We took my mom & M. & my brother here for dinner the other night -- I had forgotten how LOUD it is in here. Everyone seemed to enjoy their food, though, except my "Cuban Reuben," which was utterly tasteless and disappointing. I won't be getting that again! Especially not when there are so many good choices on the menu. The arugala salad was ( Read more... )

I decided to celebrate my first paychecks of my new job I would go to the mall today and buy... work clothes! But it was still kind of fun. I found all my best stuff at Marshalls, as usual, but the personnel working the fitting rooms was so rude and mean I only went in once. So mean! Snappish and grabbed things out of my hands and everything. ( Read more... )

Ok, the best record concept ever:

Soundbites of Al Gore's voice laid down over some intensely long-winded trance-beats.

The name of the album?

Al Gore: Rhythms

Three amazing women, classmates of mine, are walking the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer research in memory of my very good friend's wife, who died at age 34 from breast cancer earlier this year. I feel like I've been hearing lots of these stories lately; it helps sometimes to think you can do something to help stop it, so here's their fundraising ( Read more... )

1. What kind of a hospital does not accept credit cards at any of its dining services' establishments? I had to hike to Whole Foods the other day and pay $14 for lunch, instead of my usual $3.84 cheapie ( Read more... )

I was reading this book on Cognitive Behavior Therapy for class last week. I (and many others I know) am kind of in love with CBT because it's got tons of research behind it, actually seems to work, and is largely about putting yourself out of business/teaching the patient to be their own therapist, not about "leading" and "teaching" and being ( Read more... )

Should I take three classes (1/2 time) this summer, while I also work at 2 part-time jobs and get married ( Read more... )

I'm an R.N! Of course, it won't be official for a week or so until I get my number from the state board of nursing, but I passed the exam. It's a huge relief.

Now, off to study for my midterm tomorrow.

Rather than living within our story, I watched it from above, a floating wraith, only half present to the faith, at once liberated and broken-hearted. I was the Joseph Campbell of Christianity, in love with the story but outside of it. - Gordon Atkinson

A.'s wonderful and lovely grandfather died this week, and so I am learning all about Jewish bereavement customs. I somehow (luckily and happily) had made it this far in life without really knowing anything about them. Seven days of mourning is a hard thing for a Protestant who has only seen Catholic funerals to grasp. It pulls you entirely out ( Read more... )