I know usually when I say "I got an email from my mom" on here it means I am about to tell y'all about something goofy and/or affectionately passive-aggressive she sent me. But I just got an email from my mom. It was the transcript of a commencement speech Steve Jobs made, with her own header that ended like this ( Read more... )

Thursday: work Christmas party. Got a free movie pass in the chinese gift exchange. Isabelle made the awesomest custom apron, much coveted and thrice-stolen. Daniel brought a scarf with POCKETS IN THE END, which Bosslady eventually won. It was genius, and I'm reverse-engineering one for Belly in exchange for her embroidering tattoo-style birds on ( Read more... )

Going home for a day for Father's day, and probably for Serious Discussions of the Future, which I am not looking forward to, especially as none of these discussions ever seem to put the Czech Trip in a good light, despite it being one of the only chances in my life I'll have to go to the Czech Republic. Why is this bad? Because I would miss A WEEK ( Read more... )

Went home for the weekend, cos Dad just got into town, and my Uncle Bob was supposed to be visiting, and I don't get to see him much. Friday night I ate an awesome spaghetti dinner, and then went out. Had fun, caught up with friends, and did not have a drop of booze. Saturday, I made up for it. I kind of crashed Rafael's party with a bunch of ( Read more... )

SO, here's the deal I'm making with myself tonight ( Read more... )