driving to work

for the past two days, at least, there has been a baby carseat sitting on the corner outside the mormon church (or should i say the church of the latter-day saints) on stanford ave. it must be a sign.

there is a point, as i drive on alvarado towards work, where the trees are so tall and yellow and orange and the sky so blue that i feel like i'm up in the mountains, like heidi (with goats!). it's what makes getting up at 6:45 am worth it (that and the meager salary, i suppose).

still can't wait for "the hills" though

there are times when i realize i am really not the pop culture junkie i think i am. those times are called the laguna beach finale. which was dull as tombs. more importantly it was absolutely awful to watch without commercials. i seriously need a break between shitty half-acting spells and ditziness.

realization, however: jessica is too dumb for birth control.

i mean the jessica on tv. i hope no real jessicas feel insulted by that comment.

websites i look at when i am bored at work

nytimes.com
yahoo.com (no scrolling down, no looking at entertainment news for fear of seeing results of apprentice episodes)
salon.com
dailykos.com
atrios.com
defamer.com
pinkisthenewblog.com
bankofamerica.com (checking finances)
televisionwithoutpity.com
mcsweeneys.net
all-story.com (subscription)
comcast.com (paying cable bill)
aim.com (downloading aim to work computer)
msn.com (reading gossip article about mary kate olsen)
tvgasm.com (reading laguna beach summaries)
dictionary.com (looking up words sean uses in emails)
google.com (googling tax terms)
wikipedia.com
kittenwar.com
popmatters.com
latimes.com
sacbee.com (shoot me now)
emkettering.blogspot.com (looking for comments)
facebook.com (recently updated friends)
nbc.com/The_Apprentice_4/
gmail.com (obvious)
city.palo-alto.ca.us/library/

less homemade (in parts), though no less awesome, signage. 

signage.

typical night for me

a beer, chex mix or other salty snack, and either girly children's books or girly movies... not in that sense. meaning i read/watch anne of green gables or pride and prejudice and drink a beer. i am all contradictions and awesomeness.