Okay, so you all know about Overheard in New York right? It’s my addiction. Today’s gem made me laugh because it is beyond true:
Guy: Fuck that shit, man. I still love New York better. Every single time people from Frisco compare cities with New York, you fools bring up your stupid burritos! Well I got news for you: our burritos are catching up.
–2nd Avenue & 5th Street
What the hell is it with people from San Francisco or who go and visit? Are the burritos that good? How good can they be? and are they really burritos or are you just stuffing eerything in a tortilla?
I’ve never eaten a burrito in NYC, at least I don;t think I did. I once at at a shitty mexican place, but I probably had the enchiladas.
Also, I went to coffee with a coworker the other night and I’m sure that if there was an Overheard in Minneapolis, our entire filthy conversation would be on there. She and I talked about hiring greek whores in amsterdam, length versus girth, sex clubs in NYC…and those were the tamer partd of the conversation.
I’m pretty sure no one could hear us over the music, but if anyone did, I apologize to the patrons of the Spyhouse. Sorry.
Why are there no cookies? I think I will make cookies tonight

You know the silly game where you add “in bed” to the end of your fortune cookie fortune? I have these sittingon my desk and I ponder them regularly.
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.
Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort
I’m not sure how this bodes for my sex life, but I fear it will be uncomfortable and sweaty.

The problem with not taking time to write is that you end up with lots of crap to talk about. So I’ll try to be concise (ha).
Dim sum on saturday to celebrate chinese new years. The food was excellent and I gorged myself on tiny dumplings and little ribs and sticky buns. They had the lion dancers in there, so much fun. I always thought they were dragn dancers, but, it seems I was wrong. They’re lions. Who knew? The chinese knew, I guess.
I’m falling in love with The Demeberists all over again. Incredible lyrics, simply stunning wordfucking. Similar to Mike Doughty but evocative of entirely different realms. Am I in love? Well, I do want to take their Picaresque cd, nail it to the floor and rub my caramel covered body all over it. you tell me.
Ultra super muddy dogpark and the happiest little fella in the world. happiest until he got home and got a throrough bath including his ears and between his toes.
King Kong! HA! YEAH! If you completely turn off the logic part of your brain, this is an incredibly fun movie to watch. Once you start thinking logically, it all goes to hell. Kong and his family lived in the temple/cave thing for generations and yet none of them thought to do anything about the giant bat infestation??? On the other hand, it was completely retarded but I loved the t-rex trapeze artistry!
Midnight cheeseburger at Denny’s and I wasn’t even drunk!
Sunday was lay in bed listening to Prairie Home Companion and Car Talk with the boy then soaking in the tub and eating pizza. Made miso soup with udon and wakame for dinner, hot fudge sundae cake for dessert and a loaf of sundried tomato bread for lunches.
Monday I found out a secret that has me bursting at the seams with happy but I can’t tell anyone at work yet. There’s a lot of crocheting in my future.
Today is Ghengis’ birthday. He’s 2. He has graduated from apprentice fella-ship to full fledged fella! I am so proud.
On my countertop right now I have a crock pot with a cooling chuck roast, a bread machine making honey-oat-wheat bread and a rice machine making…well..rice. The chuck roast will get divided (all the goo and fat fed to Ghengis as a birthday celebration) and used in my lunches. Tomorrow’s lunch will likely be shredded beef on rice with salsa verde and a slice of tomato bread. and so on.
I’ve been feeling very nesty and domestic lately. What’s up with that? Wish I could improve my cleaning skills, but I’ve learned not to stress. I need to finish my next scarf by Saturday AND get 2 scarves in the mail to canada AND finish the new website migration so I can start making little beaded bags and filet lace.
This morning I realized it was only Tuesday. Shit. Thought it was Thursday for some reason. Kind of put a damper on the day. Day dampened until I got home and found that David had picked up some salsa verde for me! He expressed concern that the last source in town for Herdez Salsa Verde might also be running out…
I hope this wasn’t too long or jam packed.

I need an incentive to get the new site done. I really hate my host and I need to get migrated and everything has been sitting in stasis since fall (though I have a good excuse). So I need me a goal.
I think I cannot buy crochet thread and beads until I get the old stuff migrated which means that I cannot make the cutest little beaded purse until I get it done.
Mark, are you reading this? I’m moving forward and I’m lighting a fire under your butt as well! Normally, I would not light fires under the butts of my friends, but you know, this has to be done and all that! Let me know what you need from me.
Also, David is downstairs making loon noises and the dogs are going crazy up here.

1) to all those people who whine about global warming, all I have to say is, “go back to the moon you fucking hippies!”. It was 46 degrees today in the middle of January. It smelled like spring. I give it 2 years, maybe 3, before the ocean creeps across the country and stops at the Mississippi River. At that time I will live less than a mile from the ocean and will hopefully have pelicans living in my back yard. See, I don’t have to move out east, I can be patient and the ocean will come to me. The ocean is coming to me!!!
2) I check the stats on my site about once or twice a week. Nothing terribly exciting, mostly I’m interested in seeing which search terms got people here (why! why, if you already know the url would you put it in the search box?? People, that just does not make sense!!!!) and where I’m linked from. Most links are ones I know about, friend’s sites or comments I have left places. A few are perplexing, I’m linked on a rock band’s site. Of course my favorites are when I’m linked on pages that are secret or blocked or password protected. OOOOH!!! Super secret hidden!! What sort of shenanigans are afoot that I would be mentioned in such a secretive setting??
3) I’ve eaten far too much today and none of it any good. I need to only eat good things from now on. I don’t mean good-for-me things, just things that taste good. There are a finite number of meals left in my life, I should love each one.
4) Obligatory dog update…Ghengis has another ear infection, 5 drops twice a day should clear that up. Maddie still stares at me with undying affection. Her foot is healing beautifully. Still trying to coordinate a Milo-Ghengis play summit.
5) I found my camera cable! Go me! Now I can get more pictures going. HUZZAH!
6) anyone wanna go to chicago with me? I need to go to Trader Joes!