i used to have white teeth. they used to be straight, white, perfect. i used to get compliments on my teeth ( Read more... )

there's a difference in the urgency of life, now that my papers are being read by people all over the country and an action alert may mean hundreds of call-ins to the president (which, of course, still does nothing but we're liberals, we like to think we can make a difference ( Read more... )

so something was definitely wrong with my internet/computer/livejournal account, as i have been looking on my friends page for the last week or so and saw absolutely no updates, all of which suddenly decided to appear this morning.... i've been holding off posting a "where the hell did everybody go?" post for awhile, i'm glad i didn't, but i do ( Read more... )

i am once again in this odd transition phase, scrapbooking and swimming to fill the time ( Read more... )

1. My ratings of NYC cupcakes (incomplete; will be updated as I go back and try more places ( Read more... )

it's almost 10am. it's my last real day in the city; i leave for arizona for exactly one month on sunday. i'm watching msnbc obsessively, as i have all summer. there's a huge crime wave in washington dc right now. great. i'm spending today on the lower east side, getting biyalies and cupcakes and pickles and going to museums and shops. then ( Read more... )

i spent an hour looking at live lizards today... and four more hours wandering around the rest of the natural history museum ( Read more... )

so i've been sitting down at the computer for the past few days with intentions to update, but my mind just kept going blank. there's been so much on my mind that it seems impossible to express it in a coherent, succinct, and evenly slightly reader-friendly way ( Read more... )

(at least i didn't have to do that ( Read more... )

essentially, i spent the last few days in washington dc, i signed a lease, and i tried about 35 different kinds of beer. that's been my last four days ( Read more... )