never really did get the hang of sailboating.

so i'm reading david liss's the coffee trader and a few years ago i read his conspiracy of paper and all i can remember from the previous book is that it was a conspiracy of words that didn't make sense to me. i didn't have the key to the conspiracy but i slogged through it because at that point i had something to prove. i really showed that book. it won't mess with me again.

so i made some trail mix and everyone's all like - wow this is great, did you make this? and i am like - yes. it appears that folks are impressed, so i shouldn't do this, but i will go ahead and share the recipe with you. here's what you do: you get some yogurt covered raisins, and you get a pack of dried fruit, and you get a can of mixed nuts, and then you pour all these together in a plastic box and you shake it up. did i go too fast? i realize it's complicated, so you might not be able to make it as well as i do.

today one of my coworkers was wearing a large purple plastic flower-shaped ring. on purpose. for serious. ::sigh:: dressing like a 5 year old is simply too far down the casual friday road. blue jeans, fine. running shoes, okay. sweatshirts, maybe. but let's draw the line at giant plastic jewels, shall we?