i like today because of...

sushi. a bouncing baby who smiles when she sees me. my people who love me, want me to do well, and give me tips on mi sayings. friends who make choices to be happy and not because they feel like they have to. those friends who call me just because they need a voice on the end of the line. phone calls to someone who could mean something more than i expected. pop songs that mean something. and love.

as i am

strength.tired and done.new yorker.seeking, yet found.ever-present.researcher.novice in much, but becoming an expert.big sister.creative cook.true though reluctant postmodern pilgrim (still?).retrospective.a sultry cadence.complication and simplicity.vibrant.historical.soft.ordinary and fantastic.southern yankee.a sexy stiletto.a calm cup of coffee.cougarita.behaved.lovely.growing and learning.more than ever.speaker of snarky sayings.photographer.friend.loyal.fast moving east coaster.funny.italian.signal and noise.fierce.

Birthday and Post-Lenten revival

crazy one night life decisions
hot cougar behavior
light pink Giada nails

Only in Miami, maybe in El Paso
beach, sun, and water
therapy
tan Italian skin
dessert orgies

pleasant dates with normal people
cute trip invites
reminders of who i want to be
a healthy post-lenten dose of firefighters
being sauce-y
birthdaylove that includes manolos, vs beachwear, cake, and coffee
happiness, just pure happiness

I gave them up for Lent.

at starbucks tonite there was this gorgeous boy there--like on par with pretty pablo gorgeous--and i eyed him and he did me (but probably only cause i was) and when i got up to leave we smiled at each other and i could have been charged with molestation if i hadn't behaved myself

anyways

i adored him

and then the moneyed old guy (who owns 3 businesses across the world) comes in and since its uber busy, sits down at my table

whatever. fine.

tells me im lovely again.
whatever--he was fine--

but then i realized that i probably have more in common with money-ed old guy than i do pretty pablo's clone.
and then i got sad.
dating is seriously kicking my ass right now.

and the ff's were out in full force in their rescues and ladders. and I gave them up for Lent. A little respect wouldn't be unreasonable. Could everyone in the ELP just not have chest pains or start fires for the next 30 days?

because tyler perry is brilliant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqDU6CPwy6Q

ciara & west side

"Pull up your pants
(Just Like Em')
Take out the trash
(Just Like Em')
You can dig cash like em'
Fast like em'
Girl you outta act like ya dig
(What I'm talkin' bout')
Security codes on everything
Vibrate so your phone don't ever ring
(Joint Account)
And another one he don't know about

[Hook]
Wish we could switch up the roles
And I could be that...
Tell you I love you
But when you call I never get back
Would you ask them questions like me?...
Like where you be at?
Cause I'm out 4 in the morning
On the corna roll'n
Do'n my own thing...."


"Boy, boy, crazy boy!
Stay loose, boy!
Breeze it, buzz it, easy does it.
Turn off the juice, boy!"

tryin' that with the sheriff...

wise woman...

"I should know by now that we don’t have it easy: life doesn’t factor load the way you expect it to, you can’t ever escape a 4 way interaction, and somehow there’s always noise in the experiment."


and while we always learn...somehow we STILL wish we could exert the kind of control we have in an experimental paradigm over the unavoidable and real-life field study. Would the debate between behaviorists and cognitive scientists have come about any other way?