my Klanz

so i wasn't planning on writing anything until tonight when i sat at work in an empty computer lab, doing nothing but pretending that i was doing homework. but i have a few thoughts now.

i sent out some notifications to my family and friends that i had started a blog in order to build up a loyal fan base (why else would i write a blog?). this morning i was stunned to see several emails subjected RE: blog! in my inbox. yay for family! it seems they all read it (or plan to) and have chosen to comment via email because they cant figure out how to comment otherwise (its ok family, i still love you). the important thing is, they read it! the last few months i feel like i've gotten really close to my family. for reasons i wont delve into right this moment, i've gotten such wonderful support from all these awesome people that i get to call my own family. now that is a rad thing to say. these people are my family. you guys jealous yet?

last week one of my uncles died. alright, not my real uncle; my second cousin's husband. but he was as good as an uncle. and he was awesome. so awesome i wrote is in that last sentence before changing it to was. and he will be greatly missed. its so funny how far apart my family is and yet so close together we are in heart. there is no way that anyone in my family didn't feel the effects of the loss of this kind, fun, lovable man. so this one's for you, Billy. love you.

to the rest of my fam, the Konopasek and Ziminski Klanz* (though i think the Ziminiski's are the more computer literate and therefore the most likely to read this :), thank you, thank you, for your continuing support and the unassuming love you give to me. you've helped me become who i am, and i so appreciate that.

LOVE YOU! (ok, see, there are caps. im yelling.)



*in the event you didn't notice, this is a play on words. or letters more precisely. i had to find one way to be clever in this post...