I decided that I'll be throwing a mini-party on New Year's, mainly as an excuse to cook a bunch of food - I love to cook, but usually just when it's for other people. And this is how dumb I am: I don't even have guests lined up. I have one friend who said she'd be there, so I need to convince other people to at least show up for long enough to ( Read more... )

I'm in a funk. I've been having a difficult time getting myself to do anything. I don't know if I'm depressed or not liking the holidays or what's going on. I actually thought I was dealing with the holidays rather well, so I'm not sure where this came from. Almost every day I mean to go to the Y and work out, but so far I've been able to talk ( Read more... )

COME HERE, I'M GOING TO KNEE YOU IN THE GROIN

"But that would hurt!"

I KNOW IT WOULD
I'M A MEAN PERSON

10am Christmas Eve day: still not done with my Christmas shopping. How does this always happen? And not just with Christmas shopping, either. I'm usually in a rush with everything, trying to get things ready at the last second. I left work early last night so that I could get some Christmas shopping done, buy some groceries, and run home to ( Read more... )

No one likes a half-windsor except old people and lawyers. The four-in-hand is much preferred for the young up-and-comer. Who the hell has time for that extra loop, anyway? It makes the knot so fat. I can't even feel right wearing something like that.

Whenever I go through a period of stress, as soon as that stimulus is gone, it leaves me physically ill. So I guess I should have been ready for this. When everything finally came to a conclusion with Emily yesterday, I felt oddly relieved. Not because I didn't want to see her, but because the stress of not knowing if I'd be seeing was driving ( Read more... )