Author: Virginia

A collection of today’s thoughts: – The receptionist at my work is friends with Franka Potente (Lola in Run Lola Run).?? I’m not normally the starstruck type, but she is THE actor-person I most idolize.?? Little stars dancing in my eyes. – The only Christmas card I’ve gotten so far is from the director of… Continue reading I???m all over the place today

So in the past week or so, there have been a couple of notable occurrences in my house that I feel are worth mentioning.?? A couple months ago, we became the proud owners of a Snackmaster toasted sandwich maker.?? Yum – grilled cheese, the easy way.?? So there you have it – so we started… Continue reading mayonnaise!

So, before I start my whining, allow me to disclaimer myself:?? I do it too.?? I too allow myself to become sucked into the web of antisocial technology that is taking over our society.?? I am of those who don headphones every morning and evening to make the commute more bearable.?? Because my time to… Continue reading The ipod will be the end of us

Calling all insomniacs! So I’ve been an off-and-on insomniac for pretty much the past ten years – basically, ever since I started high school – and it’s something I really struggle with. Because of this, I go out of my way to avoid caffeine in almost all forms (can’t cut the chocolate entirely, but I… Continue reading Sweet dreams are made of these???

???was reorganizing our office supplies drawer.?? And re-stocking our “freakout” office-supply drawer in the copy room. PEOPLE!?? I ORGANIZED AND SORTED BINDER CLIPS ACCORDING TO SIZE.?? Someone please either shoot me now, or hire me to do ANYTHING BUT THIS. I guess I’m going to go research wireless internet pricing and surf the web for… Continue reading the most important work I???ve done today

PROS: – I get to go kayak caroling tonight (houseboats, singing, kayaking, hot buttered rum, mulled wine, cookies, Santa hats!) – It’s the last day of the work week (and I’m wearing a Santa hat at work like the huge dork that I am) – They’re finally taking out our stinky trash today. – Candy… Continue reading TGIF: pros and cons

Yesterday my bus was like 40 minutes late, and then it started making some weird noises about a mile from my house, and then a weird buzzing sound bell came on, and then we smelled burning, and then the driver called Metro and said it was buzzing and that she smelled burning, and then she… Continue reading ???And then it caught on fire.

Ha, ha, ha. So this is an addendum to my prior post “One Last Puff” (see below) – because, see, Christian blogged about me first [1], so I guess it’s my duty to blog back. And for the record, I didn’t blog about it originally because I still usually feel guilty about writing about people… Continue reading Of pancakes, Freud, and Reality TV

Not to brag/speculate/tempt fate with an act of overwhelmingly defiant ate, but I think I’d make a great EMT. Or any kind of crisis worker. I handle my shit pretty well in intensely stressful situations. I don’t tend to freak out – I sort of resort to a very collected and calculating side of myself,… Continue reading must perform well under stress

So I made the oblivious move of being in a smoking-OK bar last night, otherwise known as One Last Puff Night, in which all smokers (including many not-usually-smokers, I suspect) celebrated and smoked in the establishment as one last testament to their lost freedom. Needless to say, while I had a nice time in said… Continue reading one last puff