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 [...]
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 [...]
Dear Washington, D.C.:
Good morning! I must say, right off the bat, you’re looking quite fetching today. Did you get a new haircut? No? Perhaps you treated yourself to a full spa treatment and got some rest and relaxation over the long weekend? No? Hmm, what is it . . .
Oh, I know! A new administration! [...]
Thanks to a wonderful vacation and a long flight home, IP and I woke up about 15 minutes ago. The vacation was, simply put, awesome; I will have to do another post to do it justice, because it definitely contained some memorable moments that I won’t soon forget (and not just because it’s still so [...]
I took the following picture in Lava Beds National Monument in Tulelake, California. It’s inside a lava tube, where IP and I would descend to keep cool on what proved to be the hottest day of our trip. The picture is now on my work desktop because it means something at the moment: I’m currently [...]
I took a picture of Mount St. Helens reflected in our rental car’s side view mirror, but it didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped (at least not in a Jurassic Park kind of way, that is). However, I have many wonderful pictures of the volcano, which include this one:
Many stories on the Pacific [...]
It’s almost that time of year again: the requisite and much-needed road trip out West for IP and me. As I mentioned before, we’re actually headed to Oregon this time around, so we’ll fly over Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico rather than wander around in the Four Corners area. Driving my desire are all [...]
And we’ve returned from our Colorado trip, sad to see the mountains disappear beneath a blanket of wispy clouds. As we approached the airport in the rental car bus, I had a strong, negative reaction to seeing good old Tent City—I felt anxious and my chest tightened, and the urge to cry was suddenly overwhelming. [...]
