I seem to be missing the shopping gene. Maybe it's just that I hate spending money. Or maybe it's that I'm impatient. Being 40 pounds lighter would certainly make clothes look better on me, too... Anyway, I was looking for a new interview suit for weeks without success. I tried Macy's, Lord and Taylor, and even *shudder* Frugal Fannie's. It's like ( Read more... )

After driving around Hertfordshire, England in an 85,000 pound Jaguar XK, I felt my politics going down the drain. "People should get to keep what they earn," I heard myself saying to Katy. But as soon as I arrived back in the states, I rode my bike over to the polls and voted for Deval Patrick in the Democratic primary (and he won! yay!), so I ( Read more... )

This weekend, I bought a new laptop and an iPod. My old computer runs Windows 98 and is barely functional since the harddrive is 98% full or something. I ended up saving about $150 because BestBuy sucks, but I was still pissed off that I had to spend so much time waiting for crappy customer service. Luckily, I complained to the store manager and ( Read more... )