santa claus just came! and mrs. claus too! they gave me a candy cane.

the lobby of the building here at work is having its annual wine and cheese/holiday party today. free cheese? yes please. <----lame ( Read more... )

greetings from the land of my hermit-like cubicle, which i get to sit in all afternoon in order to watch the phones. that means the screen is MAXIMIZED WITH FULL LJ GOODNESS. awww yeahhh ( Read more... )

i was so deadset on making cream of mushroom soup for dinner last night that i went to the grocery store and spent $7 on mushrooms alone. that is quite the financial commitment to fungi, eh? but it was worth it. the recipe was so simple, and yet so delicious. probably the best cream of mushroom soup i've ever had. this may or may not have ( Read more... )

this morning i had to drive into work because i had to run some errands. it amuses and depresses me that it takes the same amount of time to drive to work as it does to take the subway, and that a 7 minute drive becomes a 25 minute drive when it occurs at 8:15 on a weekday morning ( Read more... )

overall, it was a very fun weekend. my birthday party was a success. i think trinity899 captured most of the highlights on camera (and the lowlights, too. let's just say she took A LOT of pictures because she was A LOT drunk) i scored some amazing gifts, including a much-need umbrella and an AWESOME LARGE STARBUCKS TRAVEL MUG from mel that she had ( Read more... )

g'day m'ladies! (and m'gents. all two of you). yes, the reason i didn't write anything yesterday was because i was taking a seminar on "how to speak like australian gentry ( Read more... )

good evening! it is friday night! i am drinking coffee! (with hot chocolate mixed in BECAUSE IT IS FRIDAY NIGHT! AND I AM WILD ( Read more... )

it snowed! and if you live in buffalo, it snowed A LOT. i was watching the local news through Buffalo this morning and they are calling it one of the worst snowstorms in years, because the snow is really thick and heavy (dirty) and is weighing down hydro wires causing them to crash down, so they are experiencing tons of power outages too. it is ( Read more... )

it is so, so, so difficult to come out of a three day weekend in which my major goals were to eat pumpkin pie and sleep in. i am tired, a bit cranky, and completely anti-social. i am typing this with one of my favourite coworkers nearby and yet i am not keeping up a conversation with her. she is a huge fan of autumnal foods, too, so we could be ( Read more... )

it just dawned on me that i will miss next week's episode of The Office because i'll be working at Congress. even though it's a whole week away and even though i have tonight's episode to look forward to, i am still totally disappointed that i will miss it. i think TSM will hook up the VCR for me, though. he knows how much i love The Office. if ( Read more... )