reading dancing with cuba has made me want to 1) go to cuba and 2) take up modern dance. as you can see, i'm highly influenced by books. but i think i really will try to do both this year. just started readng my prof's book first there is a mountain, which is about yoga in india, so who knows what fancy will strike me next...

it is really neat to read books by your profs, especially when they are memoir-ish, b/c profs are usually so mysterious and detached. i have so much more respect for her since reading this, and i wish i had listened to her more when she taught!

my computer is really on its last legs. a virus ate my address book last night, so i had to spend an hour this morning putting everyone's info back in. but i only had the email addresses of people who were in my inbox, so everyone else won't be hearing from me soon. or ever. blahhh.

on a happier note, i made pancakes this morning! and i'm going to see the basquiat exhibit in brooklyn later today.

i'm going to be in dc saturday night thru tues. i can't remember fun things to do in dc!!! help!!!!!!!!!!! looking for: food, bars, museums, food, shopping, food...is c-town express still not so good?

i'm done with school.
new york is boring.
blah blah blah blah blah.

i fully intend to post at length about how muthafuckin cool the japan society's current exhibit is, so look forward to that. also need to update on: sin city and kung fu hustle.

in the meantime, here are some words of wisdom for you ricemakers:
1) one cup of water per one cup of rice (i've abandoned the knuckle-technique, sorry macpainter!)
2) rule #1 does not apply if you are using a microwaveable rice cooker. in this case, use about 1.25-1.5 cups of water per cup of rice.

optional: just make steve cook his own damn rice!

went to boston for the weekend to visit the visiting frootz. boston is boring! who agrees? but i did get to drink screwdrivers in boston common, watch most of "mommie dearest," do a duck tour, eat a lobster dinner (on frootz), and check out the isabella gardiner museum, which i highly recommend.

saturday night came back to the city and got my prada shoes all freaking wet going to adam's and dave's parties. it didn't stop raining all night. i'm trying to go out as much as i can before i leave. had a head cold the next day and stayed in gp and slept the whole day, missing the passover/matzo ball soup party at my apt. :( steve made yummy ass salty korean fish and rice, and surprise, he didn't choke on a bone this time.

habemus internship!
i've been offered a four-month internship here. back to sf in june!

about my mom's fibroid:

lilbadfarts (5:34:17 PM): its the size of an 11 weeks baby
lisa n the sky (5:35:05 PM): IT'S THE SIZE OF AN 11 WEEKS BABY!
lilbadfarts (5:35:13 PM): fetus?
lisa n the sky (5:35:18 PM): yes fetus
lilbadfarts (5:35:23 PM): ok fetus :-)
lisa n the sky (5:35:28 PM): good god there is a difference
lisa n the sky (5:35:35 PM): !!!!
lilbadfarts (5:35:37 PM): LOL

THIS SHIT IS BANANAS

lisa n the sky (4:29:14 PM): how was l.a.!
xSgtMeatx (4:30:33 PM): good!!!
xSgtMeatx (4:30:35 PM): hella fun
xSgtMeatx (4:31:03 PM): well actually the first day was mostl at minnie's friend's work ahhha. but we ate at roscoe's chicken and waffles
xSgtMeatx (4:31:14 PM): and went to the mall right next to his work
xSgtMeatx (4:31:15 PM): hahhaa
xSgtMeatx (4:31:21 PM): and bought hella shit at v.s. and express
xSgtMeatx (4:31:45 PM): at night, we ate the the new giant robot restaurant (not that good...i think they shoudl have an asian am menu like spam shit)
xSgtMeatx (4:32:03 PM): picked up chai fromthe airport, then stuffed our faces at hella good and cheap korea bbq in k town
xSgtMeatx (4:32:30 PM): then "cruised" around and jin made me cat call people from the front seat
xSgtMeatx (4:32:40 PM): thougth i chickend out at most, i made one hahha
xSgtMeatx (4:32:54 PM): saturday, we were supposed dto go with jin to work to buy $3 clothes, but we were too tired
xSgtMeatx (4:33:04 PM): so her mom bought us lunch, thenwe went ot venice and santa monica
xSgtMeatx (4:33:20 PM): we were supposed to do a latin american themed nite for her bday
xSgtMeatx (4:33:24 PM): but with traffic, etc.
xSgtMeatx (4:33:37 PM): we ended up doing noneof theat. we went to this gross rest. in d.t la called the pantry
xSgtMeatx (4:33:50 PM): then wen to this "euro asian" club called hwite lotus
xSgtMeatx (4:33:58 PM): $20 cover!!!!
xSgtMeatx (4:34:03 PM): then wentto denny's

