lab astronaut

my boss just paid me ten dollars to make her chocolate chip cookies.  i think i like this new responsibility.




(they were very tasty.)

yes

dean martin & shirley maclaine

ciao

on this lovely afternoon i am skipping out of work to look at a new apartment.  the thought of moving isn't terribly thrilling, but it might be nice for a change of scenery.  and being a block from rudyard's wouldn't be bad.

my morning commute, in smells

rye toast, car exhaust, cut grass, elephant manure*, skunk, stagnant water, cut grass, cigarettes, cheap cologne, chemicals, gasoline, bacterial broth, coffee.



*although i am prone to exaggeration, this is actually true; i park at the zoo and the back of the elephant pens are right along the sidewalk towards the med center. can't see them but sometimes i hear them.

victory

not bad, n'est pas?

i got high fives, an 'outstanding' from buck, and a set of martini glasses for winning Most Creative in the mcelroy's costume contest. credit is really due to sean, though, for making the flag and ears for me at the last minute.

and sing songs by diana ross

a letter to sid vicious after he was arrested for killing his girlfriend, found here.

'i don't like dress-ups'

halloween costume progress: 60%

not bad, given my track record. it usually takes me til october 30th to even make a decision on what to be. i have high hopes for this year; it should be fairly easy to acquire, comfortable, and somewhat original. the hardest part is getting michelle to go along.. like i said, aussies don't really do halloween.

scary movie choices, however, have been lacking. i netflixed 'let the right one in', which i yawned through, with the exception of 30 seconds at the end. not worth it. i should know better than to stray from bravo's list.

the future

'breakfasts' = funnier than 'breakfast'

dangerous

tasti d-lite is in houston?? whaaat? i may never eat real ice cream again.

autumnnnn

things i am pining for:
a bright yellow shirt
pastrami on rye
some effing cool weather

dude. when will it end? the humidity once again has me in the throes of a 'houston sucks' mood, it's hard to like a place when every day i arrive at work a sweaty mess. however we've kept up the charade that it's fall and had a pumpkin-carving party last weekend. apparently australia doesn't really celebrate halloween, so i gave michelle a lesson. step one: get a really big spoon.

it was a huge success, and by that i mean no one lost any appendages. a lot of people got all fancy with their designs, but i kept it traditional with the 'triangle eyes two teeth smile' method.

next up: scary movie selections.