so i'm in portland now - those of you (all of you, that is) that i didn't warn, its because i don't love you. in reality its because my only free time is this afternoon from now until around 4ish, at which point my devotion to my old advisor's retirement party becomes absolute until i go to bed tomorrow evening, and then i leave on saturday. and ( Read more... )

I'm a published author! I'm not in pubmed yet, but I'll be sure to post the link when i am so i can brag ( Read more... )

uh oh, i'm back to my old habits of writing weirdo emails from my coworker's email accounts to my other coworkers. i sent an email from one male coworker to another male coworker accusing each other of flirting. just gotta remember to log out of everything religiously and delete those cookies, lest i risk retaliation!

i sent chris away yesterday evening for a weekend trip to ann arbor to see his friend nim, among others. we were both intending to go, originally, but then i realized that i didn't fancy driving for 20+ hours this weekend, and i didn't want him to drive 20+ hours on his own. that's why the good lord made frequent flier miles. also, somehow his ( Read more... )

we bought about 6 pounds of perfect tomatoes yesterday, for somewhat less than $3/pound. i realize this is exorbitant, but they were local organic blah-de-bloo and GOD DAMN i am addicted to these tomatoes. i was making gazpacho (with seared scallops) and i didn't want some pansy anemic $0.99/pound tomato. so that was about 2 and a half pounds, ( Read more... )

we're moving to siberia.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/health/25rats.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=sloginhttp://www.nytimes.

i'm afraid buffalo mozzarella will have to go the way of brine cured olives with primadonna - i.e., for special occasions only, not almost every darn weekend. i know i'm more of a "damn" than a "darn" type of girl, but i can't stand to use that harsh language in reference to those wonderful cheeses that never did anything to me but be as expensive ( Read more... )

based on the hour or so i have spent looking for hotel rooms for zombiecon this year, i am getting the impression that atlanta is the new new orleans, as far as my convention experience will go, which is to say HOT and EXPENSIVE (potentially SHOOTY if i choose to make it not expensive). or like $600 for 3 nights, not counting any and all plane ( Read more... )

i'll bet she has a sexy scottish accent too. its not fair!

do i have -so much to say-, or am i actually really boring? lets find out:

-lately i've been very into crossword puzzles, and cherdt has been making little 4x4 ones for me. pretty much that's true fucking love right there ( Read more... )