Dear NaBloPoMoi don't know what compelled me to participate in your crazy bitch chokehold over my updating activities, but i did it. i posted every day for november. and dammit, that was difficult sometimes, because while i was nursing my awesome headcold, i was ALSO nursing my awesome, raging, pissed-off case of writers' block ( Read more... )

dear tyra banks,i am pretty sure that you're insane. i mean, really, have you watched yourself do television? do you listen to the words that come out of your mouth? no reasonable, sane person would ever say that crap. and that's why i love you ( Read more... )

this past weekend, i met up with my senior year roommates for kind of a reunion dinner/drinking excursion in downtown chicago. we went to this awesome little chinese place, where the (mostly white) waiters were dressed in ridiculous "authentic" chinese garb, and then headed over to an AMAZING piano bar called howl at the moon for drinks and more ( Read more... )

so i woke up this morning with an interesting voice. the loudest i could go was slightly above a gravelly whisper, and i referred to myself at work as "the seven year old chain smoker" for amusement's sake. the ACTUAL chain smokers that i work with were entertained ( Read more... )

my sophomore year in college, my roommate, kate, and i both got sick at the same time with huge debilitating head colds. we went through boxes and boxes of kleenex and ended up with severely chapped noses.

so kate went out and bought this ENORMOUS tub (seriously, it weighed at least 2 pounds) of vaseline - baby scented vaseline - for our poor raw ( Read more... )

you just TRY to get these boys out of your heads tonight ( Read more... )

by Donald Hall

If he and she do not know each other, and feel confident ( Read more... )

happy thanksgiving, everybody ( Read more... )

last night, i dreamed that i was sleeping against a boy, who laid alongside me, with one arm wrapped around me.

it was the most peaceful, sound sleep i've had in months.

when i woke up, i learned that i had my back up against my bunched-up quilt, and that a corner of that quilt was covering one of my shoulders.

1) i am really starting to dislike dane cook. way too overexposed.
2) i am in need of an clothing-related opinion.

a while ago, i had asked you wonderful friends of mine to give me your opinions on some coats.

(for the record, i ended up going with this one in white with teal and brown accents ( Read more... )