You know what's depressing? Working up the energy to cook, making a complete mess off the kitchen in the process that you know you'll have to clean up later, hurting yourself in the process, and then sitting down to eat and realizing it's horrible.

I knew I missed my true calling. I should be an ice cream taster. There's this awesome thing on the History channel this morning about the history and development of ice cream. It shows an interview with a professional ice cream taster for one of the companies.

In other news, I leave for another month in WA tomorrow.

I've solved the global energy crisis. Find a way to harness the power in electric shocks I get every time I move in winter. Because with the frequency I shock myself, I think I could provide power to a couple small countries.

This one goes out to Amanda, Jess, and Anna. Skip ahead to 0:48.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Aizjgg1VU

I got shafted on the Christmas cards this year. Sent out 24, got 10.

...but not really ( Read more... )

So proud to be an American. So proud of my fellow Americans. So eager for change. So hopeful for the future. My ever-wise mother, who told me as I sobbed four years ago today, was right - the pendulum did swing back ( Read more... )

So it looks like slots, aka video lottery, passed. Who's going gambling with me? I'm thinking we could do a whole huge party of it.

Well, I think the housewarming party went fairly well, as far as large social situations go where I'm the hostess and supposed to entertain a couple dozen people. Tonight I had my first homeowner's association meeting, so I met a few people from the neighborhood, who are very nice, got official approval to plant a crape myrtle, and met a woman who ( Read more... )

Maintaining a house inside and out, keeping up a garden and yard, cooking, and cleaning create a lot of work for one person. Frankly, I think doing half of it would still be a lot of work. Perhaps I should reconsider the threesome thing...