msbelle: [link] Nifty, huh?

Yeah, I'm really not. I'm really not that granola at all. I'm an SUV driving person who drives a mile to work most days! I like plastic ziploc bags. Sure I make my own granola, but it's more because I can control how it tastes. I shop at whole foods not for organic food or hemp shit, but because I'm sort of a weirdo foodie. Foodie? Yes. Tree Hugger? Maybe. But Hippie? Oh hell no.

-t is right! Cyanide in both apple seeds and almonds.

ah, but not the ones we eat now. jeez. scared.

google search also gave me arsenic in them. So double poisons in the bitter almonds?

Everywhere? Because that sounds good.

We will sell you everything and everyone for the almighty Amerikkkan dollar.

Mmm. Hydration. Must obtain more before passing out early.

I think I have a lift to ice cream, Kat. Makes it more likely, even if I feel like crap.

all this talk did was to make me get up off my butt and dig into the 2lb bin of almonds. mmmmmm.

I'm sadly ice creamless.

I think I have a life to ice cream, Kat. Makes it more likely, even if I feel like crap.

YAY! I do hope you don't feel like crap.

Cashmere, you should come here and have ice cream (and beer. We have pretty yummy beer).

Fun quote from an email about me from a former student. She sent it to a colleague (she's going to Occidental)

As for my classes, every freshmen had to choose a "Cultural Studies Program" or CSP which all contain 16 students. I selected "Magical Realism and the Fantastic in Latin America"...I was also able to mention the connection between Franz Kafka and Borges in one of our discussions. I was surprised to hear only three other students knew of Kafka. So, it felt kinda cool when the teacher asked if any of us knew of him, and I was able to give a quick synopsis on "The Metamorphosis" and how the grotesque and gothic novels relate to the idea of the "fantastic" in Borges' work, thanks to Ms. G. ^__^

I feel that Ms. G's class prepared me a lot for college level writing. Her classroom style is a lot like how the classes are here. You're given a syllabus and are expected to the assignments on the syllabus on your own. When I heard four pages, I was actually really excited because I've done a handful of those, haha. There is also a lot of help offered by the teachers.

Dana's hotel internet isn't working. I think we all can agree that this is pants.

I'm eating a giant vat of watermelon and honeydew. Theoretically, I know that watermelon comes in shades other than red, but when I have bright yellow fruit of this consistency, I really expect it to be pineapple.

I have a five ingredient vanilla in my freezer which goes very well with rum cream. Very nice indeed. But I'm keeping my palatte free for my just deserts.

I got into a mild tiff out there in the world wild web beyonds with a woman who told another wife not to take too many vacations without her man, or she'd lose him.

And why would she want to spend time away from her BFF/SO? He's just so much cooler than everything else she knows!

As a singleton, bfah! I'd like to think I'm not just a consolation prize, hung out with when marrieds can't find their true other. Sometimes, both with and without their SO, they like what they're doing. In fact, sometimes, this friend Might.Even.Think. "I'd like to hang out with ita more right now--back to you in a sec."

Sheeit, I'm stealing spouses or trying to move in with anyone. Just that you want a lot of stuff, and different stuff from different people, you know? If you could only hang out with one person for the rest of your life--perhaps it's them, but YOU DON'T HAVE TO. It's not the end of the world. The rest of us all right here for diversions. You only need to spend most of your time with your SO.

eta: Kat, are you sure you want me there? You already have an SO, and I've been told that should be entirely sufficient stimulation for you.

I would recommend a spa weekend at the Arlington. Beautiful old-style hotel, mineral baths, massages, outdoor hot tub on the mountainside, national park with scenic overlooks nearby to go hiking in if you feel the need for exercise.

That's where I was planning on going, before my business trip to Dallas was canceled. Darn snow!