CHERRIES!!!!

And I ran out of cash, but next week I'm getting fresh peas!

Woke up before 6. Pretended to sleep, but it didn't really work. Market was the first day of summer market and whoo boy, I think we're gonna have to start earlier. It was crazy!

Now off to Home Depot and all my other spots. Before 10 am.

msbelle, good on you for getting rid of that thing, and all it's divisiveness.

Wanna hear something funny? (Kinda, not really):

D's ex keeps bitching about screen time, claims we let M watch too much TV, insinuates we let him on the computer unsupervised (not) and we had to sit through this big "family meeting" before last Christmas.

We're not super-spendy but we go along with it; my parents get him books and Lego Star Wars alarms clocks and such.

M just got an iTouch -- a new one, not used -- with his bday money, and they bought him and the whole family tckets to the premiere of the new Cirque du Soliel show at Radio City.

An iTouch? For a 9 year old? When all you DO is harangue us about too much screen time and materialism?

FOR SWEET HYPOCRITICAL FUCK'S SAKE, PEOPLE!

ION, I am going to clean off an old A/C unit and take it over to friends whose central air crapped out and the LL says it will take a while to fix.

Then I am going to write most of the day, except when I have to go to the grocery store. I think we want to see a movie sometime this weekend, too. I think X-Men.

I think we've chosen a place to move to, *half a block* away from work. I've never had so much agita with the process, mostly because my boss taught me the magic phrase: "Is there anything you can do for me on the price?"

The cover story of the NY Times Magazine this week is a travel article about two families -- both with a mother, a father, and little kids -- who go to Disney World together, and the fathers keep sneaking off together to smoke pot. It's a well-written, funny article, but I can't help wondering whether it could have taken the same tone if it was mothers smoking pot -- with mothers, I'm pretty sure it would be "These are horrible people who don't deserve to have children" rather than "Oh, those funny guys finding a way to deal with Disney." Also, no mention made of the fact that dealing with small children at Disney really requires as many adults per child as possible, and they're taking half the adults out of the responsibility picture without OKing it with their wives who are going to have to pick up the slack.

Matt, turns out you should have gone with the booty call.

I'll admit I wasn't thrilled with the results, but that was the most nail-biting game of the series. For once, both teams showed up and played near the best of their ability in the same game.

Today was supposed to be a get things done day, and I did empty the dishwasher and put some dirty dishes in it while I waited for the coffeemaker to do it's thing, but then I told myself that I could curl up in the recliner while I drank my coffee.

I think I may have made a tactical error.

I have dropped off A/C and returned with bakery goods.

Mmmm, chocolate croissant...

You know another nice thing about summer? Almost naked, well-toned, sweaty men running in the sunshine.

And it's GORGEOUS here today -- stormed last night so it's very clear and not humid, about 72 degrees, mild blue skies.

People. I scheduled phone interviews for the English TA (intern) next year on a Saturday, ie today. What is WRONG with me?

After all the initial phone interviews I have F2F interviews next Thursday and Friday so we can make a final decision. THEN vacation will start.

Apparently my weekend plans are to be on the phone. But I really have to get my hair cut. I just don't know how to work that into my phone conversations.

One thing my plans do not involve is growing any Japanese cucumbers, since someone just dug up the plant and ate it right in front of me. I swear, dog.