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      I can't believe that the Shrek movie series began seventeen years ago. I feel so old. I remember when I first received it on my birthday the year it came out. I lived on a farm. My idea of a good time was riding my bike and watching the animals. I watched it with my neighbor, who was four at the time, and got to the point where Shrek yells, What are you doing in my swamp? And I was called home, and my brother and his wife gave me the movie. I was ecstatic. I remember the layout of our houses, and the secret passage in the backyard, and the big gap under her porch where we hid one time eating bananas.
      It's so different now. I'm different. I'd shave off ten years of my life if it meant I could be a kid again for a day. And no, Stiltskin, don't get any ideas. But Fiona pulls out her knife on Shrek, and he tells her what he knows about her. That when she signs her name, she puts a heart over the I. She sings so beautifully that birds explode. She doesn't like the covers wrapped around her feet and sleeps by candlelight...Blah, blah, blah. Don't get me wrong - beautiful movie. Love warrior Fiona. Love her lines, love Cameron Diaz, it's perfect.
      But what about that Sir Justin picture on the bottom of her bed? He should have thrown that in there. A lot of women sing and dot their I's with hearts, and she knew that. But nobody else knows about the figurines on her fireplace mantle. And she would have really been blown away if he described the view from her bedroom window.

Let The Good Times Roll

      Life here is both weird and fantastic, lately. Yes, I still have my complaints; but certain aspects in life have improved! Like...my game. I bought a lovely dress with wings (in my game, obviously) and it's a sheer glowy gold, and it comes with giant wings. And it was only one dollar short of ten freakin' grand! I actually had to make another account to gift it to myself, because my main account only has 8 dollars. The game also has a cat with a crown on its head, which also costs 9,999; and a 'real gold' iPhone costing 7,999. It'll take awhile, but eventually I'll have an account worth more than 31k!
      And my Sims are going great, too. It's been over a year, maybe almost two by now, since I lost the biggest family anyone has ever made; but even with my small, current family I don't think I could be much happier than this. I made a large, beautiful house and called it Indigo Palace, and my Sims actually have grandparents on both sides of the family!
      Life is weird in the way that my mother has been on a Shrek marathon. I had to offer because she was sick of going through all of Big Bang Theory and That '70s Show in three weeks, but I was not expecting her to say yes - or even watch Shrek Forever After one night after another - and even say she's going to watch Shrek 1 again. I would have sooner bet my life that she would rather have thrown those movies out than watch them.
      The weirdest and most fantastic? I cut my own hair earlier this month, and it's above my shoulders and it's actually straight! It doesn't even touch my shoulders, which is awesome, because when it does and it's wet, it feels like it's trying to cut me. First I asked my mother to cut it, but by the time I smelled the wine on her breath it was a lopsided mess. So I fixed it! Think Rapunzel, except it's all one length and has the ability to grow back.
      A few days ago it also snowed. Not a lot, but enough where I watched it fall past a street lamp. And then I had pizza, and pop, and chocolate. And lately I've been making perfect grilled cheeses. And my brother cooks these amazing meals. Meat, veggies, pot-atoes, stuffing, and it's all nice and soft and yummy. I normally get stuck with dishes, but lately I've been assigned other tasks...thank goodness. Don't get me wrong, that's important; but when you're doing everybody's dishes and sometimes there's over seventy of them and they don't rinse anything and you're sore and it's past your bedtime and you're stuck there for over an hour - you really start to want to be doing literally anything else.
      All my books are going nowhere, but I'd rather try and fail than succeed at doing nothing. I'm on my gazillionth attempt, and I'm already dissatisfied. But then I read the script of fantastic movies, and I'm surprised at how boring it actually is if I'm not hearing and seeing it. Besides, people actually think Gangnam Style and Pineapple Pen are great songs, so my chances are actually pretty good.
      I am just so happy right now! I wish I could feel like this for-ever.