I can't stand it anymore!!

We must either hold a funeral for the blog,and graciously let it go to the happy hunting grounds, or it must be given new life. But no more of this lifeless existence. Effervescence my friends! Laura, I, and now Donald (for significantly longer than Laura and I) will be away from all you lovely people for several months, and need our link to the circle we left behind, intellectual conversation with the brilliant geniuses (is that redundant or what) in Abilene. So, since it would be rather hypocritical of me to simply bemoan the state of the blog without doing anything about it, I will attempt to pose a thoughtworthy, well, thought. Ahem...

What do you all think of the concept of identity? Do you ever think to yourself, what if I'm really not the person that I fancy myself being? You'd like to think of yourself as philosophical, analytical, creative, artsy, whatever, fill in the blank, but then you look at yourself and wonder in it's just sort of an act or your forcing something that isn't really there. Do other people see the 'real' us, or do they see what we want to be seen. Thoughts, comments, reprimands, rebuttals?

return of the native

hey, sorry, i don't really have a way of communicating with most of y'all back home, so i figured i would take advantage of this system here. forgive me, it's not really a post. more like an invitation.
mis padres are having a party (not for me, it's a church party), and i've been told that i can invite all my friends who i haven't seen in nearly four months now. so if you're still in town on friday night, you're welcome. in fact, your company is greatly desired. i don't know details, but if anyone is interested i'll supply those. :) good luck on finals, everyone.