I didn’t set resolutions for 2010, but there are a few things I want to improve: I just didn’t feel the need to enumerate them at the New Year. I made a list which I titled “Things I Want To Do Better” in my notebook, and it included exercising smarter, writing, reading more, and searching [...]
So.
Here I am. Staring at my Google Reader.
Looking at jobs.
Out West.
Yep. Out West.
I am scared at the idea of job hunting again. My D.C. hunt sort of stalled, and part of it was because I really didn’t like the idea of just going to another Metro stop in D.C. I do like D.C., don’t get [...]
The flakes of death descended from on high,
a rushéd panic to the nearest Giant.
Metro halted; the planes, they would not fly;
the region to the snow was quickly pliant.
In our homes we bundled up our dears;
We watched the power, both outside and in.
A gasp, a catch of breath; oh, escapéd fears!
On the plows and Pepco hopes [...]
As I begin writing this, snowflakes of death have been descending for over a day from the heavens and wreaking their vengeance on my fellow D.C.ers and me for our vanity, blasphemy, and worship of the god that is the Beltway. Or, we’re just getting a really big and unusual winter storm.
Since it looks like [...]
. . . with an unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach. Massachusetts elected a Republican senator and the Red Wings lost to the Washington Capitals despite controlling the game. Coincidence? I think not.
EVIL IS AFOOT IN THE WORLD.
Thank you, KitchenAid® 5-Speed Ultra Power® Hand Mixer, for coming into my life precisely when I needed you most. You see, for years I have now done everything with raw, manual labor, be it mixing cake batter, kneading encanelado dough, making cakeballs, or stirring up trouble by making chocolate and peanut butter chip cookies that [...]
Like, brr.
It is cold and wet out there. Absolutely miserable. Snow would be much preferable, and this is coming from a chick who despises the white stuff.
This morning I dragged myself out of bed at 6am, took a warm shower, bundled up, then took a cab down to West Potomac Park to run the Jingle [...]
It was snowing in D.C. It does look pretty, but it makes me Grinch-y more than anything—it just reminds me that people around here have no idea how to remove snow or drive in snowy conditions. If this were to last to the beginning of the week, Armageddon would be in order given that it’s [...]
Probably because I didn’t sleep a wink. I hate a certain, local four-star hotel because a) the heating and cooling sucks, 2), the walls are as thin as can be, and Roman Numeral III) the bed may be celestial, but the pillows certainly aren’t. Ouch, my neck. Also? This place has gotten old. Amenities and [...]
Paul Simon’s “Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean” came on my iPod today and the first half of the song hit me hard (especially since I deliberately got off the train before my stop so that I had to walk and delay my re-entry into the real world). I feel refreshed, yes. But? [...]
