I'm glad you're finding more places to apply, Hil.

Well, the whole will-I-won't-I about class tonight just got taken out of my hands. I went outside and noticed that the landlord's shed's lock was busted, lying on the ground. No idea if anything's missing--I didn't check. (Not that I think they'll bust out the whole CSI deal for a lawnmower and a couple of sacks of fertilizer, or whatever was in there. Still, I watch too much acronym tv to tramp all over the evidence.) The landlord's out of town, so I'll be talking to a nice police officer or two for the next while.

Obviously, I watch too much acronym TV - I once watched a couple deal with a cop after their car had been broken into and, as they handled every knob, handle, and convenient surface on the car I was thinking "they won't get any fingerprints off THAT".

Calli, that sucks!

I have just become hella cranky and my plans for productivity are turning into plans for a nap.

I just discovered that javachik used to work with my boss. HA! Oh, Buffistas. So, yeah, java, all those nice things I've been posting about my boss? That's her.

I would kill and eat someone here to get ahold of Willow's Publication Charm...don't take that wrong.

"If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies." ~Faulkner

Is it bitchy of me to be pissed that DH ate all the really good salad greens that I bought during the week for lunches and replaced them with a supermarket bag salad mix? It is, right? And I should get over it before he gets home so it doesn't turn into A Thing?

I mean, he probably thought he was being really thoughtful by replacing them and even bought Earthbound Farms, which I'm sure to him says "organic, just like Jess buys" and not "giant corporate agri-business who was part of that salmonella spinach recall last year."

(We have the same fights over him buying Horizon milk. IMO buying from an organic factory farm completely defeats the purpose. He's missing the gene that allows him to retain this information.)

Is it bitchy of me to be pissed that DH ate all the really good salad greens that I bought during the week for lunches and replaced them with a supermarket bag salad mix? It is, right? And I should get over it before he gets home so it doesn't turn into A Thing?

I totally get the frustration - those bagged salads, even the best of them, have a weird taste to them. But I doubt you can get him to really grok what the problem is. I think your best chance at it is to present it to him in a "I really appreciate how you went out of your way to get the good Earthbound Farms stuff. I know this is completely picky, but I just do not like the flavor of the bagged stuff. So I hope you don't mind but from now on, to prevent mix-ups, maybe I should put a label on the greens I get specially for my lunches," or some such.

I'm sorry, Jessica. I could see my dad doing the same thing and my mom getting annoyed by it, too. It sounds like he was trying to be thoughtful, which is something.

Well, the police, in the form of one nice young man, have come and gone. Officer Glenn, who could be McGee's southern cousin, did try to dust for prints, but the surface wasn't good for it. Or they were wiped off. Anyway, it doesn't look like anything was stolen. (My landlord has the neatest storage shed I've ever seen.) And I ended up putting in some nails to keep things as secure as they'll get without a new lock and hasp.

Thus endeth the first 15 minutes of Law & Order: Carrboro.

{{Jess & E}} I think it probably comes under either the pick your battles clause or the agree to disagree clause. Maybe might be covered under the can't teach an old dog new tricks part of the contract.

Jess, I use a formula for that kind of thing based on 1) how much I care and 2) how often does it happen.

So Jon leaving his belts everywhere is high for 2 but low for 1= no fight.

Also sweetiehead just called to let me know there's a pro choice rally at the bar!