So yeah, we've been warned about this super storm 20 hours before landfall. And I sit here typing away wondering what'll it be like. We survived storms before and I'm sure we can all get through this one -- roofs intact and trees unuprooted and all..Fingers crossed..

Here's my checklist for surviving the worst huddling in my foxhole:

a. Candles (lotsa them)
b. Fully charged MP3 player
c. Fully charged mobile
d. The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James (i don't know why a horror story would feel like the sanest thing to do at this time..)
e. Water, water and water

and..

f. Prayers (yeah, contrary to popular belief i really do talk to God, in this case, we'll need a barrage of it)

Why not birthday cupcakes instead of just a cake for a change?

Plenty to go around for everyone..

Yum...

This was Kat's by the way. La Cabrona mia had a birthday and doled out these wonderful creations like party favors. Tasted like childhood in carbs ;-)

Lovely

Songs to soothe a busted soul..

Lookit me puppy ;-)

ain't she a pretty dog?

A Revolution Against Heels

"You should wear heels more," a friend told me matter-of-factly. "It makes you look sexier."

I can't do heels 50% of the time, I say back. I looked at her pointy-toed, fashionably high stilletoes and thought, naah.. I'm doing fine with my comfy, yellow flats.

Why must we have to subject ourselves to pain to cheat looking fab?

I can be pretty with my soles closer to the earth, right?

Let's propose a revolution against heels.

Comfort over pain. No more pretense. No more calluses.

Beauty minus pain..

Closed For Business On Sad Days....

A couple of my friends have a shirt that says:

they lied to us
this was supposed to be the future
where is my jetpack
where is my robotic companion
where is my dinner in pill form
where is my hydrogen fueled automobile
where is my nuclear powered levitating house

where is my cure for this disease?

-- New Light On The Drake Equation, Ian R. Mcleod