this morning i had blood work done. best i have ever, ever done. 4 vials and i didn't cry and freak out and it was super quick and i only felt like i was going to pass out a tiny little bit. if the blood taker hadn't been so prompt about reminding me to breathe (in thru my nose and out thru my mouth...) i think i would have, but she totally rocked ( Read more... )

i just ate a 1" square of dark, dark chocolate. about the thickness of a few sheets of card stock.

i am having major guilt pangs.

Purim Without Papers: A Fabulous Immigrant Justice Purim Party

Celebrate the festival holiday of Purim with JFREJ, The Workman's Circle/Arbeter Ring and SVARA 
as we dress in costume, dance, and focus on the effects of evil kings on New York’s immigrant communities.

Performances by: 
ME
Jenny Romaine (Great Small Works)
DJ Rekha (festive South Asian ( Read more... )

i just bought tickets to go to guatemala. omg. this is very exciting and a little scary. i am kind of afraid to tell my bosses.

but i guess what is the worst that can happen if i take too much time off? they fire me? that would be amazing.

guatemala! a country i know nothing about and don't speak the language! time to get educated!

i really want to see altar boyz ( Read more... )

i feel really, really frenetic today. sort of productive, but mostly in that crazed way that my boss creates. it feels terrible and manic ( Read more... )

last night i dreamt i was pulling and pulling bloody phlegm out of my mouth. like ropes of it. and then finally it was small red things like deflated balloons of varying sizes around the diameter of my palm. there was discussion over whether these were platelets ( Read more... )

don't read this if you are queasy ( Read more... )

i've had 3 cups of pg tips and this is what i have come up with ( Read more... )

i had no idea that this was so highly regarded, but that's bc i haven't read lj for a month. but for the general rubychard/michdish viewing audience, the recipe for that babka follows. sorry that there are no pictures ( Read more... )