Guess who scored a pristine, still shrinkwrapped two volume set of The Lexicon for a whopping $16 (which retails at $20 PER volume) at the Sale Annex of Barnes & Noble this weekend?

Guess who also nabbed a copy of the Uta Hagen AND a Mr. Boston at the 1/2 Price Bookstore?

That's right.  THIS gal.

On Friday I was bemoaning to 
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Last night I started reading Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine Soaked Journey From Grape To Glass, which was recommended to me by

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"I keep remembering one of my Guru's teachings about happiness.  She says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough.  But that's not how happiness works.  Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.  You fight for it, strive ( Read more... )

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Joe is currently smack in the middle of his year-long graduate program at the Academy For Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington DC.  We moved to DC at the beginning of the fall.  He has been learning incredible things, but the conservatory style program is proving more difficult that we could ever imagine.   This major life ( Read more... )

days until Machinal opens: 8
days until interview at Steppenwolf: 11
days until Carin arrives in DC: 12

minutes until Carin loses her mind: 16

Joe faxed me a scale drawing of the new pad last week.

I measured our furniture and, being the Type A personality that I am, made little paper cut-outs of each piece to test out and see if it would actally make it into this teeny little efficiency... And y'all thought our OLD apartment was crowded.

Keep those fingers crossed, intrepid campers!