Archive for January, 2004

drip drip drip

so, do you remember about a year ago (Feb 25th, 2003) when i posted that roof leaked into my walls and made them a lovely shade of yellow? well, yeah, it\’s snowing outside, and that means it\’s time for the Annual Wall Streaking. drip. drip. drip. streak streak streak.

mary e. chandler - 1926-2004

ok, this is personal crap. if you don\’t want to imagine me crying, now is the time to stop reading.   yep. mommom. she gave me coffee in the ratio of 99:1, milk to coffee. she tried to prevent my grandfather from letting me play with knives. she saved coupons from cans of del monte veggies [...]

mortality

it\’s the sad inevitable thought we all don\’t want to think; the words we dare not speak. how can we die when we seem so immortal? in my head, right now, it\’s impossible for me to even begin to fathom what being \”dead\” really means. i\’m no stranger to death, but familiarity does not make [...]

feature update and facelift

note the addition of the new \”photos\” button. take a gander at some of my snapshots.

things i learned over the holidays

1.) chocolate covered pretzels combined with apple cider must be the most powerful laxative ever, second only to the tom yum soup at amara cafe.
2.) getting old really, really sucks.
3.) being young also really, really sucks.
4.) being poor really really sucks.