"Hodgins found some 3,000 year old bugs, so he's weepy." --Cam, Bones

Me: [holding up a Ziploc bag partially full of coffee grounds] "I hope this will be enough for a whole pot of coffee."

My aunt: "Good heavens! I should hope so! I'd only use a scoop, maybe a scoop and a half for 12 cups!" 

Me: "Oh...then you'd better not watch."

[I calmly put in 9 scoops of coffee grounds.]

No wonder they don't like my coffee, even when I make it "weak". It's still about 4x as strong as they drink it.

"Is this bowl microwave safe?" --Ariel

"That metal bowl? No, it's not." --Me

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." --engraved on the Potter's grave, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"You know what, you girls have no idea what I'm going through here! You can have sex as much as you want and you don't have to worry about getting anyone pregnant!" --Kelso, That 70's Show

"The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective."  --Robert Brault

"Do you know what the most unreached of the people groups in America is?" --Kendall, during Sunday morning service

"Politicians." --congregation member

I love my church.

"Going to the chapel and we're gonna get married!" --the Dixie Cups

Don't worry--I'm not the one getting married. Not yet, anyway. I'm going to the wedding of a good friend of mine today. I'm so excited--it's basically the social event of the summer for me, if just because it's the first wedding I've been to where some of my closest friends are on the guest list. Basically, the only people I'm gonna know there are 5 or 6 of my best friends in the whole world, and I view that as a major win. No awkward dinner table moments, or any other things people hate when they go to a wedding without a date. I'm not worried about that--I have 4 dates today. =] Plus my best friend and roommate. Such a win.

"At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities."  --Jean Houston

"Okay here's the plan, Fez--you beg for mercy in broken English, Hyde--you insist that this whole thing was a misunderstanding, and I'll curl up in the fetal position and think about pancakes." --Eric Foreman, That 70's Show

"If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one, because if you really loved the first one you wouldnt have fallen for the second." --Johnny Depp

"Is there a station coming up where I can board your giggling train of thought?" --Sheldon, Big Bang Theory

Mom: [lamenting my vegetable intake] "You haven't touched a vegetable all week!"

Me: "Not true. I moved the broccoli in the fridge earlier today."

These are the types of conversations that start occurring when I've been home for long periods of time.

"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one." 
--Leo J. Burke

"Does she ever wake up? Oh yeah--probably exactly when you want to sleep, huh?" --Me

One of my good friends just had a baby last night, and she is just the most precious thing. But she slept all day today, prompting this observation on my part. This was greeted with wholehearted agreement from the exhausted mother who was up all night with the baby who thought night was the best time to be awake.

"I work with a guy who repairs and restores pianos." --Me

"Cool! Do you think you could fix the Corum piano so it doesn't play excessive Coldplay songs?" --Gerald

"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play."  --Friedrich Nietzsche

I find this to be especially true on summer days like today when I have to face going to work instead of going outside and playing.

"The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind."  

--G.K. Chesterton

"Everyone wants happiness, no one wants pain. But you can't make a rainbow without a little rain."

"He's an idiot...but he has good advice." --Kayla

I have escaped back to school for the weekend to hang out with my friends...especially that crazy girl Kayla. It's amazing what kind of priceless quotes start cropping up when it's 2 in the morning and you're talking about boys with your best friend who (along with yourself) is NOT a night person.

A 1917 leaflet from the USDA: "Fruits and vegetables furnish some of the material from which the body is made and keep its many parts working smoothly. They help prevent constipation which gives you headaches and makes you stupid."