emmyjean

what i’ve been up to

- braying about how battlestar galactica is the best thing since sliced bread, democracy, jesus of nazareth. my very patient family put up with three hours of season one before all falling asleep with varying amounts of toasted head chardonnay still in their glasses.

- and we had christmas together, too. edward james olmos played but a minimal part, leaving carbohydrates to take the spotlight.

- i took samantha to see “the princess and the frog.” when disney decides to do it right, they do it right.  the animation and colors are spectacular. if i didn’t care about having K feel comfortable in my apartment i’d decorate the whole living room with prints from the “almost there” number.

- threw a terrific new years’ eve party with friends. a bunch of dudes who appeared to have confused it for a costume party came dressed as “hipsters circa 2005.” i traded shoes with one of them and we had a shoe-off dance-off in the living room.

- speaking of dance-offs, i found out today i’m joining the civil service. it seemed fitting to celebrate with Lunchtime Cubicle Miley Cyrus Dance Time.  “party in the u.s.a.” should be the official anthem of all government FTEs.

- am trying very hard not to be intimidated by my new camera. though it’s capable of greatness, it also senses weaknesses.  it’s spent the last week lurking in a corner of my living room following a ridiculous and adolescent experiment with moody self-portraiture involving the bathroom mirror and lots of cuss words.

- lemmonex and i saw new moon, and on the recommendation of some comment threat i can no longer recall, drank every time bella bit her lower lip or someone said the name “alice.”  the entire theater was full of fellow twentysomething snobbish urban women practicing variations on the same theme.  culturally speaking, it was a real high point for 2009.

- several people i know have been doing date lab.  this means that come saturday mornings i rip open the washington post (um, eagerly click firefox? though accurate, this language doesn’t reflect the urgency with which the act is performed).  it’s like having several little extra christmases.

- four close friends have gotten engaged in the last month. 2010 will be full of awesome drunk uncles and dancing to the pointer sisters in a big circle.

- sadie discovered my heating pad. cuddling with her, always a little funky (“aaaah HUMAN YOU ARE PLEASING TO PET ME mrrrrrowwwww NOW WE ARE DONE *swipe*”), has now become a war for mutually desirable territory, a veritable gaza strip of electric heat surrounded by nubby blue felt. we fully expect bill clinton to come negotiate open, direct talks regarding resolution of the conflict. or maybe i just won’t change her litter for a while. HA.