i have bronchitis. i must! i haven't had a real voice since tuesday, and i lost it altogether one day this week. i am coughing shit out of my lungs that is definitely not clear and i have had a wicked sore throat since monday. my body aches on and off and i can barely breathe. i missed three days of work this week and now i am home with my mom ( Read more... )

i loved all the snow a lot but not as much as usual. my car has been the biggest annoyance, as our little street cambridge has not and probably will never see a plow. we got it off the street and now it's parked in some lot illegally. roberta, i may be taking my own self to the tow lot this weekend ( Read more... )

i am currently attempting to quit smoking again for like the 10th or so time. i am on day four. so far, i have only had one painful craving that made me want to scream and rip my hair out. in all the years that i have smoked, i NEVER thought i was really addicted. it's sick. i was always so sure it would take me 10 minutes to decide to quit and do ( Read more... )

so i am finally okay again with people speaking english to me all day. for at least three or four days after i got in, i could only really process like 30% of what people were saying, which was around the average in Argentina. I would be in meetings at work and break loose into giggles and would have to admit that I had no idea what people were ( Read more... )

just returned from a fantastic journey to mendoza, argentina, and through the andes mountains, and through the whole width of chile to three smaller cities in chile: valparaiso, vina del mar, and renaca. this trip will certainly constitute one of those "trips of your lifetime" kind of experiences. i felt that way with such a heaviness after i ( Read more... )

i can learn spanish from books on tape and i can develop that super gorgeous south american style of curves and chub. and i can accept that 1000 chilean pesos is $2 even though it fucks up my head to think about it. like 200 pictures on the way. ciao (reach in for cheek kiss).

amusements of my days during the last week ( Read more... )

attention womens:

ladies-only soiree at my new place in late late january. under the guise of a clothing swap party. but really made for us to booze and dance around. i want lots and lots of girls.

so, hold on to those xmas presents you don't like and maybe you can pawn them off on one of yr friends. or one of my friends. or no one's friends.

i am within moments of confirming that i am going to argentina for two weeks in like two weeks (nico's getting tix as i write!). thank god cuz i thought i was going to have to be the loser that told everyone i was a big liar about the trip or something. and, even better, i don't have enough vacation or comp time to leave that long, but i'm going to ( Read more... )

this morning kristal was talking about her and martha's maybe-plans to move to hawaii. gasp ( Read more... )