a few things about altitude:
I'd love to slide down a fire pole someday.
little known fact: I'm afraid of heights indoors (i.e. looking down from the third story in four seasons town center) but generally not outoors.
for some odd reason, I think it's kinda sexy when people in movies/tv shows scale chain link fences.

a promise to loyal (and disloyal) readers: petrified fountain will unfreeze later this week. expect a full review of brokeback mountain, which I saw earlier this evening. will post a link when it's complete.

justin is the greatest guy in the world. I just needed to get that out there, once again.

a phrase that I dislike: "I've never seen that person before in my life." oh, please. you do not know that. unless you yourself are a shut in, or unless the "person" in question resembles the elephant man. there's always a chance that any random human being you see in public may have crossed into your field of vision before.

I've become unhealthily obsessed with my bread machine--a Christmas present from rhonda (justin's mom). never again will there not be a fresh loaf in the nor'easter.

another appliance acquisition: a philips senseo one cup coffeemaker. wow, what a boon to humanity. I love it dearly.