i haven't posted in a long time, but i'll make this brief: everyone in boston needs to go to kolbeh of kabob IMMEDIATELY. seriously. it's cheap and delicious and they bring you so much food (homemade bread and hummus!). who knew persian food was so awesome? i didn't, that's for damn sure.

my new obsession is peanut butter and reese's pieces cookie dough. it's that "break and bake" shit, so you can't fuck it up, not that you would cook it or anything. basically, all that means is it comes in an easily-edible format.

cate, so begins another chapter of COOKIE DOUGH DINNER! it's a diverse flavor from the normal.

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today, as i have at some point every year since 2002, i remembered how much i love daft punk "discovery." goddamn is that a great album. i would say i should watch "interstella 5555," but the last time i watched it, i cried. pathetic, i know.

i heard this story on npr the other day, and it's definitely worth a listen. because the hurricane didn't destroy new orleans, the mainstream media has largely ignored it, but it's had a rather disastrous affect on br. friends who still live in br describe the city as looking like "a war zone" and tell of waiting in line for hours at a time for gas to fill their generators.

i saw a license plate today that had the number "OMG111." i laughed, and then was sad that they'd paid extra for that tag.

i haven't updated in a while, but recent events have made me incensed.

• it irks me when people push the "stop request" button on the 69 bus for the lechmere stop. lechmere is the end of the line, the bus HAS to stop there, your button pushing is just extraneous and annoying. idiots!
• sarah palin, mccain's anti-gay, anti-choice creationist running mate, has a pregnant teenaged daughter. now, i have no problem with the fact that her daughter is pregnant, i don't think it should be a campaign issue, and were i voting for her, it wouldn't sway my vote at all. that said, it does highlight a few issues within the context of ms. palin's political beliefs, namely, her staunch anti-choice stance. ms. palin proudly announced that her daughter had "chosen" to keep her baby, highlighting that she did, indeed, have a choice about whether or not to keep the child, a choice that ms. palin would like to remove from all subsequent women who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. this kind of hypocrisy seems to be, sadly, endemic within the gop, a party that extolls virtues and morals but does not believe that their own rules apply to them.

If you find yourself in NYC, go immediately to tout va bien. Bonus points if you speak passable French: they will give you free food.

So, I have been in NYC for work for the past few weeks, and while I love the city, I am kind of tired of living a transient life. I didn't think when I took on this assignment that I would feel this way, but I am starting to miss home. Boourns.

so this weekend was my first mini-vacay in a while, and while i was looking forward to it and it was super fun and did not disappoint, i am completely exhausted...hence why i am writing up the rundown of the weekend from home, not work, at 3 on a monday afternoon.

so those of you loyal readers that know me will know that i have a love for liz phair that borders on obsession; thus, when the opportunity arose to get tickets (at face, no less) to a sold out show she was playing in NYC on thursday night, i jumped at the opportunity to finally see her live. the show was AMAZING. her set was the entirety of "exile in guyville" (in honor of its re-release), and contrary to her reported stage fright during the tour for the original release of the same album 15 years ago, she now has an incredible repoire with the audience. she also played polyester bride as the last song of the encore and it was great. after the show, i clearly snatched one of the set lists immediately and then got her to sign it and pose for a picture, which i will post approximately never. and yes, i'm rambling because i'm excited still, but the point is that the show was badass.

also badass: jeff and laura's wedding in maryland, tooling around patrick's alma mater in college park, and staying in jessa's new place in DC.

not badass: jessa's scary cat mr. hissy, new jerksey (typo, but keeping it) and ct traffic on the way back, and dc heat.