don't you just hate it when....

you get a manicure and two days later it is already chipping? i blame all the typing i've had to do since i waited until two days before it was due to start a project most people have been working on for six weeks. also, drumming my nails on the table probably doesn't help, but i love the sound they make (like a poodle on pergo).

modern day fairy tale

once upon a time, a girl asked a guy "will you marry me?"
the guy said "no."

and the girl lived happily ever after and went shopping, drank martinis with friends, always had a clean house, never had to cook, had a closet full of clothes and handbags, stayed skinny, and was never farted on.

the end.

pomp and circumstance

so i haven't really been looking foward to graduation. it's all been such a huge pain in the ass lately. i'm not graduating with any of my friends, i don't really know a lot of people in my department, my name won't be in the program(thank you soc dept. chair), etc. it's really just something i was doing for my parents.

but you know what i just realized? it's an excuse to drink champagne. lots of champagne.

ok, i'm in.

map and compass

whywhywhywhywhy????

what was i thinking taking this map and compass class? you have to use a compass. and get up early. and hike in the woods by yourself. and read maps. and the mid term takes, on average 2 hours!!!!! oh yeah, and it is tomorrow...after only three classes.

....i guess it is still better than sixteen weeks of chemistry or physics, but staying in on a friday night to study is so not how i thought i would be spending my fifth year.

my head is going to explode

current reading:

racist america (joe r. feagin)
the gendered society (michael s. kimmel)
the social construction of difference and inequality (tracy ore)
privilege, power, and difference (alan johnson)

books i wish i had the time to read:

the road from coorain (jill ker conway)
dust tracks on a road (zora neale hurston)
franny and zooey (j.d. salinger)

do i LOOK like someone who hikes?

so this friday was the first day of this weekend class i'm taking (three weekends in feb 4hrs of science credit). i took intro to map and compass because i had heard it was easy. i had not heard, however, that every morning starts out with 2-3 hours of hiking in palmer park. i was a little nervous when there wasn't a book required for the class but rather a compass, five maps, and a whistle (for if/when you get lost alone in the woods and can't find your way back). i was not looking forward to getting up at 8am on a saturday to hike in mud and snow. but you know what? it was actually (mostly) fun! even the class time isn't that bad. and like the professor said the first day of class 'you can take three weekends of map and compass or 16 weeks of chemistry'.


also, last night i watched a few episodes of the office and i must say...i'm addicted and will now phrase every question in the classic dwight form of "QUESTION: (insert question here)?"

just call me martha

i have been so bored lately. so finally, sometime last week, i decided enough with the whining! so i've been trying lots of new things (recipes, crafts, etc). last week i created a recipe for scallops (and tried it with shrimp too!), baked cupcakes that sucked (damn high altitude),then mastered baking at 6,500 ft. (add 1/4 cup flour and 1/3 cup water, beat an extra min) complete with chocolate frosting made from scratch and made a baked artichoke dip

today i started making valentines...and i must say, i've come a long way from my days of construction paper and safety scissors. they don't look quite as good as the ones in martha stewart living (sigh)

next up: working on a buttercream frosting for chocolate cupcakes. re.doing artichoke dip with crab and spinach?

i really want to make a ribbon board but am afraid of the tools it might require, and the embarassment caused by having to tell the paramedics 'well, i borrowed my neighbor's staple gun and.....'