= the rallying cry of colleague Ari Feld. Holla ( Read more... )

2K8 is pretty good: though I didn't make any formal resolutions, my nails have been painted (first silver, then dark red) for every day of the new year - holla. Plus, I've been flossing every day - one of my non-resolution resolutions - which success I owe to the fact that I've been leaving the floss right beside the sink. Foolproof: failproof ( Read more... )

Man, I am craving Steak au Poivre right now, and there is no conceivable way I can get it. Instead, I just ate an organic Pomegranate pop-tart, and it was not what I was looking for. Also, I just smoked a cigarette in my room and tomorrow I will regret it. I am done with grading. The end.

I am ready for this snow to be gone. Shoveled my car out twice today, and I have yet to park it in the overnight lot ( Read more... )

The snow wore out its welcome pretty quickly. Not the snow, actually, but Northampton's snow-removal procedures. I know a lot of cities have parking restrictions in place for when crappy weather hits, but Noho's are especially senseless. When a "snow emergency" is called (and "emergencies" have been declared for the last three days), no one is ( Read more... )

Get this: it's a snow day today, randomly: a snow day beginning at noon ( Read more... )

Hmmm ( Read more... )

This is the week that, like, won't end. It will, of course: I'm speaking solely in terms of academic obligations here (which, by the way, will cease at 3:45 tomorrow - formally cease). There's a fine line between hectic and chaotic, & I've been straddling the border since Sunday night, when I elected to watch "Masculine, Feminine" and drink dregs o ( Read more... )

Whoa ( Read more... )

Hmmmm. Have spent the morning [so far] cleaning and cleaning: my room is hella humid & two fans don't make much of a difference. Fall! I can't wait for fall. Even now, I wish I had an AC; but I've made it this far - wouldn't want to wuss out now ( Read more... )