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MARGOT???

xSgtMeatx (4:36:20 PM): it was la
xSgtMeatx (4:36:21 PM): all la

i love the j-school
the last line of an email from a classmate about a party at his place:

Well, I hope to see you all on Saturday, and if not, go to hell.

a classmate last semester sent his piece to the class for editing, writing with it: "god teach me to write fast."

i kind of scoffed at that at the time, but today, dear god, teach me to write fast.

if anyone has a clogged sink or shower, steve wants me to endorse clr pressurized power drain cleaner. it fixed his shower drain like new. he also wants me to point out that it is sold out on the walgreen's link above.

yes, live-blogging "the bachelor"
is anyone else watching the bachelor right now? yes, the bachelor with brother of jerry o'connell? there is actually a girl on the show who is wearing one of those hot-pink-terry-cloth-pregancy-type tops. but it gets worse. she wearing the top with one of those clear plastic bra straps. and it doesn't end there. IT'S A HALTER CLEAR PLASTIC BRA STRAP!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH is anyone else witnessing this?

i love new york in the springtime
what a gorgeous weekend. 70 degrees, sunny, wonderful. after ditching the j-school's job fair after one horrendous 9:20 saturday morning interview and one meeting where the recruiter didn't even show up, steve and i went down to check out the david lachapelle exhibit at deitch gallery in soho. it was very cool - there were huge slide projections of his photos on a wall next to a few of his actual photo sets. downstairs they played music videos directed by him on a loop. i like his work - he likes boobs! a lot.

then we walked around sunny soho and ran into the bluefly store - hella cheap! $10 jeans, $25 dresses, etc. not that much selection when i went though. walked up to union square and read on a bench, enjoying the sun. the streets were packed; all of new york was out this weekend.

sunday we got yummy h & h bagels on 80th and broadway and ate them on a crosswalk island bench. they make you spread your own cream cheese yourself! sucks, but the bagels are really good. we decided to walk over to central park (on the way, i swore we passed by the house from when harry met sally where harry freaks out about the wagon wheel coffee table and then they have a fight in front of the house). central park was beautiful, and we watched all the white people rowing in the rowboats and witnessed a black couple having a serious talk about their relationship while the boyfriend had his ipod earphones on the entire time (!).

we decided to go back to greenpoint, get some beer and snacks, and sit up on the roof in the sun. it was great. we then passed out into a drunken-sun sleepy nap front of the TV, woke up at 9 pm, went on an unfruitful search for brownie mix, bought ice cream at uncle louie g's, and steve made chicken nuggets over pasta while i watched cold case (which was hella good! anyone else see it?). we stayed up until 3 am watching the office and eating cookies and cream. it was a great weekend.

cookiegate!

two exciting things today -
1) i had an internship interview with this publication, which went really well.
2) kiera called my outfit "the epitome of preppy-punk." i can die happy now!

everyone can breathe easy - it's OK to eat at taco bell now.

REJOICE YOU FOOLS...sayeth yu-gu-oh.

it is 70 degrees in new york, and all is right. columbia has nothing on berkeley in nice weather - where is the bear's lair to have a few pints at 2 pm and fall asleep in the sun? where are sproul steps - with their strict hierarchy of stair levels — to sit and people watch? where oh where? all the preppy ivy leaguers play soccer or baseball. lame.

steve told me to put this in my blog.

Chinatown Bus Bursts into Flame

top ten signs laurie has too much time on her hands

i sent her a picture of a purse i bought her, and she sent this back to me, a reference to my domestic rodent problem.