oh monday

i'm adding recalls to the list of events that seem to be eventing more often than i have ever paid notice to. i suppose that is an integral part of this observation. since finishing school and joining the tedious and banal work force, my attention has been directed more outward to the world and greater events beyond myself. this results in a whole new level of anxiety in foods, planes, and all sorts of once comfortable thoughts.

spinach! peanut butter! now pistachios! eeks

the world is round, people

stuff like this really freaks me out. the argument that teaching creationism in high schools encourages critical thinking is the largest pile of poo. critical thinking is not ignoring evidence. someone needs to seriously mess with texas and get on the freakin evolution train because, like robert kuhn says "two plus 2 is not five".

i have never understood why believing in god means you can't believe in evolution, its beautiful people, and any god would be proud.

the sky is falling?

is it just me or is there a lot more plane crashes happening these days?

final reel?

even though i had mostly forgotten about the fisher price view masters, their slow demise makes me sad. i don't think i ever had one personally, but they were always a blast for a few minutes at other people's houses.


thanks economist for the 3-dimensional journey back to my childhood.

oh carnitas

i really dislike line jumpers. with that said, if i was smart enough to phone in for my delicious burrito at the fancy burrito place with a 15 person line then, by all means, i should be able to jump ahead in line, right? i mean, if my burrito is sitting there getting cold while 15 people are trying to decide between black refried beans and regular ones, then that doesn't really make me a line jumper.

regardless, the anxiety of deciding whether to be a sissy and wait 20 minutes or literally stall the line 20 seconds nearly gives me an ulcer every time.

heartbeats and wintery mornings

the recent snow storm allowed me an extra day of vacationing in new york this past weekend. so how did i spend my extra day? playing in the snow in central park of course! it was the first time i've seen snow in probably over ten years, so like a good grown up i tried to disturb any pristine areas of snow, and although i didn't have a companion to snow ball fight with, i lived vicariously through those that did, in a totally not creepy but with a really huge smile kind of way.