liaos are genetically predisposed to getting obsessed with stuff. this explains my sister's purse collection, my mom's overflowing china cabinets and my large stores of (in roughly chronological order) pads of paper, beads, doc martens, and trade paperback books ( Read more... )

i fell in love with paul rudd after watching clueless during high school. in addition to preppy cute looks, he had the added bonus of a terrific personality--or at least the character he played did ( Read more... )

recently consumed:
- m&m burger flambeed in whiskey, topped with caramelized shallots, cheddar cheese and apple-smoked bacon; cottage and shoestring french fries, rare
- "menchanko": thick ramen cooked in a cast-iron bowl; salmon onigiri, menchanko-tei
- basil chicken, shrimp fritters, spice
- salad, french onion soup, creme caramel, le bonne ( Read more... )

still haven't watched oprah, but have eaten the following:

- hot lobster served in a buttery toasted brioche roll, rachel's kitchen
- various thin-crust pizzas, cambridge 1
- sake-miso marinated alaskan butterfish; wok stirred seafood paella with garlic-black bean chorizo, blue ginger
- lots of bbq meat and red jello, green field churrascaria- ( Read more... )

my first day of unemployment began as i thought it would: i woke up at 11, lounged around the house in my pajamas until 2, and then mustered the energy to change and brush my teeth since i was leaving the house. i will generally revert to my slothful self when left to my own devices. no wonder i'm so afraid of free time ( Read more... )

currently reading: lullaby, chuck palahniuk
recently read: the sisterhood of the traveling pants, the second summer of the sisterhood, girls in pants (the third summer of the sisterhood), ann brashares ( Read more... )

currently reading: jane eyre, charlotte bronte

we’ve been debating whether to see the 40-year old virgin or red eye this evening. the fact that i’m advocating for the latter makes me think that i prefer being scared to laughing.

currently reading: garlic and sapphires: the secret life of a critic in disguise, ruth reichl ( Read more... )

currently reading: blink, malcolm gladwell

i wonder sometimes what my life would look like if i lived by myself. if i use tonight as a proxy (wingerz is on a business trip), i would be a homebody lounging on the couch, reading celebrity blogs and bopping to acapella cds on repeat play. this is a vast improvement over the last time i was left alone, when ( Read more... )

currently reading: naked, by david sedaris ( Read more... )