Re: my post last week, I ended up asking if we could meet up in Bethesda, he agreed, and we had a great time. Then he flaked on me last night. One step forward, two steps back sounds about right. I'm tempted to say something horribly blanket statement-y about not expecting much from guy pals, but my friend Dave drove all the way from Arlington just ( Read more... )

10 hours until I fly out to Costa Rica! I'm past the oh-my-god-I-need-to-buy-a-fanny-pack-and-pants-that-turn-into-shorts freakout and now I'm just calmly excited. My mom told me when I got to the house that she and my dad are paying for the trip for my birthday.... which is amazing. Brian tells me every now and then that I have a perfect life, and ( Read more... )

So, not only does Yelp clue me in to ridiculous events like the 2009 Air Sex World Championship  (whose RSVP button I keep hovering my cursor over -- do I want to watch strangers humping nothing on stage? Is this going to be awesome, or awful?), it also gets me in to really cool stuff like the Chef's Best Dinner and Auction next week. Tickets are $ ( Read more... )

If I had a quarter for every time I got a paper cut handling circulating page proofs, I could park my car on the street all day ( Read more... )

I just got handed the most correction-dense report I have ever seen. My co-worker apologized as soon as it hit my desk and said I would probably need reading glasses after I proofed it. Of course I didn't get enough sleep last night, and I blew my once a week Starbucks trip yesterday, rationalizing that Mondays are always the worst. Time for an ( Read more... )

So, um. Guys. I'm, uh.... GOING TO NEW YORK TO SEE BEN FOLDS IN CONCERT WITH BARB AND LEIA ON FRIDAY! LEIA FOUND ME A TICKET!! AND THE CONCERT IS SOLD OUT!! !! !!! So I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon. So I won't be here. So... everyone have a great weekend, 'cause I won't be here!! Feel free to call me though, I'll be on the bus for about 20 hours ( Read more... )

I'M FLYING TO KANSAS FOR NEW YEAR'S!!!!!
HOLY CRAP!!!!!!