I’ll admit it, I take cute notes.?? I often write prepositions in Latin because they’re shorter than the English words; sometimes I write in French or Spanish or Catalan or even Italian or German if that’s the word that comes to me first, or if the word is much shorter in one of those languages.??… Continue reading There???s no place like home???

Okay I know I said I have to work but I have to tell you one last funny story.?? This is from last Friday or something, but it’s funny enough that it’s still worth telling.?? So, on Friday-or-whenever-it-was, I was doing the mail near the end of the day which is one of my normal… Continue reading ???Stupid Mary??????

Okay dear imaginary readers, I’m back, sorry for the absence! ??#1 I got KILLER food poisoning [1] on Tuesday and had to leave work early I felt so crappy, and #2 I was at an Excel training seminar all day yesterday.?? #1 was bad but #2 was good – I learned a lot and the… Continue reading I???m back, I???m back!

So I think I have a sort of dysfunctional filter when it comes to certain matters of etiquette.?? Case in point:?? today I was just scanning msn.com and saw a thing about 10 environmentally friendly companies – and one is Seattle Biodiesel, which is all about, well, biodiesel in Seattle.?? But from the interviews with… Continue reading Dear Abby: why is it sad?

Seriously, that was a quote from the Gilmore Girls pilot episode that I watched last night.?? Damn you, roommate???s little sister and your amazing DVD collection!?? Just kidding, I???m actually really excited about it.?? So yeah, maybe that???s my problem ??? I???m too FUNNY.?? I mean, I do think guys are sometimes a bit frightened… Continue reading ???Boys don???t like funny girls.???

So the Ben Lee concert this weekend was awesome. I don’t know why the fuck I was going on about the muffin man earlier but forgot to mention BEN LEE. It was so cute and sweet, it was a really great energied, intimate show, and he played the one song that my I have a… Continue reading You smell like Bapple Candy

So last night I was seized by an insatiable desire for baked goods containing chocolate so I made some vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting and, first of all, can I just say that I am awesome, and that old axiom about how you should never let a cook bake is bullshit, because I’m great at… Continue reading Do you know the Muffin Man?

I am so bothered right now.?? I’ve been in a pissy mood for the past week and it’s part hormonal and part haven’t-slept-well-all-week and part emotional and part just random fluke, but I’m sick of being all pissy.?? Rrr. So my roomie just quoted from her law school text that the case they’re citing is… Continue reading Why is it sad?

So my roomie and I are at the Black Cat Cafe, which is sooooo nice and across the streetish from the crowded and difficult Cafe Zoka where there’s never any room which is sad because they have delicious sandwiches and a warm fireplace but it has its flaws, namely one can never find space, and… Continue reading chez le chat noir