I have been very irked at my clothing all day long. it didn't make any sense. I'm dressed up - which I love - I'm even wearing my pretty new shoes. (dude. they're pretty ( Read more... )

last night I was just wrapping up my radish-pickling and I thought to myself, What a waste of perfectly good radish greens! so I tossed them into the saucepan and sauteed the buggers with some toasted sesame oil and almonds. I was pleased. I'll take them for lunch, I declared to my housemate. I was *very* pleased ( Read more... )

I fly out at 8:15 tomorrow morning to Key West for Thanksgiving. I haven't seen my sister or my puppy since last December. tragic, really. I know Betsy will remember me, but there's always this fear that the dog will have just given up and moved on in the past year. I cannot even begin to articulate the gaping hole that this would rip in my ( Read more... )

I stayed home sick yesterday and I went home sick today. the thing is, I'm not that sick anymore. every distracting symptom I have can be cured by dayquil. but if I take dayquil, then I feel like I'm high and when the phone rings, I just stare at it and try to figure out why it's loud. so either I'm sick and shouldn't be at work, or I'm high ( Read more... )

Two Arguments My Mother and I Have Been Having For the Past Decade:

-the proper pronunciation of the word, "maturation"
-whether or not I really did think about paying her back that one time I was in Strawberries

Two Arguments My Mother and I Have Resolved But Were Previously Epic in Their Fury:

-the proper pronunciation of the word, "puberty"
-who ( Read more... )

touch the tip of your nose with your finger. that's what a healthy prostate should feel like ( Read more... )

today's lunch is brown rice and edamame.  this meal is enhanced by the story that my co-worker told me about a dead rat in a mcdonalds' salad.  when I pointed out that she, not I, is the one who regularly eats from mcdonalds, she merrily told me that this could happen at any restaurant.  so my home prepared brown rice and edamame is particularly ( Read more... )

two days ago I decided that I was lactose intolerant.  I (mostly) stopped  eating dairy.  I stopped getting crippling gas.

it really restores my faith in the world that some things are so easy to solve.  however, this does not quite change the fact that my yogurt eating days may be over.

I'm putting out a call for book recommendations.  please please please take pity on a fellow literate and suggest a book that just knocked the socks off your pretty little feet.  I'm really itching to try something new, a break from my usual staples.  bonus points if the author has written multiple works.  double bonus points and a gold star if ( Read more... )

two of my musical obsessions: led zeppelin and tuvan throat singing.

as the spice girls so eloquently say, 2 become 1: http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/asc118/#kha