i had my first tahiti green tea jamba juice several days ago, and i can't stop thinking about it.

no, i really can't.

i'm here in my new apartment, next to a box of Kleenex, a steaming Hershey's mug of coffee, and a dozen or so cards and purple pens.  i'm watching the disney channel in my pjs, catching up on correspondence, both online and snail-mail.  the room is slowly becoming more homey.  there are pictures in frames on the mantel.  there are books and ( Read more... )

moving tomorrow.
CHICAGO
whirlwind week.  whirlwind past several weeks.
back and neck so sore.
up at 6 to drive.
tired.
EXCITED.
tired.
sister gave me sweetest letter.
and itunes giftcard.
she's cool.
people keep surprising me.
i love people.
post once i'm there.
bye!

last night i dreamed that my new chicago job was taking place in my bedroom.  katherine heigl (i saw Knocked Up only hours before bed) was apparently my immediate superior, though at no point in the beginning of the dream did i even know what my job was, what i was supposed to be doing, why my office was on my bedroom floor?  heigl's office was on ( Read more... )

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check out the fiction section.

the Kleenex box i've had in my cubicle since last august, the one with the brown background, with green, yellow, and blue retro squiqqles, finally has given me it's last tissue.  i am sad.  it was a good tissue box.  i've had since i started at mcgraw-hill.  it is covered in post-it notes that remind me on a daily basis of the usages of which and ( Read more... )

last night we cleaned out my grandfather's house.  i now have pink post-it notes labeling various pieces of furniture as mine; a  hutch, 3 wood end tables, a sofa, and an old desk.  i have 4 boxes of old tupperware, pots, a dutch oven, a ginormous skillet, various brown plates and mugs and bowls, a cheese grater.  i'm not exactly thrilled about ( Read more... )

8/21/07:  Buck Cherry (this is not for me.)

Saturday 9/1/07:  The Vic Theatre:  The Format, Steel Train, Piebald, and Limbeck

Saturday 10/6/07 & Sunday 10/7/07:  The White Stripes with the Cold War Kids

i've decided that this summer, i am going to read all the adolescent literature i somehow missed out on until now, as well as re-reading some that i barely remember from grade school.

here's the list thus far:

Wrecked
The Higher Power of Lucky
Phantom Tollbooth
Where the Red Fern Grows
Number the Stars
Smack

any suggestions?  i'd love to hear.

my books at work finally came in.  all 24 Student Readers, 5 Teacher Edition's, and 5 Interactive Skills Handbooks times 4 copies of each.  box mania.  i love the feel of a glossy cover.  my first real project ( Read more... )