They got a pepper bar!

This November has been insane. I was incredibly happy in Texas with my boys and equally bummed to be back home and far away from them. I was stoked to be in Tennessee with my grandparents and then completely fearful of my return to work and "the real world." I …

Food for Thought

If I could fill every wall in my room with quotes, that would be one of them. In fact, I kinda want to buy some frames and, using some crayons and some paper, create some meaningful artwork for my bedroom. Any other quotes I should include?

Where would I be without Paint?

Gather enough sock monkeys, and I bet we could establish world peace.

Just kidding. Hand over the chocolate.

My lovely friend, Tez, mentioned in a comment that I didn't have any pictures from my Texas trip of me looking happy. This was odd to me, since I was nothing but happy until the bitter end. So here. I was happy on my trip to Tennessee, too, and I caught some …

I'll do laundry after I level up, Mom!

A less lazy person would have already uploaded her vacation pictures to Flickr, so she could, therefore, incorporate them in her blog entry. That person, however, would have missed out on the opportunity to free Lanky Kong (on Donkey Kong 64) and to spend two hours …

Born and Raised in America

After a long day of watching QVC, driving, eating pizza, and watching White Christmas, the rest of my family is fast asleep. I'm posting for NaBloPoMo. From my cell phone. In the hotel bathroom. Truth to be told, though, I wouldn't mind taking family trips more often. …

I won't be hugging any trees this week.

Raking leaves for my grandparents seemed like a good idea . . . until I remembered that they live in the WOODS.

Staying Far Away from Mirrors and Scales

Today, I am thankful for banana bread, Philosophy bath products, dark chocolate fudge, champagne diamonds, kitties, Scrabble, holiday feasts, and all the other lovely things I shared with my family. Tomorrow, we will be thankful for malls and sales and puppy dog tails. …

Driving Through the Midwest: Still Boring

Spending thirteen or more hours on the road with family members means you'll either find nothing funny or everything funny. Although we got off to a rather rough start, we were eventually able to band together in making fun of Indiana. (Sorry, Indiana readers.) I'll …

To Grandmother's House We Go

Tomorrow, I leave for Tennessee to visit my grandparents. This will be the first time in seven years or so that my family has actually left the Chicagoland area for the Thanksgiving holiday. Usually, we celebrate with my dad's side of the family, where I get to …

79 is the 22nd prime number.

I have seventy-nine things left to add to my "101 Things About Me" list after this entry. (See also: part one, part two, and part three.) I am cleverly mashing together that project with this meme, since I'm really lazy and a fan of killing multiple birds.

My …

Internet D

When Twitter put the image of a little bird on a swirly branch up on their website a short while back, I was sure I had seen it somewhere before. And then I saw the exact same image up on the site of one of my new NaBloPoMo friends. It finally hit me where I had first …

Halloween 2008: Costume Idea

My father is the ultimate representation of Captain Obvious (or "Obviousman" in the Non Sequitur comic strip) in this day and age. Because of this, I grew up responding to a lot of my friends by sneering, "Thank you, Captain Obvious. Is your cape in the laundry …

America, I worry about you sometimes.

Dear Texan Chick Whose Name I Have Forgotten,

I didn't expect us to stumble into any deep conversations while we were pretending to look busy at the commercial shoot last Friday. I was game for a bit of small talk. Heck, I even had a snippet of chatter planned about …

Flaring my nostrils wasn't working anyway.

I got to work today and immediately tried to wiggle my nose in a desperate attempt to teleport back to Texas. When I left a week ago to go visit my friends from college, I knew I was going to be miserable when I got back home. I love Chicago, but I hate being one …

Reality is gonna kick me in the shins tomorrow.

Before I spent the night at Wingstop on Friday with my guys, I went to class with Michael "Sexy Beast" Haynes. Zoology class. The teacher is like a former jock or something. It doesn't make sense.

After that, though, I got the biggest self-esteem boost of the week. …

A Firm Believer in Having and Eating One's Cake

My lovely friend, Haynes (more commonly known as "Sexy Beast"), has been gracious enough to lend me his laptop whilst we are sitting in his second class of the day. I doodled my way through Animal Behavior, but I'm not sure I would've made it through Genetics with just …

I hope this week never ends.

Just watched a friend's band practice. It was sweet. Now at their apartment. About to watch a movie. They're funny guys. And nice. And good-looking.

Also got treated to Starbucks this morning. It was yummy.

The simple things in life . . .

Church. Olive Garden. Wal*mart. Chillin' on Club. Wal*mart, part two. Movie night with sundaes.

Pure, uninterrupted bliss. Even if I had all the time in the world to post, I would never be able to explain how happy I am right now. I love my friends.

Don't make me leave!

So, I'm chillin' on Club with all my boys after a full day of shopping for video games, playing video games, eating food, watching The Big Bang Theory, eating more food, and watching a ton of Guitar Hero. Some random (friendly) fight just broke out in the hallway, …