just realized i can't do the 5-mile run over memorial day. i have to drive jq's sister to the airport that day. too bad. i actually ran 5 miles yesterday in 43 minutes! now, that might be pretty terrible to a lot of people, but i was pretty proud of myself. i ended up running past TWO schools and then turning around and running back again. i ( Read more... )

"Like so many current debut novels, the writing here is stronger than plot or character..."

This from the Kirkus Review of Susan Choi's debut novel, The Foreign Student. I remember reading this and feeling like this was very applicable to my writing. It's the predicament I'm stuck in where I feel like I have the ability to write a novel, but not ( Read more... )

i just got a flatiron and i <3 it! don't think it doesn't because it does make a difference ( Read more... )

my resolution: no more chocolate ( Read more... )

andy set up my "office" today! basically, we bought a table at target last night, and now i'm on my way to having my very own work space. tonight, we sat side-by-side without talking and worked -- me on my pr stuff and he on the computer game that he's programming. we are seriously the biggest geeks.

young man at the century's end/when the ( Read more... )

i guess i shocked a lot of people who i hadn't talked to in a while, with the news of my resignation. but yes, i did resign last monday, and now i'm heading out into the unknown. i'll be doing part-time pr work for this very nice lady who used to work in london pr, and now has started her own company. i'll be helping her out with her two clients ( Read more... )

it's so weird being at work now that i've given my notice. because no matter what line you give them, the fact of the matter remains that everyone knows you would rather be somewhere else than here. and co-workers start distancing themselves too, which is kind of weird. either because they're pissed at you for giving them your work, or because ( Read more... )

i turned in my resignation today. woo hoo!! free at last!!

go on people. download the best song ever. it's by THE ORION EXPERIENCE: there's no love in february.

i love it when i discover songs that i just love, the kind that you want to play over and over until you think that your ears might bleed.

this is the other song that i have been listening to obsessively the past couple of months: the good kind ( Read more... )

this is it: i'm officially old. all of the indie bands that i used to listen to in college or soon thereafter are disbanding: my favorite, q and not u, true love always. this is very devastating ( Read more... )