It was my birthday earlier this month and I had a great time. For days afterward, I was buzzing a little bit about how much I love love love my friends and family.

It was really a sprawling bday week. Wednesday, I had a lovely dinner with my dad's fam, my grandparents, and my man. When Dad asked me what I wanted, I'd told him that my shitty old ( Read more... )

What?! I had a dream that all my coworkers decided that they wanted to make D&D characters. The thing is that no one wanted to be a humanoid character. Everyone was making up characters like an enchanted hot dog, a talking hat, or a cat. In my dream, I was just happy that people wanted to play.


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Last night, I went with my good friend Holly to volunteer making and serving dinner to some folks in a group home for people with HIV and their staff person. Wednesday, we grocery-shopped and cooked a lovely baked ziti dish and bought some garlic bread, salad, strawberries and sorbet to serve. We bought it to a cute little home in South Mpls and ( Read more... )

A really good friend of mine was just diagnosed with lymphoma. Scott Bibus is a great friend and all-around totally amazing guy. I can't believe it. Thank god that lymphoma is really curable. This after my uncle just got a diagnosis of lymphoma at the end of May. If you know Scott, say hello and wish him well. If you don't, know that he's an ( Read more... )

I decided to go to Lakewood Cemetery for a stroll and ended up just biking around inside it, which is expressly forbidden according to a sign at the entrance. I didn't see any workers the whole time I was there (half an hour or so), so whatever, I guess. Know what's also not allowed? PEEPING INTO OPEN GRAVES! But I did it! There was a grave ( Read more... )

Last night I was a truuuue lady. Not really, but I did really girlie stuff all night.

I biked to the library to pick up I Know How to Cook, the cutest cookbook I've ever seen. I probably won't end up using many of the recipes, as it's very French-focused and contains a whole section on cooking veal, for example, but I loved paging through it. ( Read more... )

I want to buy some shoes to wear with skirts and shorts this summer, with and without tights. I have been haunting thrift stores looking for these types with no luck. Should I buy any of these?

Urban Outfitters oxfordPros: It's pretty much exactly what I am looking for, versatile ( Read more... )

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Staying at a camper cabin with friends was fun! It was ideal for someone like me who has not gone camping since age 13 and owns zero camping equipment. Fourteen of us piled into vans and cars and drove up to Wild River State Park, which is not far from the Twin Cities at all (a little over an hour). We rented two "camper cabins" which are ( Read more... )

I've gone to a rash of parties lately that all get lumped into the same mental space in my head. That thing is "we think it's funny to pretend like we're adults, but oops, we actually are." They've been great parties, for sure, but I feel like everyone's a little "oh my god, wouldn't it be cuh-RAZY to have a fancy dress-up cocktail party, just ( Read more... )