Friday, June 30, 2006

Productive Workday

We just got a frozen yogurt machine in my building. It has vanilla, chocolate, and v/c swirl. It is a smooth, cool, delicious, glee-inducing taste explosion.

I love that fro-yo machine like McAdams loves Gosling.



You can expect a follow-up post in a few months about how I've gained 20 pounds.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Psych!

Cattell's 16 Factor Test Results
Warmth ||||||||||||||||||||| 70%
Intellect ||||||||||||||||||||| 70%
Emotional Stability |||||||||||||||||||||||| 74%
Aggressiveness ||||||||||||||| 42%
Liveliness ||||||||||||||||||||| 62%
Dutifulness ||||||||||||||| 50%
Social Assertiveness |||||||||||||||||| 54%
Sensitivity |||||||||||||||||| 54%
Paranoia ||||||||| 22%
Abstractness |||||||||||||||||||||||| 78%
Introversion |||||||||||| 38%
Anxiety |||||||||||||||||| 54%
Openmindedness |||||||||||||||||| 54%
Independence |||||||||||||||||| 54%
Perfectionism ||||||||||||||| 42%
Tension |||||||||||| 34%
Take Cattell 16 Factor Test (similar to 16pf)
personality tests by similarminds.com


Too bad there weren't any questions about what it means when you take unscientific personality quizzes to give yourself a mental break at work.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

New Orleans: Part the First

I'm here at the lovely Le Richelieu Hotel with Josh. Just a short post for now, but a few teaser pictures to let y'all know what I've been up to. Hugs and hurricanes (the drink, not the weather) to everyone!


Alligator heart marshmallows.



Random overly tanned hick fisherman heart nicotine.



Julie heart Josh...



...and beignets!

Monday, June 19, 2006

Joobie is a bad bookworm

The NY Times recently came out with a list of the best fiction since 1980. The sad news? I've only read two of the books on the list. The NYT really seems to love them some Philip Roth, which is okay, so do I, but I'm surprised to see his name up there 6 times, along with Don De Lillo at 3 and Cormac McCarthy at 2.

Their top pick is Beloved by Toni Morrison, which I haven't read. I'm a bit bummed that there's only one other book by a woman on the list: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. I may have to pick that one up based purely on the front cover and one reader's description of the "innumerable shining passages" of language within it.

Check out the list and see if you've been reading good fiction for the last 25 years or just mediocre literary dung like me.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Maybe I should've called it TV and Empathy...

Because apparently I rule at empathy.

Don't worry, I will be a benevolent ruler.

Your results:

You are Deanna Troi
You are a caring and loving individual. You understand people's emotions and you are able to comfort and counsel them.




Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Test



That one was for you, Corey! Now you go take it so we can all confirm that you're Jordi. Ohhhh snap!

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Absence makes my mom rock even harder.

My mom is so great. She just came out for a visit, and although it was brief, it was non-stop fun. We did the following, in no particular order:

- shopped at Affordable Treasures
- ate cookies
- went to the mall
- ate El Burro
- went to the library
- ate Zachary's
- went to the fabric store
- ate sandwiches
- played frisbee
- ate Rubio's
- played ping pong
- ate hors d'oeuvres
- watched Faerie Tale Theater
- ate extreme southwestern buffet
- played "Death is not an option"
- ate Del Taco
- got a dress fitted for Sar
- ate potentially rancid yogurt
- named all 50 states (sort of)

Yes, it is as wild, crazy, and gut-busting as it sounds. All in all, it was four days packed to the brim with revelry, frivolity, and gluttony. Pictorial highlights below!

Mom heart Sar. Sar heart Cool Ranch Doritos.


I demonstrate why I am a Taurus.


Mom finds a surly and jaundiced temporary stand-in for Phil.


Josh gives mom the old karate serve.

And, last but not least...

Drumroll, please...

The triumphant return of the arms-length photo!


Oh! And I bought comfy sandals. Pivotal detail. PiVOOOOOOT!

Monday, June 12, 2006

I ain't too proud to love P&P.

I've been doing so much writing for my other blog and for work that it's hard to muster up the enthusiasm to put together some personal posts. However, I did stumble across this in my internet travels and I wanted to share it with all my fellow Pride and Prejudice fans.

It's hard to be Colin Firth. Alas!

And if you're a Veronica Mars fan of any sort, you may be interested in this lovely garment, which you may also have seen me sporting while out and about. It's what all the hip young pitbull-possessing private eyes are wearing now.

And, if you know me even in the slightest capacity, you are likely aware of my obsession with all things VM; and if, perhaps, you want to buy me a very extravagant present for being so very *me* and delightfully obsessed, I don't think you could go wrong getting me tickets to this little hootenanny. No?

And since I am like totally from Southern California? This, like, article was of way interest to me. You know? Yuh-huh. It's about, like, how people can't talk good anymore. As if!

And lastly, on my parade through the fields of the random, is it wrong for me to want these shoes? I'd like to think not, as I have not yet reached mid-mid-life, but little Tinkerbell in all her twinkly goodness might just be mocking me for no longer being a teenage girl and wanting to wear her nonetheless. However, they are purple!



Ergo they must be enjoyed! By me! Despite fairy standoffishness and sparkly immaturity, which we all know I've never paid attention to anyway.