o bring us some figgy pudding

so my mom has just alerted me to the fact that figs are currently in season. my friend justyn has a fig tree in front of his house and can't possibly use them to their full advantage, he told me so himself. so i'm looking for fig jam recipes. mmm jam. anyone have any ideas?

oh man

it's 7:32 am on a friday. not only am i AWAKE but i am already showered, dressed, commuted, caffeinated, and AT WORK. this is absurd. i usually have not even completed step 1 (waking up) by 7:30. and don't think for a second that this will become a habit. i used to love mornings but somewhere in my early twenties i developed an allergy. it's kind of sad but what are you going to do?

i'm up early on purpose today, arriving before the elevators in the building are even unlocked so hopefully i can skip out around 3 pm, go home, pack, get all my brother's crap from his house, pick up the cooler and tent from my parents' house, hope to science that my brother finishes whatever he has to do by 5 pm and skeeedaddle out of town. we're going camping in oregon with some cousins, we went last year and it was a blast. i'm just annoyed at my brother because he knew he had a deadline, and the weekend trip planned, and the last few days he's been doing social things after work instead of staying late to finish the project. normally i wouldn't say a single thing about it because that's my general m.o. too but this time it's affecting MY plans because he thinks he might not even get out of here till 6... and we've got a five hour drive AND a tent to set up (in the dark thanks) AND beer to drink before everyone else goes to bed. 5 hours of weekend traffic, my brother and i in a car with no stereo (also his bad - he said he'd install it for me) is not my ideal way to start a camping trip.

that's enough bitching. i'm going to get some stuff done before i have to get some stuff done.
i hope you have a fantastic day.
love,
A

the internet: it's everywhere!

so you know what the weird thing about the internet is, it's so ubiquitous. i mean, everyone's got access to it, and i meet a ton of people on the internet, and all of my friends know how to find my various profiles and myspace page, and now this blog. so it's kind of weird that if something happens that i'd want to blog about, chances are the people described in the scenario would find this. does it mean that i can't ever describe any bogus scenario without being afraid that the persons involved would find out? even if i don't mean to be rude, or hold it against them, or that it will even have any impact on the relationship i have with them, it's just a funny or interesting story i feel like sharing. is this ramble-y enough? good.
i had a funny/weird/interesting experience recently and it's not even as exciting as i'm making it sound, but i'm not going to tell it since i'm paranoid about offending anyone. even though this will not affect the way i feel about said person(s).

on a lighter note, i made crab cakes up at Morgan's parents' house on Orcas two weekends ago. so that was fun.