not being a narrow-minded douchebag; using the word "douchebag" in every conversation
Music
original cast recordings, nerd rock, David Sedaris singing as Billie Holiday
Movies
Amelie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fight Club, Walking and Talking, Home For the Holidays, When Harry Met Sally, Spaceballs, City Slickers, Stripes, Singin' in the Rain, Zoolander, Chocolat, The Royal Tenenbaums, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, The Winslow Boy, Much Ado About Nothing, Moulin Rouge, Ponette, Gosford Park, State and Main, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Office Space, Napoleon Dynamite, Shawshank Redemption, Lost in Translation, Harry Potter, Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Pete's Dragon, Lord of the Rings, 40 Year-Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, The Princess Bride, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and anything involving Liev Schreiber, Christopher Guest or Pixar. Or Ian McKellen. Colin Firth. Jeremy Northam.
Television
Hotel Babylon, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Mad Men, House, Will and Grace, PBS Mystery!, The Dog Whisperer, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Office, The Daily Show, Colbert, Strangers With Candy, Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks, Rick Steves, Monk, South Park, Sarah Silverman.
Books
Neil Gaiman, David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, Terry Pratchett, C.S. Lewis, Bill Bryson, Anne Lamott, Hermux Tantamoq, Anastasia Krupnik, Heather B. Armstrong, Beverly Cleary, Laurie Halse Anderson, David Rakoff, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Lemony Snicket, Chasing Vermeer, A Primate's Memoir, Geoffrey Nunberg, Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not, Ayn Rand (amazingly enough), Jerry Spinelli, Paul Feig, The Secret Garden, Brontes, Jane Austen, anything having to do with the French Revolution and, increasingly, American history. And more!
I hope you don't think I forgot about our tentative sushi dinner. I just haven't had ANY money lately, considering that I've been grooming too many dogs for zero commission.
How is Bare Bones? I hope you're getting your fair share of dogs. I want you to know that Megan and I had a couple dogs last week that you had groomed last, both of which requested a #3 blade (that neither of us own), and we were forced to improvise and experiment with various guard combs in reverse. So thank you for creating an innovative, resourceful streak in my growing grooming knowledge arsenal.
I hope you and Jake are surviving in this time of economic...bullshit! We miss you!
I adore your comment about living a clutter free life and making space sacred. I always need another room!!!! I have been doing better and have been donating van loads of useful debrit to the Goodwill!!!! How have you been b-cakes?
I finally got to watch that awesome faux Aha video. Pipe wrench! I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants. Would that be "ILSHIAPMP" in text speak? So my only response in in Engrish...
WE need to have a celebration for you!!!! I have not put in my two weeks notice, because I might have to stay at the hell hole until I can find something way better, not just better. I looked at what it would take to be a mental health counselor, and I would have another year at BCC and then 2 years of undergrad at the UW, and then 2 more of Masters at the UW. So I think that I am going to do the longer version of that and in order to do so, I have to have moolllllaaaahhhhh!!!! Dang!!!! If I couldn't just get by on my looks like some of the dogs I groom. LOL.
So I just did an Emilia blog-o-thon and read all of your blogs from the last year. the one about your shoer curtain really made me miss you because I shower with that shower curtain now. How are you? I MISS YOU, and the goober snort of course.
Hey yo.....i am sorry I haven't written back or called. My weekends have been spent at you know where, and I am lazy when I get home and by the time I think to call you it's midnight!!!! How is you? How is the yo diggy pigy? I love you so much and miss you like you wouldn't even know. I will try and call you this weekend if you are around, if not I will leave you a message!!!! P.S. I noticed that you are friends with Mr. Obama, that is very cool. TOOTS!!!
Uh, no, Ms. Sensitive Word Nerd, I put it in quotes because my version of omelet is far from legitimate. As is yours, sucka. Here's some engrish for you:
The funny thing about "Knife Point" is that my agent thought it was punchier, and then my publisher wanted something "more literary." So D&S was the first title EVER. It has that virtue.
Your blog rocks, lady. Rawks. Are you working on anything longer?
no i cannot believe you still work there! ah! you are a strong strong woman!! what made you decide to move to oregon?
well i was just receptioning at a barbershop and goin to school. then i stopped school. and only do the barbeshop once a week, then i work for a house cleaning company, and volunteer at the zoo. I get to hang out with goats and donkeys one day and orangutans another day.
i wanna work at the zoo but i cant go to school for it. but im hopefully gonna be quiting the house job and hopefully find another job that i actuallty like and care about.
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this app is so cool... here you can read people's secrets, get rated in Hot Zone and send anonymous messages to anyone...
That sounds excellent, dude. You should bring some really impressive pet-amusement device as a visual aid, and say in a very serious tone, "Ever seen one of THESE before?"
thats ok. i am glad that you didn't because i was at anita's birthday party, and would not have been able to go. but i do want to hangout with you. glad to hear that you had fun at the wedding. hope everything else is going great for you.
