so i succumbed to donating blood (plasma) yesterday. not really out of financial necessity, but because i thought i would make $180 dollars. which of course, i didn't. my favorite parts were:

-----reading Hem/Onc Today, a semi-weekly publication for this in the Hemotology and Oncology business. (i enjoy reading other industry-specific journals as ( Read more... )

Today is my 20th birthday. I feel old and immature simultaneously. I think that is the definition of 20 ( Read more... )

i leave tomorrow for alaska. then i am going back to portland. i have been home for a few days and the only social thing i did was attend a SCRABBLE party my brother organized. my SCRABBLE highlights were the words BOTOX, getting 32 points for ZOO and getting 50 points for creating the words AX and OX. (jenna we tried to call and invite you and ( Read more... )

it was not until 1980 did we find out how STALIN'S son, YAKOV died. captured by the germans during the second world war, he was placed in a camp together with a group of british officers. they shared a latrine. YAKOV habitually left a foul mess ( Read more... )

almost everything is as i expected in portland. the apartment is nice and close to downtown. i still don’t have a job (although i might get an icecream truck driving job in early july and some sort of job at a travel agency seems doable). nara is working at a bridal salon (which is a perfect job for her) and dan is delivering pizzas and doing his ( Read more... )

here are some palindromes courtesy of monsieur peter john:

Pines proctologist it tits I go lot corpse nip.

Take porno on rope kat.

Dong genital, Latin egg nad.if you love me, you will mail me something ( Read more... )

so i am surprising margaret and nara by showing up in maine on sunday. mr manderson is aware of my arrival but that's it. and i sweartoallah that if someone spoils this surprise i will be rather unhappy. (don't do it katie guire ( Read more... )

this is a msn conversation by a couple of canadians. i changed their names, but you might be able to figure out who one of them is because i have made mention of him in previous entries. i promised danny i would post this and it is fairly amusing/disgusting/lame. it feels good to feel better than smart people.

( read a disgusting quote-unquote intelligent e-conversation )

j.b. and i went to chicago on monday/tuesday to see nick’s band and to meet up with my roommate kicker and dave. the two of them are driving across country. the best part about nick’s band, iQ 32, is the mix of people and how they play their instruments. there is nick, with his eyes rolling to the back of his eggplant shaped head as he plays the ( Read more... )

i haven’t heard from mr. manderson, margaret or nara since sunday. the three of them left for maine and haven’t contacted me since. i didn’t get to see margaret and nara before they left saddened/frustrated/annoyed me ( Read more... )