just one small sip
i want to drink from the goblet of fire.
that would be harry potter and the goblet of fire. the book is sitting on my desk here at work, taunting me to read. it's so good. I CAN'T WAIT for the 6th one to come out.
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May 31, 2005
the arch was way cooler than i thought it'd be
May 30, 2005
i'm bummed
this entry is dedicated to george, the blog brother i never met...
i was talking on the phone to my mom on thursday telling her my weekend plans of going to st. louis for khalid's cousin's wedding, and then getting back in time on sunday to hang out with lacey and meet george. she was a little concerned with all the stories of people meeting weirdos through the internet. but i was all like, "mommy, he's my blog brother!" so naturally, he'd be great.
i maintain that he is still probably great, but i never met him. :( the drive back from st. louis took place much much later than anticipated and we returned too late and exhausted. who knew that a supposed 4 hour drive could take so long?
now it's even worse that i just read lacey's latest entry of dancing up a storm with george. man, that could have been me, dancing along right beside 'em. i'm totally bummed.
so next time, george, next time. we WILL meet.
May 25, 2005
mother knows best
or does she? maybe she just fooled me into thinking she knows best...
there were things that my mother told me to do growing up that i thought were ridiculous. for example, she would nag at me when i washed dishes and i didn't put the knives in the drying rack, blade end up. she insisted that they dried better that way, and would come around after my dad or i did dishes and changed them all so the blade was up. why mommy? would they really dry faster? if so, how much faster could they possibly dry? i thought she was positively crazy.
fast forward 10 years to now. i just got a new knife set since andrea took hers with her. there i was washing dishes and i started to realize that i was taking great care to let the knife dry blade side up. and then, i did the unthinkable and flipped the knives khalid had washed so they, too, could dry blade side up. what is this behavior? there is no logic behind it! and i bet i'm going to tell my kids to dry their knives that way too, and they're going to think i'm just as crazy as i think my mom is.
May 23, 2005
take a looksy
so the apartment is about done. there are still a few things left to hang, but i couldn't really do those by myself this weekend. khalid gets back with his fam this evening, and now we have a pretty nice place to show off. take note of the big weekend activity - the chairs. anna and i spent saturday recovering (from green plaid) and repainting them (and the back porch...oops!). i couldn't have done it without her and they look awesome!
May 20, 2005
so much gotten done...
but still so much left to do.
the big moves finished up last weekend and khalid and i have slowly been settling into our "new" place. we painted the walls yellow and bought a red couch (pics to come soon). i think what really makes it a home is the piece of useless furniture we bought. you know the kind that doesn't serve much purpose, and you really don't need? i think they officially call this a console table. we bought it to put the phone on. and a lamp. but that's it. non-adults don't have things like this. it makes me feel grown up. yes, ladies and gentlemen, i am an adult because i own a console table.
so i've been spending most time at home trying to clean up and make it a home. and then mashed into that was khalid's birthday which was a fun time, but stressful, nonetheless with everything going on in our house. and of course, i still have to make the formal gown for anne's wedding in less than a month. i have very little left. unfortunately sitting with the dress in my lap while being engrossed in CSI does not count as sewing. especially when it is the season finale and nick gets kidnapped and trapped in a coffin that's wired to explosives and fire ants break in and eat him alive. mmmm...CSI is goooooood.
so yeah, khalid's family gets in to town on monday nite. i hope to have the house ready and dinner made, and the dress complete by then. yeah, right! hmmm...isn't there a repeat of CSI on right now?
May 13, 2005
destruction, construction
i'm in the midst of destroying a home and constructing a new one all at the same time.
the end of an era has come. in fact, as i write this, tears come to my eyes thinking about it. andrea moved out last nite. it's been a rough week, watching her pack and going through our history together. nearly 4 years as roommates is a long time. we've gone through a lot and changed a lot together. we've been there for one another through everything - found and lost love, struggles with grad school, sick days, birthdays, and everyday in between. we've spent every year making halloween costumes together, had christmas celebration under the christmas ficus, gone camping, laughed, cried...everything really. i can't imagine what it's going to be like when she walks out the door for the last time. but unfortunately, i don't have to imagine it - the day is upon us. i've been so lucky to have her in my life. and while i know my good fortune will continue, that she will always be in my life, it will never be the same again.
overlapping with the sadness is the craziness of starting a new life with khalid. he's moving in tomorrow morning. we're trying to redo the place to make it into "ours". so there is no order to anything and so much to be done before he leaves next week to meet up with his family and then bring them all back to our place. i've had no chance to be excited about starting to build a life together since i've been so sad about andrea, and stressed about the move. i'd like to fast forward a month from now when we will be settled and hopefully happy.
May 10, 2005
go w.t. woodson cavaliers!
i got my newsweek in the mail yesterday (courtesy of chicago public radio, who gives out a free year's subscription if you pledge any amount. if you listen and don't pledge, you suck.) and the cover was "The Best High Schools in America". i felt pretty confident that mine would be there because fairfax county schools are pretty awesome, and low and behold, #34 baby!!! this is the first pride i've felt in my high school in, wait, no, it's the first pride i've ever felt in my high school.
i felt pretty high and mighty too when i noticed that thomas jefferson - the magnet school for science and technology in fairfax county that rejected me - was not on the list. (jerks...look at me now! you think i can't do science? i think my PhD track in chemistry says otherwise. don't you wish you had taken me now? huh? don't you?) but then i noticed that the list excluded schools with application status that didn't accept motivated, average students. but i bet they probably wouldn't have made the list anyway cause they SUCK! take that!
May 08, 2005
gender bender
yesterday i was digging through a rack of khaki pants at banana republic when a salesman came up to me and said "can i help you sir?"
SIR!?!?!?!?!?!?!
May 07, 2005
human texture
i heard recently that there is a guy in my department who can only see in black and white. as khalid was telling me i didn't really believe it. and then he said something soooo cool. he said that as the guy describes people, instead of saying they are black/white/blond/whatever, he describes them more by their texture.
the texture obsessed mojgani genes have never taken me this far, but i think it would be really interesting. i mean, i'd never willingly give up the privilege to see in color, but i think it would definately be neat to be that in tune with people's texture.
May 06, 2005
my shirt
in principle, i really like my shirt.
in practice, i find it hideous.
but you know what? it's going to go right back in my drawer where it has been for 2 years now, and in a few months, or maybe even a year, i'll make the same mistake and wear it again.
May 04, 2005
dogwood is the virginia state tree...and flower!
sometimes i forget how incredibly beautiful virginia is.
i went home this past weekend, welcomed on my street by all the beautiful lush greenery, gorgeous pink and white dogwoods, and azaleas in every variation of pink imaginable.
on monday i returned to chicagoland, disappointed in the lack of leaves on any of the trees. but then i took a look at the lake this afternoon. did you see it? did you see that unbelievable shade of blue? the way it kind of faded to green in the middle and the way the sun sparkled off of it, like someone had tossed a handful of diamonds to float on its surface.
looking around at the beauty the earth has to offer in the springtime, i feel lucky to be alive.