amazon list obsession

i added a "widget" to my blog with my amazon wish list. with the holidays fast approaching, i want people to be able to buy me lots of gifts. if you have an amazon wish list, invite me as a friend and i'll add you. presents for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there's my semi-normal "christmas wish list 2007" for the gift exhange with groundcat's family or co-workers. stuff i would be ok with someone's grandma seeing. it's still my usual freak stuff, just a little watered down and under $50 for each items. the "weird or expensive wish list" is where i put the $800 pink espresso coffee maker, all hunter s. thompson books, and anything too naughty. i am OCD and list making is my favorite thing, even better then sorting my salad.

speaking of xmas, i say we go back to celebrating saturnalia!

"In Roman times, the best-known winter festival was Saturnalia, which was popular throughout Italy. Saturnalia was a time of general relaxation, feasting, merry-making, and a cessation of formal rules. It included the making and giving of small presents (Saturnalia et Sigillaricia), including small dolls for children and candles for adults.[8] During Saturnalia, business was postponed and even slaves feasted. There was drinking, gambling, and singing, and even public nudity. It was the "best of days," according to the poet Catullus.[9] Saturnalia honored the god Saturn and began on December 17."



(insert charming photo of me here)

everyone has been pointing out how "popular" i am today. how i have way too many friends, too hard to keep track of them all, and everyone is a big fan of my work. ok, i made some of that up. but jennette got a call at work and ended up talking to the husband of a really sweet lady i worked with as my recruiter when i started at E&Y 2 years ago.

per jennette, "we started talking about work and he mentioned his wife worked out by us and is a recruiter. he mentioned the company, and i said 'oh, i think my sis works with them!' so he text messaged her to ask if she knew you. she was writing back saying 'oh yeah, i love her. she lives in mentor in a big house w/a barn and they love dogs. oh it's her sister. i think she married her black boyfriend about 2 years ago in vegas'" jennette and i have been laughing our asses off about this all afternoon!

and finally, honey crisp apples are so good! best apple i have ever eaten in my life, including the apple i ate in an orchard in kentucky in 1976 on a hayride.