These pretzels are making me thirsty!

growing up, the pretzel was always the pariah of snacks. the lowest caste. you only ate pretzels if all else was gone. the hierarchy of snacks went something like this:

Doritos (Nacho Cheese. this was before the days of Nacho Cheesier)
Pringles (Sour Cream & Onion or BBQ)
Crunchers potato chips (BBQ. i don't think they make these anymore)
Lays potato chips (BBQ)
Ruffles (Sour Cream & Cheddar)
Fritos (chili cheese)
Sunchips (French Onion)
Fritos (original)
Tostitos (original. always eaten with medium Pace picante sauce)
popcorn (often with Parmesan cheese on it)
various types of crackers- Ritz or Townhouse being preferable
pretzels

when everything else ran out, we could always count on there being an old already opened (though closed up) bag of pretzels somewhere deep in the recesses of the pantry. i think we only ate them because we HAD to eat SOMETHING while we watched Reading Rainbow and then Star Trek TNG after school.

as an adult, i find that i still don't really LOVE pretzels, though once in awhile they do satisfy in a way that few other snacks can - they are salty, filling (in the right quantities) and almost always fat-free. and they go very well with beer. i also hear rumors about a new M&M with a pretzel in it. maybe the pretzel is moving on up in the world? we'll have to wait to see which way the crumbs fall...

Sacred Muse! I summon thee!

.... hmm.


well, check back with me later after i've had some coffee.

tuesday

quote of the day -

"it's odd that bees make honey. earwigs don't make chutney."
- eddie izzard

all tomorrow's parties

finally we have entered the modern age and now have wireless internet in our house. in less than 8 hours i've become an internet junkie, forsaking food and water for just one more SNL sketch on hulu, just one more quick Twitter check. i have become a beast. and i kinda love it.

more to come...

"dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals"

Well i'm either dying from allergies or the Swine Flu.

seems fitting that the next pandemic affecting humans would be called the Swine flu, i think...

my head is full of cotton and my nose is a faucet.

oh well enough moaning.

actually no, i'm not done yet. i've been stuck on the phones at the front desk here for the last 3 freaking hours. i'm about to go nuts. i've read every single website that i know of, twice. i'm starting to get grouchy.

AND it's a dreary, cloudy day outside.

ugh, i am just no good today. more later.

such long silences...

i know, i know. i've been a naughty blogger. i have no excuses. i will try to do better. please accept this small post as a token of good blogging will.

tonight i'm off to the Triple Rock (www.triplerocksocialclub.com) to see Asobi Seksu & Yann Tiersen. with my mother. worlds are colliding, people. and you know what happens when worlds collide...

Mad City

the sis and I are heading down to Mad Town on friday for a good ol' weekend of merriment. And hockey. And, i wish, beer. But sadly since the 15 year old lass is in my care I won't be wetting my proverbial whistle. That much.

My good buddy Jason Boak recently brewed up some Weizenbock (or Weizenboak, as he calls it) that i can't wait to try.

And i'm looking forward to seeing my friends Mitch and Jules, and their adorable little daughter Amelie (well, she was adorable the last time i saw her. we'll see this time around :) And John & Jazz, John being my old roommate back when i lived in Madison. its great to get together and reminisce.

And then it will be over before i know it and i'll be back at work on tuesday. ha, is it weird that i haven't left work for my vacation yet, and i'm already dreading coming back?