Archive for August, 2007

Sisterview #1

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Carrie: “What are you doing right now?”
Me: “Oh, this happened and that happened and now I’m not doing much.”
Carrie: “Then why don’t you update cupcakepajamas?”
Me: “Fine. You give me five questions, and I’ll answer them.”

What are your Labor Day plans?
Right now, none, really. I have a friendly rugby match at FAU Saturday, this first of [...]

I Don’t Know Why

Monday, August 20th, 2007

I think I would be a really excellent father.

No Fireflies in South Florida, Though

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I join a big group of people in games of touch rugby – one night in a field, the other on the beach. We play ‘till it’s too dark to see.

There’s something that makes me so damn happy about us all trying to squeeze the last minutes of playtime we can [...]

Bigger Than Jupiter

Friday, August 10th, 2007

After years of fretting and panicking and putting it off, I was finally tested for the BRCA gene.

There’s a bunch of info in that link, but here are the numbers:

Only 5% of cancers are linked to BRCA.
A normal person has a 1 in 10 chance of developing breast cancer.
A BRCA positive person has an 8.5 [...]

I’m Looking At You, Top Chef Contestants

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

I think it’s cute how people from New York City actually think the rest of us give a shit that they’re from New York City.

Go Team Awesome!

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Me: “Okay, the Beer Pong Tournament starts at noon tomorrow. I say we see Order of the Phoenix in 3-D tonight, then get a good night’s sleep so we can get up early, because we are going to need a BIG breakfast beforehand.”

Matt: “We don’t want to eat a huge breakfast. I’m not really going [...]