do not fret, my dear! it is okay.

atrophy. that makes me think of entropy. you know when I learned about entropy in freshman biology--I had nightmares about it repeatedly throughout high school. it scared the sh*t out of me.

Thank you, thank you.

On another note. I'm so bummed. I was just reading this blog I read regularly almost three years ago and it is SO BORING. What happened? Such a bummer. Maybe this person just isn't as cool as I thought he was. Oh well, it's not like it affects my life cuz we're not friends. In fact, judging from his blog, the only interesting thing about him is the fact that he doesn't answer my e-mails.

Why do people become boring? Lack of good nutrition? Too much sleep? Not enough sun?

Any thoughts, girlies?

Masha--I watched the OC last night. I can't believe Marissa's mom went there! That is just so wrong.

Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday Dear Jessi, Happy Birthday to You!

Hope you have a great day! And congrats on joining me in the "late twenties" age group!

On a different note, I find it unbelievably funny that John Kerry, John Edwards, and Howard Dean are all in my personal friendster network, but apparently George Bush is not.

Yup, still reading InStyle. I still get it free! Also still reading People, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, TIME, Fortune, Business 2.0, Health, Martha Stewart Living, .... Sigh. And I wonder why I have so little time for actual books.

Wear a helmet, invest in a good leather jacket, stay off the main roads, and go just fast enough for a thrill.

A poll for the ladies (not that kind of pole, you dirty things):

Should I learn how to ride the harley? Is the small percentage chance that I will, while riding the motorcycle, hit a pebble, fly off the seat and become permanently brain damaged and/or dead upon meeting up with the ground worth the fairly guaranteed rush of wind in the hair, on the face, up the pant legs?

This book looks interesting, though it may be dated. The title is: One Market Under God.

Heh. Now I am twice as unproductive at work. InStyle is full of crap. Blue eyeshadow is SO NOT OKAY. Unless worn when in an early-eighties costume or when rollerskating (basically, the same thing).

A very merry unbirthday to Jessi!

Now, for the "comments on Jessi's blog" portion of the morning, I offer the following:

No offense taken to the observation that 25 years ago the pope could have "gotten down." The current pope was very physically fit during his youth, and was know as an avid skier. He traveled more than any other pope, and really experienced many of the countries he visited. He probably could have beat me in a race not too long ago.

I agree that blue eye-shadow is an abomination. However, I weep to inform you that this month's InStyle suggests that it is "coming back" as a legitimate fashion choice. They had a whole section on how to properly apply it. Oh, the horrors!

Finally, left turns blow. That's why the Jersey system of jughandles makes so much sense! Of COURSE it's better to turn right to go left!

As seen at Jessi's blog: Egg donation story. This is the post about the egg donation website. It's always surprising to me when something becomes "news" years after you've internally debated it yourself. We used to see huge, quarter-page ads that asked for very specific women ("We're looking for a highly intelligent brunette over six feet tall to make our dreams come true." Seriously) in our campus newspaper. I can't find a copy of the Daily Princetonian article about the ads from 1998 or so, but I remember it mentioned that the couples were working through an agency, and that the donor would receive upwards of $10,000. The National Enquirer even ran an expose on the thing back then!

This blogging for two blogs is really confusing. I was out of work yesterday, sorry cat. But that article you posted about high-fructose-corn-syrup is very disturbing. I guess we have to add that to the hydrogenated fat/trans fats as another time bomb food to avoid. (you know, you eat it now and it tastes good but while it's being digusted, it goes off like a bomb and starts wreaking havoc on the body).

It's raining here. It's raining in baltimore...ha! that's a counting crows song. Speaking of which, have either of you ever read/heard anything about The Rainking by Henderson?

Nope, no snowstorm here, though it is currently slushing out. It was just a no work and no blog day, I guess.

Jessi mentions on her blog that I've encouraged her to read Life of Pi. I'd like to clarify for the void: if you've started, definintely finish Life of Pi. The ending is incredibly thought-provoking for me. But I'm in no way advocating starting reading Life of Pi. The phrase "slog through" doesn't usually come through in my discussions of books I recommend to friends.

I think Jon Foer's book might have been overhyped a little, but I still enjoyed it. The parts written by the Ukranian (I can't remember his name) were just so funny - I guess now we know what happens when you use the thesauraus to write a novel. You know what I found horribly overhyaped, though? White Teeth. Really disliked that book.

That is funny - I hadn't seen it. Do you know Google (allegedly) tried to buy Friendster for $30M? That's crazy, people - THEY DON'T SELL ANYTHING! Why on earth would I pay more for an "enhanced" profile (the "let's monetize the site" strategy most often cited)? As soon as it becomes a paying site, even partially, all the cool kids leave.

Switching gears, does anyone else watch The Apprentice? Cat, if you don't watch it, you should - we worked with archetypes of all those people during our first after-college stints. That show cracks me up. They kicked off one of the last two remaining crazies last night - hope it's still funny after they all leave.

Yeah, but how did you notice that someone else had deleted someone else...you know what, never mind. I don't think I want to understand the full depths of your friendster obsession.

In other news - it's Thursday! The work week is almost done! The Apprentice is on tonight! Woot woot!

yeah, you just delete them from your profile

True, true. But think of the revenue opportunities! We should put together a presentation - bring back the internet bubble!

Now, one of the purposes of this blog is to serve as a comments section for Jessi's blog. So here goes - how on earth do you unfriendster someone? I've never heard of this.

Arnold and I are brainstorming different "niche" websites that Kerry and Bush could advertise on. Bush could advertise on running websites, though he's injured so that's a little doubtful. Kerry might find support on "how to marry an heiress"-style websites. Bush might appeal to AA support pages. I guess the all-important Skull and Bones vote is up for grabs in this election - and their website is probably far too sophisticated to accept ADVERTISING anyways.

I officially request a shark story. We need lurid stories to lock in our readership - fast! Let's use the US Weekly strategy!

Cat, you should tell everyone about your near death shark experience in Maui. That will generate some readership. Maybe make it into some blog chatter.

Okay, I officially acknowledge that it might be too difficult: Blogger comments. Perhaps this is a better solution!

I don't know how. I'm not a smart girl anymore.

Because Jessi refuses to install a comments feature