i've been here for seven months.  it's the beginning of June and it's raining.  in fact, it's been raining all week.  mom still calls to let me know if the sun is shining (it always is) at home and just how hot the day was.  she arrives here tomorrow for a ten day stay, and i think she'll have to reach deep in her closet to find the cold weather ( Read more... )

i'm alive.  i love my life.  i do. 

just made it  back from mar's bball game.  i don't get cheerleaders.  unless you are the kind that shows up on ESPN during the gymnastics off-season (those folks are amazing), i think it's the stupidest thing you can be involved in.  i can honestly say i've never been lead to cheer or been incited to cheer by the shrill cries of the 5 to 12 twig ( Read more... )

today calls for copius amounts of beer.  it's been a long week.  so long, in fact, that i wore up this morning at 530 and started getting ready for work before i realized it was saturday.

took me forever to get home after work.  there was some wicked traffic, so i tried an alternate route and missed a turn that added 20 minutes to the commute.  poop.  i still made it out for a run, and when i came back mar had dinner waiting.  chicken alfredo.  nice.  i've had great luck with roommates.  they've always been considerate, clean, and ( Read more... )

the fri night show of 14/48 was amazing.  it's in a great space- small and intimate, but large enough to move about and not feel clausterphobic, and it has a bar.  i found out that the writers are not only at the mercy of the random draw of a theme, but also randomly draw the number of characters and how many will be female/male ( Read more... )

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i dropped her off at the airport, but my cheeks are still hurting.  it felt really good to have her around.  it made me forget a lot of stuff that just didn't go right this year.  2008, here we come.

 we went for a long walk in the drizzle this morning with the doggies.  mom toughed it out and said she didn't get cold and didn't mind the lack of umbrella.  right now, the dogs are dry and sleepy, i've just finished with a roast, mom's cooking chicken adobo, josh groban is blasting, and IT'S SNOWING.

i must have been really really good this

merry christmas!  i hope you are safe and warm and happy...    wherever you are and however you celebrate.  love and cookies to you. 

my mom is dope.  f'real.   this christmas is gonna be awesome...   even though i had to get a new tire today and i'm not feeling too great after waaaaay too much at dinner.  but, hey.. who can say no to crab stuffed shrimp ( Read more... )