mood to burn bridges
last friday morning the handle snapped off of my five-month-old, stainless steel italian stovetop coffee pot. this means that either it was a weak solder job or i drink way too much coffee. friday also...
View Articleit pays to procrastinate
this is a very, very bad lesson for me to be learning.so as part of my latest gig, i'm supposed to book myself on a grand canyon rafting trip. these trips are so notoriously popular and on the level of...
View Articlethree mornings
tomorrow morning (on 07/07/07), at 7am, this sleepy chica will be getting on a van and heading for lees ferry to start six days of rafting, hiking and getting high off the overwhelming hugeness and...
View Articlefeet on the brain
midafternoon summer thunderclaps seem an appropriate welcome to boulder, my new hometown as of three days ago. midafternoon is about the time when i'm looking out my 2nd-story bedroom window at the...
View Articlehunting & gathering
pros+ there's a peet's in boulder (be still my over-caffeinated heart)!+ i'm told there's a good asian market in town, but i've managed to get fish sauce, tamarind paste and organic, locally-made tofu...
View Articlepursuing the perseids
my car wouldn't start on saturday morning because i still haven't learned just how low i can go in this new-to-me car. when i turned the ignition, the car computer warned me i was low on coolant, but i...
View Articlefall
well damn, it's fall.woke this morning to fog over the foothills, and am wearing jeans, sweater, and socks. current temperature is 56 degrees at 11:42am! made me feel right at home – it's just like...
View Articleweather report
it's snowing!!!yesterday the sun was shining, it got into the high 70s and i went running in tank top and shorts.i'd been advised to get winter boots and a windshield-scraper thing before the weather...
View Articleplague of ladybugs
i don't know where they're all coming from, but my sunny bay window is crawling with em. a few times a day i'll go around with a juice glass and piece of cardboard and do a round of capture-and-flick...
View Articlelet me stand next to your fire
before, there was firehazard. i've left her behind and so will refrain from linking to those incidents in which she accidentally set the bathroom on fire and shocked herself while changing a lightbulb...
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disconnect
i can't see myself ever getting over the thrill of spying a few first sparse, stray snowflakes that eventually give way to full-on snowfall.a few nights ago i worked for a few hours at a nearby café,...
View Articlethree fun things
1. barack obama is your new bicycle.2. sobering, but incredible, monumental art: an american self-portrait. [sent by mavlove]3. stuff white people like. a scientific survey.
View Articlei'm sure i'll get over it
but it's 75° today! the sun is out, sky is blue! the city is hurriedly repainting yellow lines in parking lots and everyone and their dog has donned their cycling jerseys and hit the roads and trails...
View Articleinsomnia can bite me
waking up at 3 or 4am every morning and not being able to fall back asleep has a detrimental effect on, like, MEETING DEADLINES.in other words, be glad i'm not returning your call.that is all.
View Articlethank you melatonin
lately i've been so easily pleased. i almost couldn't stand it this morning when i saw all the fat gobs of snow covering the trees and hillsides, i was so thrilled.then i worked a whole bunch, and...
View Articleon phones
some stranger – with whom i spent about half an hour on the phone because his company was providing me with a service – got comfortable enough with our friendly transaction to tell me that i had a...
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south by southwest
so, my not-employer is paying for me to do the rim-to-rim hike of the grand canyon, which i didn't have time to do last year. i did hike out of the canyon from river to rim, after a week rafting the...
View Articlemyanmar crisis
the people of myanmar (burma) were already suffering from the rice shortage, and life under an oppressive military regime, when the cyclone hit. they're saying the death toll is at 22,000, but i'm sure...
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people vs rocks
next time i start complaining about my line of work, please just roll your eyes indulgently (as if you don't already) and remind me, 'grand canyon, bitch!' i've been to some awe-inspiring and unique...
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neighbors
it doesn't feel quite so bad being stuck inside trying to meet deadlines when you can glance out your back window and see this sort of scene:...or this:i'm a little concerned for this teeny-tiny guy...
View Articlebush in beijing
our prez representing the amurkin people for all to see, internationally. whee! (sigh.)'... the president doesn't have to consume actual alcohol to act like a bumbling fraternity president. Still, it's...
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circle of jello
back in august while the DNC was convening in denver, it so happened that some dudes i was hanging with were friendly with a certain jello biafra, who spoke at a ralph nader rally and later met us for...
View Articlepost-halloween silly scariness
hee heeeee... silly boulderites with their naked pumpkin run. i don't know what i love more – that there's a man with a bullhorn informing the drunken crowd that there are compost bins on the north...
View Articlesnow days
8 inches of snow + 50 feet of driveway + 1 shovel = great 45-minute workoutafter a night and day of beautiful snowfall early this week, i had to go to the hardware store and post office, so i warmed up...
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fire & ice
i didn't believe the people who told me, when i first moved here, that boulder winters are 'mild.'ha ha, whatever, crazy colorado person, i said. but surprisingly, winters haven't been all that bad....
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