I'm getting ready for this tonight:

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OMG, Leon Powe is so freaking adorable in that clip.

Oh, also, I took a walk during lunch and happened upon a movie set where Kate Hudson was filming a new romantic comedy called Bride Wars. It sounds like my worst nightmare.

so i think i have an ingrown fingernail. the ring finger on my right hand is all swolen and painful on the side. i'm soaking it in a hand towel that i stole from a hotel bathroom when i was drunk one time. i guess i'll keep it on for 20 minutes or so. this is interfering with my job. speaking of alcohol and work, we are supposed to go out for ( Read more... )

This weekend involved a couple of strange combinations. On Friday, I happened upon a free concert in Harvard Yard. It turned out to be Gavin DeGraw. Sadly, we missed the opening act, The Wu-Tang Clan. Huh ( Read more... )

... I Googled "apostrophe" just now. There are 2,620,000 hits! My blog is #36! I think that's pretty good, right ( Read more... )

I rode my bike to work for the first time this year today, but it was an adventure. I had left it outside all winter, and the lock was rusted shut. Gah. After phone calls to a bike shop and two locksmiths, I finally got it unlocked by using special bike lubricant (eeww). It was a close call, though. I almost had a locksmith come and cut the lock ( Read more... )

I went to my first Red Sox game of the season last night with my brother. My co-worker Leslie has season tickets, and she only goes to around 30 games a year, and I happened to make some comment to the effect of, "Are you excited for the season starting?" and she asked if I wanted tickets for Wednesday's game. Rawk. Now, we all know that I love the ( Read more... )

... I started a blog today. I was inspired by the badly punctuated t-shirt that I saw at the mall yesterday that I e-mailed many of you about. I'll post about that tomorrow, but my first posting had to be about the cake at Governor Deval Patrick's inaugural ball. Nothing will ever top that ( Read more... )

I stole this from Joanna and Serpico.

1. My username is _____ because ____.
"Wonkywheels" because Marisa helped me come up with it when I joined. It's a reference to a sign that we loved in the Sainsbury's supermarket in London. I challenge you to find an American supermarket sign that uses the word "wonky!"

2. My name is _____ because ______. ( Read more... )

My phone rings.

Me: Hey, what's up?
Ray: Hey, did you know that Justin Timberlake is only 5 feet tall?
Me: No, he is not!
Ray: I'm reading it right here! He is!
Me: No way! There's no way he's only 5 feet tall.
Ray: Oh, wait, nevermind, it's Christina Ricci.

... I saw this photo this morning in the Metro, and I burst out laughing.


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