oow ow ow my thighs and back hurt from all that shakin' and gyratin'. my thighs could kill a man, but apparently they aren't strong enough for throwing down some dancehall moves. i'm afraid i haven't been that graceful about getting up from chairs these past few days. first dance class in years is a beautiful thing ( Read more... )

The spring is so slow in coming ( Read more... )

as requested by onewinteronly, the latest album i really enjoyed listening to (and gah! do i hate writing album reviews. there's a reason i don't do it). well no, this certainly isn't the latest, but you know. one that i've Rather Liked. i go through records in phases and am given to listening to the same album for two weeks - maybe have a brief ( Read more... )

i'm having such a hard time getting out of my writing rut, so here goes nothing:

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post or comment about it. Ask for anything: latest movie ( Read more... )

o says ( Read more... )

It isn't a bad Saturday but it isn't a great Saturday either - as far as Saturdays go, this is so-so. This is the fruit salad of Saturdays - it's not bad but you'd rather eat chocolate cake. And you know, sometimes you just really need the fruit salad ( Read more... )

voisin olla välillä vähän vähemmän maaninen, käydä vähän vähemmän ulkona, olla välillä viihdyttämättä koko kahvilaa omilla jutuilla, vaikka se kaikki saakin minut tuntemaan itseni ihan vähän elävämmäksi ja oikeammaksi ja vaikka kaverit onkin ehkä tärkeämpiä kun tajusinkaan ( Read more... )

This must be the first night in weeks that I'm spending at home. Dinners, exhibitions, brunches, movies, naked ladies, parties, work, walks, sushi-making, boys, girls. It's done me a world of good, but I think my reputation of a misanthropic loner is ruined (and I've definitely missed some sleep, unforgivable ( Read more... )

Q. rule number one of casual email flirtation?
A. for the love of god, do not look for a picture of the dude.

le sigh! we had such a good thing going with a swedish colleague i had never met, seen or talked on the phone with. it was so nice, all winky-winky emails about a client's business and a bit about.. not the client's business really - the ( Read more... )

some friends have looked at me the tiniest bit funny when i say i need to have a quick board meeting in my head when i need to make a decision. i don't know where i picked up that expression, but i realized that i've started thinking about what goes on in my head in those terms ( Read more... )