"Jackson wouldn't want to go topless in France." No one is arguing. Topless? At work? No, on the beach. Oh, much more appropriate. True. For anyone who does not watch the show (females, you should! males, just roll your eyes and enjoy the zany randomness of it all) the rest…
Just call me Mistress Chief...
Even with only 8 months of marriage under my belt, I've already noted the importance and significance of compromise. Tonight Jon wanted to play Halo with some buddies. I wanted to watch Gilmore Girls. Hmmmm... which is more important. Well, I decided in an uncharacteristically Solomonic moment, Gilmore Girls can…
May Day, May Fly, Maypole, May I?
April is over and May is here! Thank goodness. I love the big blue sky, tiny white clouds, flower-covered hillsides. The warm spring breezes helped ease me up to Davis today. I almost didn't mind the drive. (Almost!) May is also the perfect month for love. Love comes easily in…
I hate sweaters.
Never in my life have I folded more sweaters! Tonight I worked after closing at Banana Republic . You'd think folding would be simple enough to handle, even hour after hour. But I'm here to tell you that you're wrong. Folding isn't simple, it's mind-numbingly boring. And when store policy includes…
"Let me in, man! I'm suede!"
One afternoon not long after high school graduation, the Ya-Yas (Cindy and Amy) and I went on a drive. Our destination does not matter (it has since been forgotten, mostly because we never reached it anyway). The point is that Amy had donated a CD to our mini-adventure: Jerry Seinfeld…
Camping
Jon and me on a hike in Yosemite, February 2005. Thankfully my parents were big fans of camping. They took me on my first camping trip when I was less than a year old. There are some great pictures of my dad with me in one of those little carry-the-baby-everywhere…
Waking up
Being married is beautiful (99% of the time anyway). A while ago I wrote this poem after one of the first times I woke up next to Jon. And it's still true. I hope it always will be (99% of the time anyway). Morning in Love Opening my eyes to…
My own library
A few of the classics... It may come as no surprise (after all, I am an English major) that over my lifetime I've been influenced by many, many books. I remembered a couple of my favorite childhood stories today. So I thought I would take a second to recall a…