this has been my most productive weekend ever. i watched an entire season of "the wire" and managed to fit in "sharks in venice" and "memento."
before that, i sauntered in the governor's mansion and ate pancakes and watched a guy with a rug on his head sing about old abe.

capishin "sharks in venice" they claim that when the sun king" (louis xiv) ( Read more... )

today during math class, i threw up into my hands.
it was gross.

i was watching "to kill a mockingbird" yesterday and i realized that i didn't have a literary childhood. i have nothing to write about. i have no adventures with childhood friends that would be interesting. but i feel like it's the same way for every kid growing up in middle class suburbs. well, at least oak park ( Read more... )

my hair was wet when i left the house and i discovered that it was all frozen by the time i walked to my car that was 10 feet away.

ugh, january. at least it's not -12 degrees outside. oh wait. it is.

why do you say pat-ee-oh instead of pay-she-oh and ray-shee-oh instead of rat-ee-oh?

just wondering.

january is when winter starts being really ugly. sledding snow becomes sleeting snow. it's too cold to actually enjoy walking home from piano lessons. everything is gray. everybody breathes through their mouths ( Read more... )

i would just like to take this moment to congratulate blagojevich and ryan on being such classy, grade-a, honest, do-gooder, incorruptible, peachy keen, completely fantastic guys!
good job, illinois! we're doing such a good job on electing governors!

I AM FREE

g-h-e-t-t-o-m-u-s-i-c-k
stay down

i get my french kid tomorrow, i think.
if i see rick steves in france, i will defenestrate him like it's 1618. in prague.

i need to take up a hobby that lets me be really violent without penalty. or start a fight club. but i'm guessing braces and punches in the face aren't a lovely combination.