Wow. It's been a week and a half of illness. Today I woke up and discovered there was no rattle in my chest. I was getting seriously worried. Last night the coughing was unyielding, enough to make me think I'm going to meet my maker. It's been exhausting and today feels like a miracle. I'm almost completely well ( Read more... )

It's amazing how I can waste an entire afternoon...

*EDIT* Hmm, well, that just had to come down. I know it was horrifying. I was just playin' around :)

milky_,pipernixon, and me.
...being downright silly. It sure beats doing
laundry.

I have the flu. How do I know? My stomach told me so ( Read more... )

I now know what it feels like to be a drain pipe. A leaky one. And a sucker ( Read more... )

Within the last 24 hours I have become gravely ill. My throat is swollen so badly I can barely swallow. I woke up yesterday feeling that foreboding scratchiness, the morbid effect of millions of minute viruses destroying my healthy cells. Today, I've started sneezing, which creates unbearably painful recoil in my throat.

( Being that I'm laid up, I might as well write an anecdotal story... )

Disposable cameras suck. Only half my pictures developed. What a rip off.


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It was an exceptional weekend... perfect ending to a great summer.

• I went to several parties, including bladernr's and I got to hang out with my buddy, pipernixon
  
• Checked out the new club/bar 'The Garage' and saw tons of old friends.
  
• Took a long walk through the neighborhood, swung on some swings at Lincoln Park and walked barefoot on the grass.
  
• Spent an entire ( Read more... )

I worked 14 hours yesterday, catering that wierd party. It was fun but I'm so glad it's over ( Read more... )

Okay... it's only 600, but Jiminy Crickets! Yesterday I started the prep work for this crazy party. I spent 5 hours cutting chocolate cake into teeny, bite size pieces and pouring chocolate ganache over them. Yes, that's right, 5 hours... and I'm only 2/3 finished. There were moments where I was flinging cake at the walls and screaming. Chocolate ( Read more... )

Whoa...Check this out!I just got back from a meeting at Sushi Rock. Next week we're catering a party at the Velvet Dog. It is the craziest party I've ever had the pleasure and pain of working and I'm really excited. Four days of prep from open to close ( Read more... )