i can't believe that at this time next week, i will be on a plane, hopped up (or is it down?) on xanax and on my way to london!

i'm looking forward to some foreign meat filled dough!

i'm rather addicted to etsy. mostly i window shop, but in general i like buying things from an individual person rather than a big corporation. anyhow, there's a dressmaker on there that i've been following for over a year, and a couple of months ago i finally contacted her to make me one of her dresses. today she sent me a picture of what she's ( Read more... )

well, i've been sick for a month now. a month! it's like my body was getting revenge for hardly getting sick last year. but today my sense of smell is finally returning. and just in time. because it's restaurant week! tonight matt and i are going to gus's bbq, which i liked even when it was bad. since it was revamped, it's supposed to be ( Read more... )

someone wrote an entire article about the lure of lolcats! it's fascinating.

i just took a "color vision" test and i have perfect color vision! hooray!

( this year we got asked if it was the amazing race a lot )

today is our annual company treasure hunt. it's in hollywoooooood this year. i'm just staring at the clock, waiting to leave the office. i'll post the run down of clues/events this year soon, since a couple of you are maybe possibly actually interested in it...

i've just been reading about white privilege. actually, 2 articles about it. they are both very good, but unfortunately i feel that white people never read these articles, only people of color do, which doesn't help. in any case, i'm going to share them here, because they are interesting.

unpacking the knapsack

this is your nation on white ( Read more... )

it's started! why is watching some stranger's fungus growing so fascinating?

today i am loving the univeral wishlist button that amazon offers. so you can add anything from anywhere to your amazon wishlist. yesterday matt's mom called to see what we wanted for our birthdays, and i thought to myself, it would be nice to let her know of some of the things that i might want more than just things that i can find on amazon. ( Read more... )