just finished eating pizza. TJ's lil round frozen jobbers. Then, as I was sitting back on the couch, I pouted. No more snacks in the house, since all ran out before the trip. While waiting for Pizza's to cook, I check the snack cabinet, and lo & behold!! A bag of peanuts!! Woot! Protein.

I feel like I have a family dinner every night.

I have no dating news.

I'm trying to decide what I want to do for my birthday. Dinner out somewhere with friends, because my apartment really isnt' big enough for a party here. Just need to decide where. And if I want to combine different groups of friends, or do separate smaller things.

Hey, meara!

Hot kinda butch chick seen working at the Cap Hill TJs. Her name's Alex. She approves of the crack-like holiday Oreo knockoffs that are going to send me back into a 12.

Cute dress, Trudy!

I went to Lane Bryant today and got fitted for the new extra-special fit jeans. This consisted of me saying to the saleslady, "You know I'm pretty sure I'm a Yellow, but I don't understand how the numbers correspond to regular sizes." She then made me take of my jacket and patted my waist, hips, and thighs (she had the sort of assertive and vaguely maternal personality that made this totally non-intrusive) before decreeing me probably a Yellow, but possibly a Red. I'm now wearing a pair of 2 Yellow Regulars, which sounds vaguely like some cult or spy code, but it's a damn comfy pair of jeans.

Drawbacks to having a non-whiskey serving bar below me (and I mean directly below me): The third time in a night they play Kelly Clarkson, I can't storm down there and demand a shot on the house in recompense for emotional damages.

a non-whiskey serving bar

A what now?

Ok, so I'm back in Australia and fully caught up, and just wanted to drop a line to say it was great seeing some of you guys again, including the odd new person. As business trips go, this was one of the better ones. Some particular comments:

Hec and JZ, the penguin ice cube maker is a great hit! Thanks again. Matilda makes an adorable pumpkin.

Juliana, I found that games store. Sorry to say, they didn't have the game I was looking for, but they have a good selection. Susan, try out Ticket to Ride sometime, I've found it's popular even among non-gamers.

vw bug wins the award for person who travelled the greatest distance to see me, aside from, well, me.

Seattleistas! Um, that's it, really. But I had a great time (including mearaing Ikea), and let me know if Lilybean starts pointing at Ple and noting that "She taught me how to Walk this Way". Oh, and I did find the game I was looking for in Seattle, and for a discount price too. It would've cost $90 back home, I got it for $30. And, I was right, Wallybee likes it. We've only done it two-player so far. I did have a game with ND and Kristin too.

LA was a blast. Thanks ND and Kristin for taking time out of your insane schedule to accommodate me, not to mention returning me to the airport. Incidentally, my flight did indeed leave from Tom Bradley International, it seems T4 just does flights to Sydney. And I met o_a! (At ND and Kristin's place, not the airport.)

So, I had a great time, and, um, tag, America, you're it.

And erin_obscure, too!

BT, you left some stuff here (books and a dvd). I won't have time to mail it until next week, but could you email me your snail mail addy?

It was really great seeing you, hon. Tell Wallybee that we can't wait to meet her!

It's now officially my birthday. I'm a perfect cube age!

BT, you left some stuff here (books and a dvd). I won't have time to mail it until next week, but could you email me your snail mail addy?

Oh, yes. Sorry about that. Insent. Have you watched the rest of the DVDs?