Five Good Things: Oceanic Six Edition
1. Thanks to everybody who chimed in about the long dress dilemma! After all that drama and flail, they didn’t even have my size in the long one, so I went ahead and ordered this:
in a deep, plummy purple. Hopefully it won’t make me look creepily pregnant, as J.Crew dresses have been known to do. Speaking of which (looking weird, not being pregnant. Didn’t mean to scare you, Dad!), I also bought a bathing suit this week, and have since eaten absolutely nothing worth talking about. Noticed a lack of tasty cookie recipes on this blog recently? YEAH THAT’S WHY. Luckily, vodka is very low in calories, so…crisis averted!
2. It is census time! I LOVE THE CENSUS. I’m sorry but I do. It’s so orderly! And also makes me feel like I’m in the Bible, ridin’ a donkey back home so I can get myself counted. A giant roll call, if you will.
3. Currently reading: Kathryn Stockett’s The Help, which has already made me cry on the T once so far. It’s not great literature, but I love all the moral complexity and how distinct the voices of all the different narrators are. Worth checking out, for sure. Anyway, I had to take a break from the Pulitzer project when I realized I hadn’t picked up a book in three weeks.
4. Tom and I are spending Valentine’s Day in Manhattan, which means I’ve spent this week clicking through approximately one million restaurant websites. I love trip-planning. Anybody out there have can’t-miss suggestions for drinks and dessert in New York?
5. Lost comes back on Tuesday, and I’m all spastic about it. Look for a giant flaily maudlin TV post next week.
Happy Weekend, kittens! I’m off to hang out with my mom.
January 29, 2010 @ 8:45 pm
Katie, not sure if I should reply to you here or on my blog. Here I know you’ll see it. I think the speech was fine…he showed he was smart, and smart is good. He was strong. He said he right things, and made me lowercase hopeful. Last week I was so distraught I thought to myself, “maybe I should just give up and let everyone in the country be a Republican and I can accept it, and then move my life to another country.” Actually, I wrote that on my blog, but deleted it after an hour. He’s my boyfriend (I know, we share him), but the swarminess and short sightedness of the rest of Congress (including some of our own) may outweigh his wonderfulness. I am trying to believe. I am also considering going on a newsfast. So I don’t know what to tell you about the speech. Michelle did look great! Have a great weekend. Kim
January 29, 2010 @ 8:48 pm
Oh my god, at long last… the wait will be over and we can finally, finally, go back to the island! Feb 2nd can’t come soon enough!!!!
January 30, 2010 @ 6:20 am
i am so stoked about lost coming back but tim and i watched the recap show and i was, well, lost. have to get back up to speed somehow.
i love the dress choice, pretty, beachy and probably perfect in plum.
February 1, 2010 @ 9:04 pm
Seriously cute dress. And as part of the LOST cult, I seriously cannot wait until Tuesday either!