in the past few weeks: i went to florida. we had cuban food for christmas. mojitos make for surprisingly pleasant family dinners, even with my uncle's wife's nieces relatives, who belong to a political constituency that fucks up every national election. fort lauderdale is obscene. mcmansions everywhere. my mom wants to move to a development with a ( Read more... )

yesterday was the first day of the transit strike. the transit workers make more than their counterparts in any other american city. however, they also would like to keep flul pensions at 55, and the mta wants to change it to 62. and they want a raise. yes, i realize that i became a conservative as soon as unions actually affected my everyday life ( Read more... )

watching project runway, i've realized that everyone from los angeles is crazy. i used to think this was personal animosity. now i know it's fact, and proveable. of the current contestants, observe ( Read more... )

yesterday i ( Read more... )

i have so much work to do that it's kind of paralyzing. i thought the worst of it would be over by this friday, because i have three papers and a test this week. but then i have a second round of finals in all of my classes going on until the sixteenth. how can i take five classes and have eight finals? i don't think i'm going to enjoy my birthday ( Read more... )

thank god.

i hate the study abroad office. monday i need to go the poli sci office ( Read more... )

sometimes i try to articulate my hatred of a certain kind of person and i'm not sure it's clear what i'm talking about. thisis the embodiment of everything horrible about humanity--or at least ( Read more... )

i just had sex with bob saget. ask jenna, it's true. and he also signed my copy of "democracy in america." maybe i'll get some more cash for it at buy back time. just kidding! i'm being buried with that book.

as for actually reading "democracy in america" for class tommorrow . . . didn't happen. i was too busy HAVING SEX WITH BOB SAGET.

i spent almost as much time commuting to and from work today as i spent ( Read more... )

today was five cent pizza day at lombardis. five cents! why couldn't this happen over thanksgiving? of course if i was there for it we'd probably wait for half an hour before giving up and going to that place next door, like we always do ( Read more... )