So, my new clogs that I ordered from zappos.com on Friday arrived today, yay! They're very comfortable; I think they're going to work out just fine. I also had dinner with a friend tonight, and I was discussing my new shoes... guess who lives less than an hour away from a Dansko outlet where I can get them for about half price? Apparently, I do. If only I'd known to consult with S first. Ah, well. We've made plans to go up there anyway. More shoes for me!

(I know I could return these since I haven't worn them outside yet, but I'm going to keep them. It'll be a month before I get up there, and I've been dying to try these out, so...)

I am left over wired from caffeine. I have no interest in doing my work for work, but could easily stay up another 2 hours cleaning out stuff in my room to get rid of.

I was going to sympathize with childhood home loss, but then I realized that my childhood home, which my parents sold two years ago, was in fact part of a development built on what used to be someone's family farm.

So, uh, maybe I'm not the right person for this.

Danskos rock. I think I need to get a new pair.

The Riches started out rollicking and then took quite a turn. Eddie Izzard is supposed to be answering fan questions in the fan podcast at the FX website.

All Tommorow's Parties is a great book. I should reread it. I should reread all my Gibson. It's been a while since I did that.

I must be, like, a subtaster. I like really acidic and bitter things. Also salty, but I think that's just the Japanese thing.

Salt and vinegar: mmmmm.

I love salty. I do not love bitter, but most vegetables don't taste bitter to me, except for things like bitter greens, which I do not like one bit. Grapefruit is also blech. Blech, blech, blech. And, of course, blech to cilantro, which tastes like soap.

Yeah, totally. Mmm, salt & vinegar. Mmm, grapefruit! That reminds me, I have grapefruit juice in the fridge right now! Oh, yeah, and mmm to the whitefont.

Bitter depends a lot on the flavor. Other than that I really like most strong tastes - spicy, sour, etc. But cilantro is still the devil's taste.

ETA: We have free grapefruit juice in my office. Yay! Actually we have a fancy schmancy coffee/espresso/latte machine and a separate one with oj, grapefruit, and lemonade. It's kind of crazy - this is our "breakroom": [link]

How crazy is that? There's a reason this company is a leader in workplace strategies, I guess. It's like a little cafe. And you can see Millenium Park and Soldier Field from the windows.