trying a hot bath before bed tonight

So, the fact that I keep dreaming about crossing dark passageways, where suddenly a 'bad' person appears & wants to hurt me, and I wake up screaming... that's stress, right?  

Right?

When I was in high school I would dream that my teeth were falling out.

In college I would dream that a fire was starting in a room, and I was unable to move or make a sound to warn anyone.

Apparently I have moved on to the less nuanced, more blatant imagery of axe murderers and rapists trying to attack me in dark alleys. 

A guess at what I have to look forward to in my dreams in years to come:

-Zombie invasions

-the Black plague

-Bands of rogue monkeys

 -the world running out of red wine

I'll keep you posted.

things i don't need to be doing right now

1. walking to the bookstore to buy candy

2. watching videos of boston terrier puppies. (So cute!)

3. shopping for new sneakers

4. writing this post

So, now that we've cleared that up, back to work!

goings-on upstairs

also good with real fruit added

Aside from its total lack of nutritional content, I don't know why I don't eat more jello. It's so fun!

no i won't go out with you
Why does Google keep asking me if I want to submit a story about how much I looove my iGoogle homepage?! For the record I do not. Love it, I mean. It bores me to tears, and i hate that the mail doesn't function properly.

eeny-meeny
I am engaged in a years-long debate with myself over the merits of always using the same bathroom stall, versus mixing it up. Pro one stall: at least you know that some of those germs belong to you. Pro multi-stall: possibly decreases your chances of continually mingling with something invisible yet nasty. But maybe not?

especially annoying when she sneaks onto my pillow
When my dog wakes up from a nap she smells like crackers. What's up with that?
(Also, she totally talks in her sleep, like me. I find this hilarious--that I make the same bad-dream noises as my dog).

shiny happy people holding hands
The debate open discussion regarding race in the local elections that I half-attended this eve only served to remind me that this place is about 20 years behind so much of the country in that regard. Or, maybe just the coasts? Just the northeast? Have too many years of Sarah Lawrence College & the Brian Lehrer show made me too post-post-modern? My first impression is that everything everyone is saying sounds so provincial, but I have to realize that's only because race relations here are truly so far behind, and I am waaaay too new here to even begin to try to fry those eggs around this blog. So I guess my point is that I'm glad the discussion is being had, and I wish the crowd at this particular establishment was regularly so multi bi-racial (where were the immigrant peeps et al.?!)

and then i reveal my achilles heel
A certain proprietor of a certain aforementioned establishment approached me with a white bag of loot this eve. I know that bag. That is the kind of bag that always, and exclusively, contains candy. Yes--yes, I would like to have some of your candy. Thankyouverymuch.

his 'n' hers

sneakers

boxing gloves

hobbies

whiskey

candy

reviews

2 movies we've seen recently that I thought would be just ok, but actually were really good:

1. In Bruges
2. The Wrestler

2 movies we've seen recently that I had a feeling would not be good, but we watched anyway b/c someone associated with it was on Fresh Air and we're totally those nerds who think anything that makes it onto NPR has to be worth our time, and in fact were totally horrible:

1. Pineapple Express
2. The Rocker

So, tailor your Movies-to-Watch list accordingly.

starting 2009 with a whimper

After spending all of yesterday recuperating from my overly enthusiastic consumption of Rose Champage the night before, I am here to report that today's effort level is also startlingly low.

Today has gone a little bit like this:

-wake up. stare at ceiling.
-roll over. "listen to the news" in bed
-stumble to coffee maker
-eat breakfast, get half dressed
-seriously consider going back to bed
-stumble around for a while
-RIDE TO WORK! the crowning achievement for the day.
-check email
-read blogs
-check email
-get coffee
-open & print document for editing
-decide to read some papers instead
- fall asleep with head on desk (no joke. it's insanely quiet around here this week)
- check email
- eat lunch

here's hoping the rest of the day works out a little better.
Happy Friday!

.. i'm working on a 2008 retrospective... more soon.

out of context

Bits of text message conversations saved on my phone:

From me:


Can you even stand the
amazing awesomeness?!

I am so eating peanut butter
out of the jar right now.

Thanks man. I'm drinking
Belgian beers. Watchout!


Official verdict: cabbage on
sandwich = so good. Who knew?



From others:

So many kinds of awesome.

All I hear from McCain is 'old old old'

Mathematically impossible

Drinking Stag*

*Not related to this post. And while it may have been funny if i had exchanged numbers with that pseudo rock star, the friendship would have ended with that text. But when it came from my husband it seemed cute and endearing. I guess that's why we're married.

making the world a better place

All kidding about my not-so-secret love of the Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" ad campaign aside, here are a few brilliant minds that I'd like to meet:

-the inventor of carbonated beverages,

-the first person to think up burritos as big as my head,

- the philanthropic engineer who designed the Hippo water roller so nine year old girls don't have to carry 30lbs of water back from the pump

-and of course, the genius behind this.