“you are the queen of snark,” john said. “thank you,” i said.
Date Archives December 2002
why hello pretty girl
i just bumped into shannon in the hallway. “hello pretty girl did you get a hair cut?” “no, i just wore it down.” “it looks good.” “thanks, i’ve just been so lazy throwing it back…
the one where i play the word nazi
“are you sick of my yet,” i asked as i approached her cube for about 294th time that day. “yes, now what do you want?” she said. “is it ok if we say compositional here,…
working for ebenezer
this afternoon i had to tease julie mercilessly. “are you like scrooge mcduck or something?” i asked. “what?” “c’mon an 8:30 meeting on new year’s eve?” “well at least you don’t have a 4:30 to…
don’t forget it’s monday
not only did i oversleep by like an hour and forget that i needed to fuel up ruby, about half-way to work i realized that i forgot all my work at home and had to…
i turned the page and fell in love
“She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, seperating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prisim through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum,” Jonathan Safran Foer,Everything…
literary pet peeve
i’ve spent most of the day lost in the magical world of Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. I’m digging the book, but having a hard time getting over my grudge against Foer. i’m…
naturally gifted
“i’ve watched all my new DVDs already,” he said. “oh that’s too bad,” i said. “yeah, it blows,” he said. “did you know they have these new stores where you can go rent videos and…
rise up and demand what is rightfully ours
ok darling ones, while i’m gone i want you to all visit the lovely ms. heather and while you’re there, demand that she reveal the lyrics to the jodi chromey song she wrote.
following the map
bonnie unearthed a box of godivas that she got as a gift from one of our vendors. she brought the box over here to the treat table sans map. “where’s the map?” i asked. “i…