Why is it that the people you can do without -- the ones you don't want to have come back into your life for whatever reason -- seem to be magnetically-drawn to you ( Read more... )

I just dumped all the ingredients for Thai Yellow Curry with Chicken in my slow cooker. Actually, I improvised my recipe based off the one I found, because none of the recipes I looked at online (my Thai cookbooks are at my mom's) seemed either crockpot-friendly or 100% authentic...or very easy and non-thinking -- which is how I like my cooking to ( Read more... )

I don't believe in resolutions. Having a resolution generally means that you have problems that require solutions. Goals, on the other hand, are your targets, and I don't think they point to problems as much as they do give you a more...tangible, reachable ideas that you can incorporate into your life ( Read more... )

I don't think I could be a vegetarian. And by "vegetarian", I don't even mean vegan or anything drastic like that -- I just don't think I could subsist on a diet comprised of ALL vegetables and protein only in the form of soy, fish, nuts, and dairy products. I mean, I like those things, don't get me wrong...and I understand their health benefits ( Read more... )

Tonight I had dinner with Sheree so we could exchange gifts and have a pleasant dinner at Arte Cafe -- which I've lived near and have walked past many times, but had never experienced until this evening.

I wore my new little red shoes and not one, but TWO sweaters, one layered over the other because it's been so cold, and for a few hours, laughing ( Read more... )

Every night before bed I have to have lotion on my feet. It doesn't have to be spread thickly and I don't have to wear those special aloe-infused socks or anything, but I have to have my feet moisturized. I can't sleep with dry feet because I feel like the callused skin (oh come on, you know you have it too) gets snagged on my bedding. And then ( Read more... )

I dyed my hair black. Well, the package description was dark espresso brown, but it looks black. I feel...like an emo kid, but what can you do until it washes out and lightens up a bit, right? I will have to be an emo kid for the next couple days or so ( Read more... )

I am making this lamb chop recipe tomorrow night for dinner with C, because I haven't seen him in so long (a week) and because I haven't made dinner for him in a very long time. (Maybe a couple months. Maybe more ( Read more... )

We're in Palm Springs. It's early as hell, but I am awake, I think because my dog has trained me to get up at the buttcrack of dawn ( Read more... )

Here's an interesting story for you...

So, as some of you may know, I met C on Match.com. There are a couple details that are very interesting about that, not because it was INTERNET DATING (dude, the days of intrigue and wonder for that are pretty much over...everyone meets people online now), but more because I am quickly beginning to realize my ( Read more... )