it's a debate-watchin', cat brushin', ginger-snappin', malbec sippin', brother-phone-chattin', new cookbook readin' friday night. ETA- next debate- i want to watch with company beyond that of cats.
EATA- I feel successful as a sibling. well, only 50% sibling coverage tonight. still.

note to self- go to this. Except- crap! I have class that night ( Read more... )

left my phone at home today. d'oh!

*this grey rainy day stoked my anxieties, so...to assuage some of them, even though it's not *really* in the budget, i gave to the obama campaign.

*saw this in the journal square path station. apology accepted- but- ummm- what?
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the image of this cake makes life is better. now that it's inserted into my lj, it will be that much easier to access.
i like clean-shaven tom selleck the best (i didn't realize that he was attractive until "In & Out"), but i understand the iconic value of his 'stache.


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*i'm squicked out by the coverage of bristol palin's pregnancy (and perhaps more squicked out that the press release felt the need to insist that she will marry the boy who fathered her child)- but- the times ran an intriguing piece about how perhaps she wasn't properly vetted. like- mccain's people were so desperate that they really didn't check ( Read more... )

 for many med school applications, i need to attach a ~2x2 passport photo. a little dodgy, right?

at any rate, please help me pick which one to attach. if you were a member of a med school admissions committee, which would make you say- that applicant is going to be a good doctor. 
and/or - that applicant isn't too old for this!
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my internet eyeglasses just arrived. i ordered two pairs. the half rims are not attractive and already chipped (because i already dropped them on a tile floor), BUT the pair that i ordered with full rims ain't bad. i keep trying to take photos of them, and keep rejecting the results because i am only able to make one facial expression- the one ( Read more... )

got to the gym, into the locker room, discovered that I had brought everything except for my gym shorts, appropriate underwear and t shirt. riiiiiight. whoops.

not going to sleep until the kitchen is packed. on the whole, i'm not as far along as i'd like to be. but, I still have another day to finish this. the movers come in 33 hours. am on the edge of the indiscriminately throwing crap out phase. moving is always such a journey of self-discovery. yeep ( Read more... )