Today I went to Target with the purpose of purchasing a frame for my HC/FAU degrees. I brought the FAU paper into the store with me to test out some different styles and settled on the least ornate design they had in stock; a frame with a simple brushed metal border and two pieces of glass to put the degree between. I put the HC paper in front ( Read more... )

As some of you know, I have recently discovered that I am going to be an aunt come mid May, 2007. That's right, my little sister ( Read more... )

The rules ( Read more... )

On Sunday at 7:00am I scurried along the low, narrow, damp passageways that comprise the guts of The Breakers toward one of its gigantic meeting rooms, not entirely certain what time I was meant to be there. I entered through one of the side doors that does its best to blend in with the wall and was greeted by a cold breath of alcohol and vast room ( Read more... )

Through a series of random and somewhat twisted events, I have concluded that upon completion of wine class and possibly, if the company sponsors me, the $1500 Level 1 sommelier certification, I am going to give the Breakers the finger and tell them they can eat their offer and fuck off ( Read more... )

"Have heart," he says, and I almost choke on his words ( Read more... )

My life has been tangled in cords and cables lately; bound, suspended, directed and mobilized. I'm surrounded - the ceiling, the floor, the bed, Christmas... everywhere. If I wanted to tie you up, the most convenient binding would be a crossover cable no less than three feet from my position. Stumbling and any form of intoxicated movement has the ( Read more... )

It's nice to know exactly what you want and comforting to have a general direction to walk in, even if you have only a vague notion of how to get there. Things are never really obvious, though, especially if they're right in front of you all along. Consider how silly I felt when I saw a brochure about Russia on a table representing some crappy law ( Read more... )

It turns out that I'm not working this Sunday, and I was thinking that what I'd really like to do is host brunch and hang out, but I'm not sure if any of my dear friends would be up for it....

There is something compellingly erotic and appealing about a stranger of the opposite sex drawing on your body, seeing parts of your hips and thighs that only lovers lay eyes on. There's something exciting about the fact that when he looks at you, his mind processes the body before him not only as something sexual, but also as a canvas, and as he ( Read more... )