Family is all about sharing germs, that is. As it goes, both my parents have had a severe cold in the past two weeks. As soon as my dad recovered, my mother got it, and now that she's better, I have it. It's gross and miserable, but I'm glad I didn't get it earlier, during the holidays, or in a few weeks, when school starts ( Read more... )

"It's important to have a job that makes a difference, boys. That's why I manually masturbate caged animals for artificial insemination"

When I hear this song, I think of Brad singing along with it at Liz's New Year's party. It's one of my favorite memories of New Year's, and of Brad for that matter. I remember it being a great night, with all the obligatory drinking and singing and academy-variety innocent fun, not to mention going outside in the freezing cold every twenty minutes ( Read more... )

In short, the past four days have been great ( Read more... )

Is Jewish X-mas still on?

What is it about people that makes them so very self defeating? Where does the drive for masochism come from? What is the psychological explanation for why I go out of my way to screw up my day to day life? Seriously, I'd like to know. Why do we procrastinate so? Why do we stay up late, doing nothing, when we know we have finals in the morning, on ( Read more... )

My parents came home this morning with gifts of duty free liquor and a shiny new bracelet, and another piece of art. They were surprised that the apartment was so very clean, and liked that I baked them a cake. I felt like a good son ( Read more... )

3 boxes of No Dose: 15 dollars
6-pack of Red Bull: 6 dollars
Accidentally sleeping through 2 finals: Priceless

in other news the Tai Pan bakery makes darn good pork buns.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/10/uk.jesus.reut/index.html

OK, so my parents, God bless their crazy selves, decided (despite all evidence to the contrary) that I am still fit to be left alone for ten days. They left this morning ( Read more... )