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December 20, 2005
eXtreme Status Update
Damn you, Loathing. I just started adventuring in the Crimbo Village and what do they do? Rollover. My timing is all screwed up since it is an hour later here. Guess I'll post instead. I am sure that J has been desperately missing my constant status updates, so I will give a few:
1. Mouth not as minty-fresh as when using eXtreme Clean toothpaste. New Vanilla Mint is tasty, but not as overwhelmingly powerful.
2. Legs chapped and painfully dry, though weather was a temperate 30 ABOVE zero here.
3. Enjoying wearing makeup again, but afraid I will become addicted, i.e. afraid to see my skin without foundation.
4. Had a slight headache, thought it seems to be going away thanks to judicious application of ibuprofen and sparkling water.
In slightly less bodily-oriented news, we ate a yummalicious and greasified dinner at a large local restaurant where the freaky (though I'm sure he thought himself quite charming) waiter kept calling my mom "Miss" and referring to she and I first as "ladies" and doing such things as conspicuously offering us diet soda and girly drinks. Great. He was gross. People never pull that shit when I'm with J.
We also went to the most strange and incredible grocery store ever. It is like a Byerly's combined with Surdyks x3. They sell US100 glass decanters there (?!) in addition to a multitude of sweet and savory treats.
Still haven't started grading those final papers. I think I will start tomorrow afternoon. After we make a trip to Alexandria to go to , of course. I am hoping for some soft wool roving (BFL? Corriedale?) and maybe some of those silk hankies written about on Knitty. Tantalizing!
My mom keeps trying to buy me clothes, but most of what I have tried has been icky. I did managed to scoop up a lovely brown tweed below-the-knee dress on sale from Ann Taylor. It even has a little flouncy-flounce at the bottom. I really love it. Need some brown sexy-librarian shoes to go with it.
It is really pretty nice out here, especially when the sun is shining, but I'm afraid it is still too cold (for me, anyhow) to go running. I have decided to pursue a rigorous regimen of nightly sit-ups instead. Thus, I must be off to sit up repeatedly.
Oh, yeah... and I'm in Virginia now.
Posted by loyd0008 at December 20, 2005 9:53 PM
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Can't wait to see that dress! Also, watch out for rug burn...
Posted by: j. at December 21, 2005 9:52 AM
Guess what! Damnable Melissa gave Leanna and I both her disease. Headache is one of the symptoms. WATCH OUT! Incubation time = now. BTW, I am crazy and booked a flight to Taipei for Spring Break (I had a coupon for $100 off and Mr. Lai is paying half). Soo o excited. Happy Xmas!
Posted by: Taryn at December 23, 2005 9:02 PM
Damnit! This is why she should have gone HOME instead of playing the martyr and sticking around when we made it so easy for her to go.
I am feeling a little sick, but I think that is because I have this horrible horrible student who keeps complaining about grades...
Congrats about spring break!!! J & I might be going to Italy during the summer! Woohoo!
Posted by: villain at December 24, 2005 11:33 AM