That’s what my new friend, Patrick, told me. He might be right.

Subject: S&TC
Message: “I’m watching a couple of episodes from season 3, when they go to L.A for a vacation. It’s great, because they mostly just openly bitch about L.A. (as well as making subtle jabs), and by the end of it, they’re all completely disgusted and can’t wait to get back to NY.
Makes me think of you.”

At first I had no idea what “S&TC” was, but once I said it out loud I got it.

BTW - KJ says anyone who doesn’t like that show doesn’t understand women. Which means I don’t understand women. Which could be true…

“A.M.” and “P.M.” doesn’t really bother me. I actually prefer to use “am” and “pm”, but that’s because I’m a fan of the lowercase. The upper is just too harsh to me.

I have been conscious of “a lot” and “all right” since a 3rd grade spelling test. I will sometimes write “alright”, but I generally catch it and fix it.

Misspelled words and inaccurate use of apostrophes in general irritate me. Don’t people proofread anymore?

I hate the misuse of “there”, “their”, and “they’re”.

I hate words misspelled on purpose for cuteness. “Nite” and “Kwik” for example. Aren’t people stupid enough on their own? We don’t need society encouraging it.

I also hate it when animals encourage carnivorism.

On those two notes, The Chick-Fil-A campaigns send me into a fit of rage. Illiterate cows telling me to eat chickens? No thanks.

   

Most of the time when I think about group travel with strangers, I think about how it is definitely not for me. Participating in cheesy intros and peace activities. Traveling by someone else’s schedule. A complete lack of organization. Too much Thai food. :-)

But then I think about our village. How excited we were when we realised for the 1st time that we could walk “home” by ourselves and not get lost. An amazing surprise trip to the “Royal Project”. Bathing with the bugs. Sleeping on the floor. Watching young Thai kids get drunk and learning who has a crush on who.

And then I remember how much I miss you and I love you and I so glad we got to have such an amazing adventure together!

Karaoke is Deadly
Originally uploaded by Chairhead.

Guess who’s playing at The Echo this weekend?

You were right! It is a band!

Dear Chair,

I got my ticket to L.A. today. It cost me 10 whole dollars. I also bought my tickets to both DeVotchKa shows. The L.A. show, at the Troubadour, was $15. After Ticketmaster charges, it was $27. Ummmmm… that just seems criminal.

Other than 2 glorious nights of DeVotchKa, here are my other plans (a personal reminder):

• Mix Tape for Adrian
  Sunday, July 30th, 2006
  Blacksburg
  free-ish
• Balkan Beat Box
  Tuesday, Sept, 12, 2006
  @ The Orange Peel
  $10
• Brazilian Girls
  Saturday, Sept, 23, 2006
  @ Starr Hill
  $10
• Del w/Hieroglyphics & Gorillaz
  Saturday, Oct 14, 2006
  @ Starr Hill
  $18

Who’s with me?

I never got it.

But I still love you. Immensely.

… But this is James and his baby sister. And I mean baby sister.

Geez - we’re almost 30!

I love me some James though.

(I love me some everything!)

I woke up at 9 this morning to the sound of the doorbell ringing. Jules went to see what it was, and surprise, surprise, it was Mrs. Fed-Ex delivering my new 13″ MacBook! The email said it would be coming on the 31st, but it was wrong-a.

My first impression was that it was SO HUGE. 13″ widescreen is way bigger than 12″ 4:3. I feel like I’ve got a 15″ PowerBook now. I need to set it next to KJ’s so I can feel good about it being small again.

I have been nervous about its arrival. It was definitely an impulse buy. I’m not so sure about this Rosetta business slowing things down, but so far I haven’t experienced any real problems. I love the super bright screen, and the Airport picks up way better than the PowerBook.

The real test will be Boot Camp. I’ll save that for tomorrow.

After the Mac morning I went to work with Linda. Work today consisted of getting my first ever pedicure, then a trip to the drug store, followed by lunch at Moe’s.

Pedicures are my new favorite thing. I cut my toenails on purpose last night, because I hate it when people cut and file my fingernails for me, so I figured toenails would be even worse. She still filed them though, first thing, which was bordering on unbearable, but I made it through with fists clenched. That shit does not feel nice.

It was a rough start, but after that I got to soak my feet in a little mini hot tub. The soak was followed by a good buffing, a cuticle pushing back thing, and a sugar scrub. Then I got a paraffin treatment, which was definitely the highlight. I liked the way my feet felt all covered in wax. I felt like a statue.

Once the paraffin was off, I was lotioned up a bit and then all done. I opted not to get my little toesies painted. Mostly because the color selection was not so hot. Corals, and pinks, and reds, and such. Yuppie colors.

She told me that I had surprisingly nice feet for never having had a pedicure before. That’s me. Surprisingly nice feet.

Immediately after the pedicure, I just felt kinda so-so about the whole experience. Getting all lotioned up and then having to put your shoes back on (summer - no socks) isn’t really the best experience ever. I was slipping around in there.

But here’s what did it - Back in Linda’s car I was reading her latest copy of First (she ALWAYS has that mag in her car), and there was a page about recommended foot products. One of them was this buffer thing for nail ridges. It said that nail ridges were caused from everyday stress to the nails - high heels, dropping things on your toes, cramped shoes, etc. No big deal - but you can buff them away. I thought, “Hey, I’ve got those things on my big toes.” That’s when I reached down to feel them and… THEY WERE GONE! My nail ridges had been buffed away!

Oh happy day, I was so excited, and right then and there declared pedicures the best thing ever.