Now that it is after midnight, I am officially one month away from my trip to Tanzania, which, now that I think of it, I may not have mentioned on here. I'm going to Tanzania ( Read more... )

THE SCENE: A used bookstore/cafe whose proceeds go to homeless AIDS patients and the like, a few hours ago.

EVERYONE: Yeah, The Memory Keeper's Daughter was awful.

BOOK CLUB MEMBER: What should we read next month?

General discussion of what type of book we'll read next month.

ANOTHER BOOK CLUB MEMBER: I'm in another book club where we read ( Read more... )

I have returned from my annual week in the Outer Banks with my family. It was more cracked-out than usual. Why? Well ( Read more... )

As it turns out, my cousin has brain tumors ( Read more... )

1. Post 3 things you've done in your lifetime that you don't think anybody else on your friends list has done ( Read more... )

That's right.

There were a few redeeming qualities (some good chases, the Bomb, Shia LeBeouf, Cate Blanchett's stylist), but not enough to save this crime against mankind.

Cher is going to have to soldier on without me in her audience on May 17, because my big trial at work is now starting May 19, and it would be sort of slimy for me not to be around that weekend. Of course, now I am daydreaming about going to Vegas. Maybe after the trial. I swear I am climbing the walls lately, and other than the spring weather, ( Read more... )

I recently passed the oral exam for the foreign service. I am pretty conflicted about the notion of running away and joining the State Department, but I'll save the worrying for if I pass all the checks, get on the register, and actually get offered a spot. The important thing is, on the way out, the security guard at the front desk hit on me ( Read more... )

Okay, I know I am late on this, but...SUCK IT, MEMPHIS! Kansas won! Kansas won!

I won $190 in my pick-a-team pool! I saw my parents this weekend, and my dad, who runs the NCAA pools for my family, gave me the cool $9 I netted from this win (since I unforunately owed him $181 for various other things).

Yes, the rumors are true. My oft-disrespected undergrad, AU, has vanquished the rest of the Patriot League, and will be taking its place, for the first time ever, in the NCAA men's tournament. In a stunning twist of fate, they defeated Good January's alma mater. I would mock him for this, but one of the reasons we didn't make a great couple is ( Read more... )