Monthly Archives: February 2006

1 old (but shiny! And red!!) Bianchi Bike – Client’s wife’s old bike, given to a friend, who gave it to me. 1 Helmet – Coworker’s daughter’s old helmet. 2 BP Water Bottles – From my boss, who has a … Continue reading →

Hi. So yesterday I signed up for the MS 150. It’s a charity bike ride from Houston to Austin. It intimidates the crap out of me, as any 175 mile bike ride should. My boss swears it’s easy and nothing … Continue reading →

My Great Uncle Bill and Great Aunt Twyla are quite possibly the cutest couple on the planet. Bill is the younger brother of my grandpa who died when I was 6. And my grandma died in the mid 1960s so … Continue reading →

Just got one of these yesterday. And now today. “Hi. Thank you for applying for our creative position. While your skills and experience are impressive, we don’t have a position that fits your skills at this time. We will keep … Continue reading →

As part of being a procrastinator (and not being in denial about it), I use my weaknesses as tools to propel myself forward. For instance. I want to install Illustrator CS2 on my home computer. But I need to clean … Continue reading →

So I didn’t run all weekend. Partly b.c I was crampy and partly b.c I was in Dallas and it was 22° and drizzling and the streets were frozen. And Monday was Masochist Yoga. I had plans with Hitomi to … Continue reading →

MySpace?? You think that’s your space? Wrong. RUPERT MURDOCH owns MySpace. RUPERT MURDOCH!!! As in, the guy who hangs out with Dick “Buckshot” Cheney at the Evil Convention and eats live puppies. Okay, I made that all up, but how … Continue reading →

I was 12 years old when Madonna’s “Justify My Love” was released. Just now I was listening to it and was like, “Holy crap, are those Lenny Kravitz vocals in the background??” Sho’ nuff. He even wrote the song. Who … Continue reading →

No, they’re not Jimmy Choos. (Be real, people.) They’re New Balance. Bought them last night from the helpful people at the New Balance Store. I just went online and they come in other colors!! But even if I had known … Continue reading →

Typing in Spanish. On a Mac, to get an accent mark over a letter, all I have to do is push Option + e and that will automatically put an accent mark (or tilde) over whatever vowel I type next. … Continue reading →