stolen from galaxy grrl

THINGS
Things you MUST have in your fridge:
millet bread, DiGiorno spinach & mushroom pizza, milk (for my cereal!), brita pitcher of water, salad fixins, salsa, pasta (i keep it in the fridge!), shredded mexican 4-cheese blend

Things you WISH you always had in your fridge:
Ice cream, orange juice, chocolate cake, boar's head ovengold turkey & havarti cheese (from the deli)

Things you HAVE to have in your cupboards:
a good selection of tea, chocolate decaf coffee, liquid stevia, tortilla chips, mac and cheese, barilla mushroom & garlic pasta sauce,

Things you never eat:
lima beans, beets, liver, seafood, super-spicy dishes

Things you always eat:
pizza, salad (esp w/ chicken & mandarin orange), soup, sandwiches, stir-fry, vegetarian chili, chips & salsa, scrambled eggs w/cheese and veggies, mashed potatos, apples with peanut butter, bagels, etc etc

Things you like to do when you are alone (masturbation does NOT count):
Read books, watch movies, mess around online, go to a bookstore & look around, dance around the house, bead, knit...

Things you think about a LOT:
Books, personal issues, the cats, stuff i need to do, the future...

doing the legwork. except, you know, in a car.

I went to the laundromat and it was not entirely unpleasant.
An old man literally cornered me and told me about a trip he's taking to NY tomorrow, to go to a party for his son who is retiring after 20 years in the Navy. Then it turns out that he has a Navy family, as his other son has been on submarines for 27 years, and as he was himself in the Navy in WW2. He seemed like a nice man... from Brooklyn or Queens, I think. He was talking about how much he didn't want to be in the war, because he had just gotten married and had a newborn son at the time. This is what I could gather of what he told me, since I'm slightly hard of hearing and I was sitting inbetween two washing machines that were washing away. I had to watch his mouth as he spoke... I don't read lips or anything, but I find that if I am having trouble understanding people, it helps to watch their mouths.

After that I went down to the bookstore and bought myself the 13-hour cd set of the BBC's Lord of the Rings radio adaptation, the one from the early 1970s. It was a bit ouchy in the pocketbook, but I figure I can resell it when I come home. I just don't think I can deal with 18 hours of driving alone just listening to music... it will be nice to "hear someone talk" too. That's why I bought the set. I thought about buying The Corrections on cd as well, but decided to hold off for now, since I don't know whether or not I will actually like the story. I know I like the story of LOTR, and since I consider the books nearly unreadable on my own, it'll be cool to have the story told to me. I also bought the new Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto books. Required reading.

Oh, and before I did any of this, I stopped by the travel agency to pick up my maps and guidebooks. I have to compare the map they made up for me with the map I made for myself on MapQuest. I think they're pretty much the same.

Now I'm home.

very very sad

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/08/14/floods/index.html

poor elephant. :( :( :(