Month: February 2008

I was so unhappy to see the snow yesterday morning, but then I remembered that 1.) it’d not dark until 6:00 these days; 2.) I can hear birds in the morning; and 3.) there are real afternoons again–it’s not just lunchtime and then dusk.

Plus, I found this quote in The Kitchen Diaries while I was looking for something to cook that wasn’t cream- or cheese-based over the weekend:
“People get down about this time of year, but even today [at the market] there were fat little partridges, clementines heavy with juice, and bunches of narcissi to cheer us up. There is good stuff if you are prepared to go and find it.”

And while partridge carcasses don’t cheer me up, the sentiment of the last line is sound.

“Eyelet cargo shorts”
“Fiery dew”
“Zulu knobs”
“Colorful buzzards”

Oh Anthropologie, your clothes are so expensive, your copy so bad.

“Eyelet cargo shorts”
“Fiery dew”
“Zulu knobs”
“Colorful buzzards”

Remember: Obama, bama, bo-bama, banana fana fo-fama, mi my mo mama–OBAMA!

Because we can always worry about what throw pillows to make to match the couch later.

MADNESS, I say! I couldn’t care less about the actual football, but there were some high points. Did you see the kitty halftime show on Animal Planet? The FedEx commercial with the giant pigeons?

Another high point: This McSweeney’s list, titled “NFL Players Whose Names Sound Vaguely Dickensian, And The Characters They Would Be In An Actual Dickens Novel (2007-2008 Regular Season Edition.“

1. I have a couch! I feel just like a real adult now, with a KitchenAid and flat-pack furniture.
2. It’s February 1st, also known as Imbolc if you’re a Celt or St. Brigid’s Day if you’re a Catholic. Essentially, it’s a pagan Groundhog Day, although it does signal the beginning of the end of winter.

3. Here’s a philosophical question to ponder: Do you think the alpacas know that the reflection in the mirror is themselves?