I hate my job right now, and Murphy's sick.
I have to take her to the vet at 4:40.

What a great day.

One of the guys I work with MAY have an extra Rock The Bells ticket.  He'll know for sure on Monday.
If he does, I'm taking it.
OMG. 

I finally got around to reading The Road, the book that won Cormac McCarthy his much-deserved Pulitzer.
And... wow.  I can't really respond to it yet; it has affected me that much.
This book is just phenomenal.  Minimalist lit fans, you've found your next tome.

If you haven't read it yet, I highly encourage you to do so.  Warning: It's depressing, ( Read more... )

I just found out that the husband of a woman I used to work with at Michaels (and was close to while I was there) is dying of liver cancer.  His liver is 80% cancerous, and he has one month to live ( Read more... )

1) Using your current initials, choose a different name for yourself:
Marisol Helena Dulaine.  Wow.  Pretty good.

2) If you were born outside of your era, when would you want to be born?:
probably the forties... that way, I'd get to see the fifties and JFK's presidency.

3) If you ran a store, what would you sell/have?:
twenties expatriate lit and old ( Read more... )

I am bound and determined to make this a GREAT day.
Kev and I are going to Bed Bath and Beyond in a little while to get our new bed set.
Everything is going to come to a hair under $500.  But I really want it, and I'm making money, so we can afford it.  Hell, why not?  It's a beautiful set, and will look AWESOME on our new pillowtop bed.
After that, ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be leaving in five minutes to get my aunt and go to work, but God, I just don't want to go in ( Read more... )

Work was a bit scary for a day or so, but now everything's all smoothed over ( Read more... )

All of my applications are in.
NYU will be getting mine tomorrow at noon.
Please, just let me get in somewhere.  Please, please, please, PLEASE.

This is my issue.

I'd like to go to Rock The Bells this year.  It's in late July at Randall's Island (NYC).  Rage is headling, as is Wu-Tang.  Others on the bill are: PUBLIC ENEMY (!!!), Pharaohe Monch, The Roots, Mos Def, etc.  Really, really strong lineup this year.  So I went online to see how much the tickets were, cos they go on sale tomorrow ( Read more... )