You say it's my birthday

Why yes, it is. Another year older ....

Going to spend my day baking and listening to holiday music...then, dinner at Masullo's tonight. Bliss.

Hello, is this thing on?

Oh, hi blog. I kind of forgot all about you. Me & Twitter are likethis. (Sorry, no, you can't read those posts. They're protected. A girl's gotta have a little privacy, you know?)

But, for reals, I will try to be better about this here thing.

And, on that note, I'm making my annual Christmas comp - any suggestions? Requests?

Hello? Is this thing on?

Saturday night!!!

Baby Grand, Poplollys, Ricky Berger and Baby Grand - $7 / 9:30pm.

Also, Hearts & Horses - I think that's the name - featuring Juju and Wes, will play at Bows & Arrows at 8-ish.

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It's OK, she's hot

Cory and I were watching "The Daily Show" the other night and I was really tired and planned on going to bed after Jon Stewart's usual shenanigans but then I got sucked into watching this hilarious bit with CBS foreign war correspondent Lara Logan. We're more of a CNN household so neither of us were really familiar with her.

After her guest stint was done, Cory said "Can I just say, she, um, doesn't really look like any other war correspondent that I've ever - "

"It's OK," I said, cutting him off. "She's hot - you can say it. She's totally hot."

Don't let our political savvy scare you, 'kay?

To all the haters

So, as many of you may already know, my place of employment did layoffs today.

I survived - if that's what you call it - actually, as far as I know, no reporters were laid off.

It wasn't a shock - I think we'd all (or at least most of us) had been expecting this for some time. And most of us won't be shocked if there's another round.

What is shocking to me, however, is the vitriolic nature of the comments people left.

You may not agree with the paper's so-called "political agenda" or its state salary database - but those people who were laid off were real people, with families, mortgages, career aspirations, whatever.

Show a little heart, people - would you e-mail your mother with those same nasty comment-typing fingers?

Sheesh.

Breaking awesome news

In my (literally) hot little hands: A copy of Tanita B. Davis' (Mills! Represent!) brand-spankin' new book (just published yesterday!) "A La Carte"

And, on a related note, I had lunch with Tanita & David today and got to hear lots of charming tales of Ye Olde Scotland. Apparently they're not much into pinto beans there.

And gas costs $8 a gallon.

Also: Was that a wee bit of the Scottish brogue in David's voice?

Anyway, go buy the book!

twittering

If you'll shift your eyes to the right you'll see we've added a nifty Twitter app for your blog-reading pleasure.

Because I know you're dying to hear me bitch about Bistro 33.

can't hardly figure it out

Can someone tell me why I'm suddenly getting a million hits for that one Paul Westerberg interview again?

Also, was that really six years ago?

Sigh.

deep in the heart of texas...

Becca was right, I love Friday Night Lights.

She nailed it: "You're from Texas."

Funny how that was enough. It makes me miss it like crazy in an over-romanticized sort of way because you know the minute I step of the plane, I'm all: Ugh, the humidity! Where are the veggie burgers? Stop drawlin' all up in my face.

Kidding, I love me some Texas. Just don't tell my mother, that'll break her heart to hear that, I think.

Anderson Cooper...

... you are totally my boo

School's out...and other randoms

So, yes, I'm done with school! Unfortunately the kids aren't as their regular semester is still in session. Sorry about that guys, but at least you're done with me at the ungodly hour of 6:50 a.m.

I'm going to miss them. After a bit of a rough start and a confused middle, I think we all finally hit a stride and I'm pretty sure, judging by this awesome card some of them made me, that it was the Britney Spears lesson that put us over the hump.



So now what? Not sure about the teaching - I mean, I ended up really liking it but the person who taught this class last year wants it back and because she has a million years seniority on me, she gets it back. So, now I'm waiting to hear if I can get another class at City or something. I'd rather hang with the kids, but so it goes.

As for everything else, not much as happened since I stopped blogging for the millionth time. I'm Twittering a lot which really seems to fit the way my brain likes to dump random info.

Also, I think I'm going to spend my summer glued to my bike (see last Twitter post). Cory got me an awesome green vintage-style Schwinn cruiser for my birthday and I think we're going to get him a black one so try not hit us with your SUV next time you're driving down Freeport, 'kay?

What else? Am I the only girl on the face of the planet who does not give two whits about the "Sex and the City" movie? Probably.

Some of the books I plan on reading this summer:

• Moby Dick
• Eat Pray Love
• Friday Night Lights
• King Dork

Other random plans: Yoga, ice cream, lavender, dove gray paint and long drives to nowhere.