Gazelles On Crack

it’s hard to be graceful after six martinis

Archive for the ‘Friends & Family’


What are your strengths?

Now, thanks to Facebook, I know mine.  I just got the following email from Facebook:
Your friends have voted on your strengths and weaknesses:

STRENGTHS:
best singer
most useful
most trustworthy
WEAKNESSES:
person who can drink the most
most creative
Obviously there are some problems with this.
1) Anyone who said I was a good singer has never heard me sing.  Or at least not [...]

Weekend Photo Essay

Except that I completely forgot to take any photos, so they will be photos I found on the internet.
Friday after work, I headed to the former Steak & Chophouse in downtown Portland (now it’s Kincaid’s). After a REALLY bad first martini (it was so bad, I sent it back, and I never send anything [...]

Orthorexia

I am obsessed with food lately. Not in an unhealthy way, I don’t think (except for my marshmallow lunch last weekend). I’ve been reading a lot of books about food and eating. Not diet books, which I’m done with, I think. Just food books. I read Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” (good) and “In Defense [...]

PARTY!!

So, the architect & I are having a party.  It always seems like a good idea until I actually invite people & they start RSVP-ing, and then I remember, “oh yeah!  People are going to come to my HOME!  And they are going to stay until late!  And I am going to have to make [...]

MEME!!

I haven’t done one of these in forever! I wait to be tagged, and so that means I hardly ever have to do them, because most people are all pansies and say things like, if you’re bored, you should do it, or some shit like that.
1. Name a movie that you have seen more than [...]