Archive for March, 2008
From Jenny:
The rules:
1. After reading my answers, copy and paste the list into your comment.
2. Change my one-word responses with yours (yes, only ONE WORD, even if it hurts the most painful of hurts).
3. Submit your comment.
4. And hey, you can always post your finished list on your blog, too.
You’re Feeling:
To Your Left: phone
On Your Mind: family
Last Meal Included: mayonnaise
You Sometimes Find it Hard To: sleep
The Weather: grey
Something You Have a Collection of: ambitions
A Smell that Cheers You Up: tulips
A Smell that Can Ruin Your Mood: rot
How Long Since You Last Shaved: week
The Current State of Your Hair: dry
The Largest Item On Your Desk/Workspace Right Now (besides computer): piles
Your Skill with Chopsticks: adept
Which Section You Head to First In the Bookstore: books
…and After That?: paper
Something You’re Craving: space
Your General Thoughts On the Presidential Race: unending
How Many Times You’ve Been Hospitalized this Year: zero
A Favorite Place to Go for Quiet Time: bathtub
You’ve Always Secretly Thought You’d Be a Good: mom
Something that Freaks You Out a Little: reproduction
Something You’ve Eaten Too Much of Lately: cheese
You Have Never: procreated
You Never Want To: skydive
March 31st, 2008
I realize I’m jeopardizing future dinner invitations by saying this, but I’m oddly fascinated by aspic right now.
OK, the above isn’t actually an aspic jelly – but it is a jello salad in a mold, which falls into the same category as far as I’m concerned. I spent a bunch of time last weekend reading my 1943 edition of the Joy of Cooking, which was full of such wonders. I don’t know if I’ll ever bring my aspic dream to fruition – but good lord, they’re weird, and I’m enjoying looking at pictures of them and imagining how anyone found them palatable.
March 30th, 2008
Would it be over the top nerdy to wear this?
Cos I really kind of want it.
March 25th, 2008
1. I had lunch with my dear friend Oday yesterday! He had a long layover at Reagan, so he took the Metro into the city and we walked over to Georgetown for a bit. I haven’t seen him since his last visit to Champaign in the summer of 2005, so it was fantastic to catch up.
2. I just realized that I’ve finally stopped calling my little brother by his baby nickname. He’s 12.
My parents and Eric (formerly: Coo) will be in town for the holiday weekend. I’m not sure what we’re going to do other than dye Easter eggs, but it will be nice to have them around for a few days.
March 21st, 2008
I forgot to mention that my friend and former coworker Garret has released his first album! He’s recording under the name Tomorrow is Already Here, and his album is available on CDBaby and through the iTunes store. Go Garret!
March 19th, 2008
It’s pretty rare that I miss anything about Rockford other than my family, but right now I could really go for a Mary’s Market sampler. I was there something approximating daily when I worked at Wonderland - grabbing lunch, making the coffee run for my coworkers, picking up bread or treats on my way home. It’s the first place I really learned to like coffee, and we all know how well that’s served me since.
March 10th, 2008
I’ve become a little bit rabid about recycling in my middling age. OK, I guess that’s a bit of a misstatement. Whenever possible, I’ve been rabid about recycling since my teens, when I worked with a crunchy hippie girl that I thought was the coolest. I think my paper recycling annoyed my parents at that point – and continues to baffle SB – or perhaps not baffle so much as he doesn’t always see the futility of it. After reading Cradle to Cradle last year, he became pretty skeptical of recycling – not so much that it’s a bad idea as that it isn’t always effective. Regardless, I’d rather recycle whatever I can while also reducing the amount of packaging purchased in the first place – than throw more things (even deliciously loud things) down the trash chute. That’s why this post so perfectly illustrates my frustration with recycling. I want to do the right thing – but what the heck am I going to do with all these #5 containers?
March 6th, 2008
I just learned that in Philly, Casimir Pulaski Day is celebrated on Easter Monday. I grew up thinking that it was a weird holiday that was only celebrated in Illinois because of Chicago’s huge Polish population. I think I’m still right on the first part.
March 4th, 2008
I’m back in Virginia after five days in Illinois spent visiting friends and learning about metadata. I had a really nice time, despite the fact that I came down with the flu that’s been sweeping the country the day before I left. SB and I are both still sick, but we made the most of our sick day by watching an extreme amount of tv, whining a lot, and buying a humidifier as the awfully cute Hello Kitty one stopped spraying steam out of her ears this morning. It was good to visit, it’s good to be home, and I sincerely hope to feel better soon.
March 3rd, 2008