I'm familiar with that, though it's more "what are you doing? What are you doing now? " and having the paper I just read read aloud to me... but really, they aren't bad, I'm just not used to having them underfoot.

So weird thing about the locker rooms at the Y: you have to have a code to enter them (not weird) BUT the girls' locker room -as opposed to women's- doesn't have a pool side lock-I didn't check the other entry. I discovered this when I learned I don't know the pool-locker room code and had to go through the girls'... just sort of strange.

Oh, and there is a sauna in the locker rooms.

There's a sauna in my clubhouse here at my apartment complex, but you have to walk through the party room to get to it. I've never used it, but am thinking about doing so some winter weekend when it's really cold out.

I'll have to keep it in mind when I get bone cold hurting during the winter.

I just got off the phone with my mom. Now, she's a politically progressive woman, former nurse, who's pretty up on most things in current events. But, I had to explain to her what the public option was. When I mentioned my disappointment at Obama's seeming willingness to toss the public option aside to get a weak-ass reform package passed, she had no clue what I was talking about.

I am just no good at sharing my space with other beings, human or not. I'm so used to my solitude.

Trudy, if only this West Indian could have one job, now that my research for my sister is done.

Today is a long-assed day session at Flushing Meadows. Is your dad home yet, msbelle?

My mom is very similar, Kathy. The pro-reform people have been horrible at actually getting the message out. And the town hall meetings were not the greatest venue. When my mom was asking me some questions about the reform a few weeks ago and I suggested that she go to a town hall meeting and listen and ask questions, she said, "Oh, are those the things where everyone goes and yells at each other? I don't want to go to that."

I think my feet have convinced me to stay home, even though I promised a friend I'd be there. I've tried three times to get up and get ready, and each time my feet said, "No! We won't let you."

Speaking of Zooey Deschanel, I just watched The Happening. Unfortunately, she really has a blank, deer-in-the-headlights expression that puts Torchwood's Gwen to shame.

I should not read comments. But I was reading sfgate where they were saying you can predict the retail numbers by looking at how full the parking garages are. Well, - a lot of the commenters were talking about how expensive it is to park. But then they started complaining about crime, bums, and dirt. Ummm.... city, people. And while I have only lived here for 10 years, there are less panhandlers than there used to be , at least downtown. and more shinny places to shop and less skeevy places. ( once again downtown) . And While I know there is crime, I haven't seen more ...

crazy people.

Nothing's better in the cold of winter than a sauna. Good times.

my parents are listening to the TV too loud

What's funny is, I think my parents listen to the TV too loud, and they think my grandmother listens to the TV too loud!

I need to make a plan for tomorrow. I've basically wasted two days of my four-day weekend, and that's not on. Aside from the Open, I mean. I will say, Nicolas Keifer got a ton of fans after Nadal wiped the floor with him in the first set. It was kind of hilarious.