I'm walking unknown territory ( Read more... )

i really hate posting when things are shit, but i suppose it could be worse. actually, today is on an upswing, and not much has changed besides my attitude. the overall trajectory of my life is up, but i'm in a temporary lull ( Read more... )

if i were clever enough to create a comic, it would be this:

http://www.nataliedee.com/nd-archives/nd-archives.php

UPDATE: the author also happens to be married to the creator of "toothpaste for dinner."

president bush's insistence on continuing down the same path in iraq is a fallacy called the "investment effect." basically, he is like a compulsive gambler who keeps rolling the dice even though he is $10,000 down, because he has already invested so much in the venture that surely the odds have to come out on his side at some point. this is also ( Read more... )

i find it unsettling that in the photos in which nancy pelosi, the new speaker of the house, is taking the gavel, she is surrounded by at least 15 or so children. some are related to her, others are not. as if a powerful woman in-and-of-herself up on the podium is too threatening. better surround her with lots of children ( Read more... )

i am so sad to hear that they euthanized ruby, the tiger at mill mountain zoo. i was there only two weeks ago while visiting over thanksgiving, and i knew she didn't have long. i watched her quietly while she paced back and forth in her enclosed area, and she made a sad and deep whimper over and over again. she was a majestic cat. it's sad that in ( Read more... )

i've had my eye on a watch in an antique shop in Tarrytown for over a month. it's a little more than i can afford, but the watch is just so perfect. a small, square face, delicate white gold chain mail band, and the best part is it's a wind up ( Read more... )

awww, crap. erin, you need to know this:
lil' kim's boobs are exploding

yes, people, this is what i do with my day.

i've been up for two days straight, i feel like hell and smell like B.O., but THE FIRST DRAFT OF MY THESIS IS DONE!!

12 hours at work ahead of me, then sweet, sweet sleep.

edit: i am also hallucinating.

( a few vacation snapshots )