(I'm supposed to be doing homework right now. Ssh!)

Emily's not here, move along

MORE boxes

That's the spirt! I'm headed to Target now...ugh! I'll end up spending way more than I should. Such is the way of Target.

EtA more stuff

See that's something that I wouldn't think of. I'd just throw a tablecloth over 'em and be done with it. I'm realllly lazy.

In the gothy craft book Paint It Black, the author endorses just that thing. A black tablecloth, yes, or black fabric, but still. It works just fine.

OK, to me this just sounds like somebody wanted to get their hands on the copper.

One of the best known buildings downtown is undergoing an extensive make-over and it only has about six more months to go. The trick for construction crews was to replace the exterior of the Zions Bank Tower while hundreds of people continue working inside.

We are talking about the old Kennecott Copper building on South Temple and Main Street, the most prominent intersection downtown. The old copper cladding is being removed and recycled and replaced with newer granite and limestone.

That 600,000 pounds of copper, which made the building really stand out downtown. Now it's going to blend in with everything else, but, hey, it's "newer!" It's one thing to steal the copper pipes and wires from an empty house, but stripping high rises?

When I first moved in...well, I had a microwave, stereo, lamp and trash can. And a bunch of milkcrates. Got a loveseat and bed within a week though!

The milkcrates now live in the closet. Two of them are still filled with files from my college education. I just haven't bothered to toss them. After 8 years.

I wonder how boring the gig is to the extras in Alias who just have to walk back and forth looking interested in paperwork in the blurry background in office scenes.

I have 6 boxes sitting next to me right now., Sorry, miscounted, 7. 3 are empty and one is to be mailed to someone else, and one is supposed to go into storage. I don't think I have any milk crates anymore, though.

I do have a couple of tablecloths with nothing to do. Hm.

I do have a couple of tablecloths with nothing to do.

Wear them on your head! Play bullfighter with the cats dogs! (Cats would probably run away from the crazy human.)

I do have a couple of tablecloths with nothing to do

Play bullfighter

I know! Make a fort out of them plus some couch cushions!

Ok I'm leaving for Target now, really I am.

I've tried to play bullfighter with the dog. He just looks at me like I'm crazy.

This is the same dog that ran into the sliding glass door hard enough for me to hear the thump upstairs last week, so it's not like he's averse to charging at things. Just things he can't see through, I guess.

All right, there are some scary folks, especially little girls, in New York. From Overheard in New York.

Little girl: I'm tired of thinking about ponies! Now it's time to kill!

--Park Slope

Girl on cell: I couldn't imagine myself stabbing someone...although I would understand if someone stabbed me.

--2nd Avenue & 13th Street

Man on cell: Yeah, they ask you a lot of fool questions there, like if you hear voices in your head that tell you to kill people...Hell, no, I tell 'em I do it on my own!

--21st & 3rd

Little girl: I drink human blood, but not yours; don't even think about me drinking your blood.

--Pierrepont Playground, Brooklyn Heights

I'd just throw a tablecloth over 'em and be done with it.

Okay! Funny story.

I have this microwave that my parents bought me. It's one of those under the cabinet dealios. I've never had it installed because it needs a special electrical line and the electrician I had come in wanted a grand to install it. So I have this enormous box in the middle of my room.

For Allyson's birthday, like, two years ago? I was having people over and I needed to do something with the box. I put a leftover piece of plywood on top of it and covered the whole thing with an extra curtain I had and used it as a little sideboard.

At some point late in the evening, after the top had been all cleared off, one of my guests sat down on it. I spent the rest of the party eyeing him closely and praying the box didn't collapse.