according to encarta, i could win the National Spelling Bee, i got a 10 out of 10 baby. i am a supergenius!

sometimes, despite your best intentions, the day just gets away from you. i had grand plans of productivity which melted away in the saturday afternoon malaise that is book reading and movie watching.
i finished What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal. it was sad and disturbing and the story of the teacher who [...]

wendy did it so i am gonna too.
1. Your name spelled backwards. yemorhc nna idoj
2. Where were your parents born? Minnesota
3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer? the latest norton anti-virus definitions
4. What’s your favorite restaurant? i don’t think i have one
5. Last time you swam in a pool? high [...]

last night the TTHM and i were talking about paul westerberg. a few weeks ago, i sent him a CD full of songs about longing, heartache, and loneliness. because, you know, that’s what everyone needs in the middle of a break-up.
last night he was telling me about how when he’s walking to school he [...]

when the radio went off this morning to herald the coming of a new work day, the radio man said it was currently -22 degrees outside, and the windchill was -43. guess who mastered the art of getting dressed under the covers this morning– socks and all?

i just got done watching Spellbound. who knew a movie about nerdy kids spelling would be so fascinating? i couldn’t take my eyes off it. i cried when the girl i was rooting for was knocked out when there were only a few spellers left. you should really see this movie, it’s great. i think [...]

this just in. . . the artguy talked to me again. that’s two days in a row. i’m not so sure about this new development.

i can’t get outside e-mail in, here at work. i can’t get inside e-mail out from my personal account. everything all fouled up.
so, TTHM, i got the tickets, aisles seats. you owe me big time bucko.
Aden, enjoy the gospel according to st. paul, thanks for sending the new addy, you can expect a valentine soon.
dana, [...]

i sat down at oberon tonight to write about What Was She Thinking?, and how wonderfully Zoe Heller is writing about the loneliness of one of the main characters. how when barbara went to the corner grocery store she wanted to tell the cashier that she wasn’t a lonely old bag and and she had [...]

artguy just actually spoke to me. it’s weird. he usually does not speak to me, ever. just gives me the odd look on ocassion and then e-mails all day.
in other news, i find that i am strangely drawn to diet coke with lime flavor. the lemon stuff is absolutely disgusting. but the lime, is refreshingly [...]

julie stopped by to tell me about her new favorite song.
“yeah,” she said. “shallow is my favorite.”
“oh i like burning photographs,” i said
“that cd is really good.”
“i told you ryan adams is the best!”
“you were right.”
“i’ve been listening to a lot of jet lately,” i said.
“so have i,” pat said. “right through her headphones. [...]

that wormmy virus is making checking e-mail not so much fun. chances are if you sent me an e-mail today it was deleted in the deluge, i’m sorry. also i am not addicted to burt’s bees. also i’ve been so busy i haven’t had a single chance to e-mail the artguy. also i have now [...]

i might have some genetic defect that makes me shake my booty uncontrollably whenever TLC’s “No Scrubs” comes on. i wonder if there’s some sort of research or medical study i can volunteer for.

i work in one of the swankiest suburbs of the twin cities. you think they’d be able to afford a damn snow plow. we’ve gotten something like 9 inches of snow so far today and not a flake of it has been pushed off the roads in eden prairie. so i decided to stay super [...]

here’s the cure for snowy, sad monday mornings when you’re really unsure of where you fit in. you put on your headphones and then turn wheatus’ “teenage dirtbag” on really, really loud. if that doesn’t make you smile, then your face is probably broken and you should seek immediate medical attention.