because i know the perfect gift i'm not getting this year (or maybe ever). i would give anything for a makeover with dr. raj kanodia.

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i had such a strange, vivid dream this morning. in the dream, greg had accompanied me to my cosmetic surgery consultation. the doctor was asking basic questions, but suddenly gregors was replaced by a female corpse. she was cartoonish, but not a cartoon, just comically proportioned and lacking any gore or grossness, and she had a voice just like ( Read more... )

i have always been someone obsessed with making lists, so obviously, with the holidays approaching, i just had to make a wish list. of course, posting a wish list might seem materialistic and selfish, so i had an even better idea. i'll post a wish list of things no one could actually get for me. gregors joined in the fun ( Read more... )

working at a salon with a nail tech has its advantages. unfortunately, i found it has its disappointments as well. the first came when i found that the salon did not have a black nail polish. fine. i can buy my own. for the time, i settled on the closest to black i could find, a deep, metallic purple. that's when the real heartbreak set in. ( Read more... )

last night bcn provided us with free floor seats to nine inch nails. it rocked. we came home from nin and got very excited because martha stewart was on leno. (and this morning she was on ellen and she talked about prison!) life is good.

for the second year in a row i woke up sick on halloween. last year i was so sick i missed the dresden dolls show i'd been looking forward to for months. this year i wouldn't let it stop me. a short nap on the bathroom floor and i was feeling better ( Read more... )

six hours, our own pattern, one broken carving tool, a batch of burnt pumpkin seeds, and a couple of headaches later, our mad-crazy pumpkin carving skills paid off.


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