  Yo bros and hos!  I am finally back,  and am SO glad to be home.  Not that my trip wasn't fun,  just that I missed everyone badly,  and.
yeah.  You wouldn't believe how much I yearned for a friend in Canadia.  My bro and sis weren't bad,  but I needed some intellectual stimulation from one of you treasured readers.  Not to get emotional here.  (
Keep it together Keep it together)  For those of you who have seen Bowfinger,  that's " borrowed"  from it.  Well,
 I skiied a lot;  fell down only a few times;  went on green,  blue,  and black slopes;  drank chocolat chaud ;
 met only one girl-  who was a senior in college-  and we just skiied together for an afternoon,  then we took her to her condo,  and never saw her again;  ate a heckuva lot of food;
 didn't run at all,  worked out once,  hot- tubbed three times;  had a snowball fight with bro and sis;  got bonding time with my dad;
 saw LOTR ( it was cool)  built up some forearm muscle by gripping the ski poles for hours at a time;  broke my streak- NOOOOO!  but hey,
 three weeks is a LONG time;  found another song that reminded me of Sam-  this time it makes more sense than the other one did-  it's " Forget Everything.  Again,
 it's by New Found Glory.  This was like exactly how I felt during my " down"  time a few weeks ago.  They are a great band;  at least I think so right now.
 Their songs just have emotion and truth in them.  I dunno. Ha ha,  Erin thinks bald guys are hot.  I should shave my head.  Man,
 tonight was a blast.  I got home,  cleaned the pool,  went to see The Ring with Andrew,  Chris Kuna,  Kyle,
 and others- it wasn't that scary-  then came home and unwrapped Christmas presents.  After that,  I went to Starbuck's with Andrew,  Chris,
 Melissa and Crystal,  and who should we see there but Kelly Adams!  Well,  after i imprinted my face upon the window,  and the Starbuck's employees shut out the lights on us,  Kelly and I hung out at Kroger,
 where she had only recently got off working.  Dude,  she said my hair-  and I quote-  " looked cool.
 Wow.  No girl has ever said that to me before.  Amazing.  Ha ha,  but anyways,  we ate like,
 10 Reese's,  and rode the 50- cent car thingy that rocks and beeps and stuff.  I drove kelly to Africa,  but then she had to depart to help her friend,  so I didn't get a tip.
 Dang!  Well,  to rid myself of grief,  I will keep writing songs,  and try and forget about you- know-
who,  cuz whenever I think about that person,  I get all messed up,  and I think my life will go better if they are not included right now.  I will " erase them from my memory"
 as part of the NFG song goes.  But we'll see.  Man,  I'm tired right now,  and I'm going running ( finally!
 tomorrow with Andew at 9,  so I gotta jet.  Peace out,  suckas.  God bless.
