Ooooh, best soup for me is lentil soup at Marena's. Though Campbell's tomato soup (with grilled cheese sandwich) is still my comfort meal.

I can't remember the last time I felt life-affirmed. I'm just not that sort of a gal. I don't need affirmation. Life just is. Until it's not.

Dana, ha!

beth b summed up my athiest/agnostic feelings perfectly.

The best sandwiches have lots of mayonnaise on them.

I need to quit posting and get back to work. I'm sick of editing. I'm sure this article on multi-mode quad-band RF receivers would be fascinating to another electrical engineer, but I'm so bored. I wish the English were good enough I could away with not having to actually read it.

edited for misspellings and other embarrassments

You know what I like? When a random happy memory pops up out of the blue. Somehow yesterday, this chinese dive restaurant I walked past triggered wading in the ocean at night last fall.

Of course, I suspect the same mechanism that drives those pleasant nonsensical reminders is also responsible for the "Stupid Shit I Did" ones that pop up when you need them least.

What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

Well, a bunch of people here helped fund my move to SF and caught me when I landed. I think that's pretty damn nice.

Vengence -- I can't really think of anyone. Although Ican think of one or two people who might wish vengence on me (let's just say that mania occasionally makes you do mean things).

And I can think of the time I was closest to death, but I'm not going to really elaborate. The only other thing I can think of -- I was alone and started choking on a piece of food. Luckily I was able to dislodge it and start breathing, but I definitly thought I might die.

There's an excellent photo essay on Offbeat Polling Places in Chicago from the Chicago Tribune today. From an Original Pancake House and a pool hall to the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicagoans vote early (and often?).

Christ, why?

Martial arts superstar Bruce Lee is set to be the subject of a new Broadway musical featuring music provided by David Bowie. Theatre bosses want the show to be ready to premiere in 2008. According to Variety.com, Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang has been hired to write the musical and Matthew Warchus is reportedly onboard to direct. Bowie has been linked to project because he was recently spotted chatting with Wachus in Toronto, Canada - where Warchus is poised to launch his new The Lord Of The Rings musical. The Bruce Lee musical follows hot in the footsteps of plans for a musical based on kung fu movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Huh. The whole vengence bit upthread just made me realize. The folks who made me the most miserable back in the day just aren't on my radar anymore. And considering the whole drama queen/attention whore components to their make-up*, that would probably bother them more than anything I could do to them. 'Cause you don't bother with the stakes, honey, and fire-ants unless it matters.

 * Seriously. Someone on the perephery of our circle committed suicide and they decided it was all due to a psychic attack aimed at them that had missed. That was part of what made me go Uh, I think I have a thing . . . over there . . . buh-buy.

Actually ita, that paragraph inspires three whole different "Christ, why?"s. Sure they're all connected by medium, but they each deserve their own seperate reactions.