nuggets

i heart gmail. yes, we're all talking about it, i know. but i still heart it.

i do not, however, heart the new blogger layout. it's less inspiring. it looks like the mac format. this could be a really good excuse for why i didn't write anything yesterday, but i'm not really one to displace blame.

however, the dog totally ate my post yesterday. or, my printer acted up. or, i promise, professor, that i wrote the paper! my computer crashed and i hadn't saved a back up!

perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the year is that i'm drinking PLAIN lattes. turns out that vanilla lattes aren't really that much tastier. here's to an extra 50 cents in my pocket each day!

i'm resolving to carry around the digital camera and document as much of my life as i can without coming off as a total poser. and don't worry, i'm not going to start with boring photo essays. "and here's my favorite aisle in trader joes! and here's where i park my car at work! and here's the inside of my fridge!"

actually, i think the inside of a fridge is a really telling indicator of personality, health, habits, cleanliness, and milk-type. maybe i'll post that. i like non-fat or 1%, by the way. or oat milk. someday i'll find a coffeeshop that serves oat milk lattes...

i've been attending a month-or-so-long study on human sexuality through the lutheran-episcopal campus center at SDSU. last night, in our little group, i was sharing a bible with my fabulous friend brian, who is actually a recent convert to conservatism. someone was reading from another version, and when they read sentences like "so that we may know him," our bible had the word "carnally" at the end in italics. now, in the bible, italics don't necessary mean stress or emphasis. it's more of a "this word may or may not really belong here; look below for other options" sort of thing. but i couldn't help looking at brian with a psycho look in my eyes and saying "CARNALLY" in italics. the first step to understanding the human sexuality debate is to engage in a mature dialogue, you know.

i'm secretly considering capitalizing my sentences in the future. would i alienate you all? i love the look of all lowercase sentences. the letters are so round, so lovely, and the sentences are so symmetrical. capital letters are so harsh and hideous. i'm against them all. except W, Y, U, I, O, P, K, X, V, S and Z. and sort of M.

my lettuce is growing into cute little sprouts! i'll try to take pictures this weekend. the potted vegetable garden looks so lovely so far. i have bamboo stick teepees to trellis the tomatoes and squash, and lovely glazed earthtone pots. i'm attempting to grow tomatoes without scary tomato food or "fish emulsion." i just used soil rich with compost, so hopefully that will cut it. but really, fish? emulsion? sick. do i have to be concerned about the tomatoes i eat in restaurants?

everybody buy Elbow's new CD, "Cast of Thousands," and list to number 5, "Switching Off." repeat. then you'll feel like me for the last TWO WEEKS. i'm not really sure what the rest of the CD sounds like yet. also, it's like homework. there'll be a post about this song later.

i got an email from matt grace with bullet HTML tags at the start of each paragraph. it doesn't get much better than that.