I was going to describe my coworkers in this entry, but now I don't feel like it.  I have conflicted feelings on them at the moment, and today, I was unusually stupid and incompetent at work, so I dont want to dwell on that ( Read more... )

There are 3 main parts of my job as an Associate Biologist in the Safety Department at the Revlon Research Center (yup, you read that correctly.  I'm a biologist, even though I didn't take a single biology class at Muhlenberg.)  But my job actually has little to do with biology.  Here is a description of the 3 main parts:

Part 1 (The main part):  ( Read more... )

Family friends, friends from synagogue, they've all been calling asking if there's anything they can do, if we need anything, can they cook/bring over food for shiva or for the funeral.  We tell them no thank you, but we appreciate the gesture.  Sometimes though, I want to ask them if they can pick me up a waterproof mascara.  Almay One Coat ( Read more... )

I have a job ( Read more... )

I am becoming the biggest romantic ever.

It is so disgusting.  It is completely incongruent with my personality.

Someone needs to punch me in the face.

1) Benadryl (Specifically, Grape-Flavored Children's Chewable Tablets)
I'm going through one of my allergic-to-the-house-stages, so I've been ingesting a great deal of this.  Benadryl is such an ineffective drug.  I don't think it does anything for my allergies, but it knocks me out so immediately and peacefully that I just love it.  I wouldn't ( Read more... )

I was trying to enter a fiction contest in a Jewish feminist magazine.  The magazine is looking for "unpublished original stories with heart, soul and chutzpah illuminating issues in the lives of Jewish women ( Read more... )

Next weekend, my family and I are going to Boston for family weekend at BU, where my sister is starting her freshman year.  I told my mother that while I understood that the weekend will be primarily about my sister, I wanted to see a few friends of mine in the Boston area if there was time.  The list of friends I'd like to see includes a friend ( Read more... )

1. Whether or not I brushed my hair
2. Whether or not I say anything incriminating
3. Pissing off the boy who fell in love with me
4. The "relationship" with the boy who fell in love with me which I didn't want and had nothing to do with its creation
5. The antics of my sisters

I'm back from Israel after being there since February.

Sorry about the whole blogging thing.  The extreme lack of good internet really cut into my ability to post insightful blog entries and keep in touch.  I think itmay be time to upgrade the laptop.

Anyway, being home is weird.  I haven't yet exchanged money, so I am not yet in possession of any US ( Read more... )