I’m not much invested in Oscar drama (I used to be, when I wanted to be a film critic), but I have to say I’m really disappointed that Peter O’Toole did not win the Best Actor category. After all, if they’re going to appease the Oscar gods and finally give one to Martin Scorsese (who [...]
One of the things I’ve recently purchased is the Runner’s World Training Journal. I am not the avid runner I used to be (despite now being an honest-and-for-true marathoner), so I wanted to start keeping track of all the running I did. I didn’t want an online journal since I tend to not update those [...]
That question aside, though, a very happy 59TH birthday to my father. Not only is he weeks away from retirement, but he gets to enjoy cake today, too! I shall have ice cream at home in his honor (after I wish him a happy birthday over the phone, of course).
!Feliz cumpleaños, Apá!
That’s what IP called the debacle that was today’s response to the ice/snow storm that hit the DC area. Yes, there’s ice. Yes, there’s snow. Yes, you should plow, and yes, you should shovel even though your lazy federal employee butt called in today. Some of us slogged through it all [...]
I have just registered for the 2007 New York City Marathon lottery. I am hoping that I will get an entry this year in order to defer for 2008. While it is costly (you have to pay the reg fee twice), you know you’ll get in at some point.
I was extremely lucky when I got my [...]
Oh, the humanity!
Freezing rain, snow and wind—the perfect trio to make my office completely empty. I am the only person here, and it’s pretty lonely. Echo, echo?
Having just returned from Florida, this was a nasty return to reality. Having spent four lovely days in Florida (even the day it rained was lovely), [...]
Only a few more hours until work is over for the week (not that I don’t love my co-workers) and then it’s home to pack for Florida. If I thought it was odd, buying capris earlier this week, wait until I pack my bathing suit.
(Not the one, honey, that you say makes me look [...]
IP and I will be heading to Florida this weekend to visit with his family. As I am currently not happy with how I look in shorts—okay, let’s face it, I could be a college size eight (as opposed to a late 20s size eight) and still not feel good in shorts—I went to Macy’s [...]
The past few days I’ve found myself corresponding with old friends quite a bit. Some little tidbits from these conversations:
A friend who married in 2004 (on my way to the reception, I crashed my rental car—joy) has come out of the woodwork after more than two years in seclusion. Get this: She would send out [...]
Welcome to the first entry on the 2007 Book List. You’re in for thrills, chills, spills . . . okay, enough with the rhyming, let’s get to the books, shall we?
I have read only one book in 2007. January was an odd month. It was alternatively fast and slow, and it was [...]
