Unless they look like this: Other than that, foodstuffs wrapped in a tortilla shell should be soft and delicious, not rubbery and chewy. This is the lesson that I will pass on to you today now that I am older and wiser: Do not attempt to get a delicious hot breakfast from Starbucks. After the [...]
Archive for January, 2008
11 Jan
The big three oh well
Ten years ago, I was a sophomore in college returning for the second semester on or about the day I turned 20. I didn’t have a major yet, I didn’t even know what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I had never known what it was like to be loved by [...]
9 Jan
Why yes, you can snake my toilet.
I’m not at work today because I’ve been waiting for the plumber. Two months of sleeping on the kitchen floor right next to the bathroom made me realize just how badly my toilet smelled. Like, real bad. And since getting a plumber in here means calling the landlesbian, and having a conversation that’s heavy on [...]
7 Jan
I’m free to do what I want any old time.
I’m a sucker for the suggestions of Aaron, so yeah, I changed my header to the charred sponge. I might have taken a different angle on it had I known it was going to be so prominent, but that sponge is now busy biodegrading somewhere in the backyard that used to be pictured in my [...]
6 Jan
Square Pants
I really can’t live alone. No wait, let me rephrase that: I shouldn’t live alone. If someone were here to keep an eye on me, I wouldn’t do such stupid things. Take Saturday night, for instance. Since I resolved to keep my stove clean in 2008, I knew I was going to have to start [...]
4 Jan
I tried to sleep my way to the top, But my alarm clock always wakes me right up
If you haven’t already checked out the link from my sidebar, you should go to kottke.org. He’s always got the best links. Today, it was to a (I think?) fake ad for an alarm clock. The genius is that it’s connected to the internet, and every time you press “snooze” it will donate money to [...]
2 Jan
Just post a link
Everyone’s back to the real world today, and like my lane-mate said at the pool this morning, “thank goodness this is only a three day week.” I have a whole New Year’s post thing in the hopper, but I’m not ready to publish it yet. So, because I’d hate to leave you hanging (because who [...]
