a bunch of little kittens. I figure, if we get a dog, we'll bring it home and I can play with it all the time. We're never getting a kitten, so I should play with them while I can. And I did and it was lots of fun. I did look at the dogs though, and we played with this really cute shepard mix puppy named Georgie. He's still really young, so we'd be able to rename him. (We've already decided on Cosmo for the name) I think he was a little over 2 months. I liked him, but I don't want him to get much bigger than he is, and from what the shelter lady said, he's still got quite a bit of growing to do. But we'll see. My mom really liked him, and she's gonna go back on Monday to talk more seriously to the shelter people. It would be fun to have a dog, I guess. But I don't know how we're going to afford a dog when we can't afford... other things. I dunno. Best not to judge before things happen.

I spray painted one of my dressers today. It's black and silver to match the bookshelf I did a while ago. And we got the stuff to make my window shades, so my room is slowly coming together. The last thing that will need to be done is paint, it looks like. You can all come over and help - we'll have a painting party! woo! lol. My room is gonna look so cool when I'm done with it. Tomorrow I'm going to look at closet door handles, which is a good thing. Right now I have screws sticking out of the doors, which pose a bit of a safety problem to anyone with skin.

I'm having a good time with my guitar... Learning all the RENT songs from that book. It's really cool. I like being able to bring the music to life myself. Although I do murder it terribly the first couple times because I never remember to look for sharps and flats. (Not to mention I have to teach myself how to finger sharps and flats, because my crappy guitar book doesn't teach me.) It's all good though. And it's very calming. So things are going well. I'm loving things right now. Lots of things, many people, several places, a few times, a couple words, one me!