Too bad I don't have any right now.

Sup.

Goal: 50 Books - almost made it

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates ****
Just Kids by Patti Smith *****
How Not to Write a Screenplay by Denny Martin Flinn ****
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld **
I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson **
Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives by Annie Murphy Paul ***
Mysterious Skin by Scott ( Read more... )

Christmas cards, I has them.

If you want the cuteness, email me your address (zophos @ gmail) or post a screened comment. Or let everyone know where you live. No judgments.

What's a good way to elide over the fact that I've been off work for a year without saying it was for maternity leave? I'm not getting any calls for any of the jobs I've applied for and I'm afraid one of the problems is that I keep telling people I've just come off of maternity leave, but I also don't want to look like a bum.

There was this great article on Slate the other day about how the war on fat has been pretty stupid and pointless and probably destructive. Then I read a crappy article on CNN about how junk food is addictive because of all the terrible fat. I was pretty miffed until I read the comments which for once were all calling out the study for being a ( Read more... )

Since custom orthotics were going to run me $150 out of pocket, I decided to try to fix my feet with arch-building exercises and faux barefootiness. I used the money instead to buy a pair of Vivo Barefoot shoes. It's supposed to be kind of like walking barefoot but with a thin sole to protect you from the elements. I was imagining something akin to ( Read more... )

1. Mayonnaise - I don't know when I had a change of heart on mayo, but I've gotten where it is now my condiment of choice. I decided to make my own tonight because I needed some to put on salmon I was baking. I used the recipe in How to Cook Everything except I didn't have any dry mustard to put in. I also added garlic to make it an aioli. Oddly, ( Read more... )

So it turns out I don't have a job to return to afterall. I'm not sure what I'm going to do next. I want to work, but I only want to work part-time. There is not a lot of non-food service/non-retail part-time work available out there, and I imagine there's going to be even less post-Olympics ( Read more... )

I want to eat no more than one pound of sugar per month. This month is a bust already thanks to birthday cake and post-holiday adjustments. Next month...erm, crap, Valentine's Day. Well, I'll try ( Read more... )