December 2001
| 3 | We all have our particular grammatical pushbuttons. |
| 4 | It occurred to me just recently that I don't know if either of my two formal dresses fits. |
| 5 | I am a priestess of Murphy, and my god loves me. |
| 6 | I am a priestess of... Oh, nevermind. You know. |
| 7 | It was gorgeous, and clung in all the right places like a new lover. |
| 10 | Martha Stewart is the spawn of Satan. |
| 11 | Tuesday? It's only Tuesday??? It feels like it ought to be Thursday. |
| 12 | Well, I got almost all the presents wrapped yesterday. |
| 13 | While I watched West Wing, I made up address labels, and when it was over, I taped them to the tops of the boxes with a feeling of satisfaction. All done! |
| 14 | I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it! I got the damned brandy snaps to work! |
| 17 | I'm okay with the fire-breathing giant toads. |
| 18 | (This has been the obligatory pre-trip whine. I'll shut up and stop whining now.) |
| 19 | They'll turn out to be murderers or cultists or something. |
| 20 | My head spun for days afterward. And that's without even trying to explain the two different infinities. |