Hello from the library!
I am feeling chipper this morning because Aaron and Dwight made a lot of room on my side of the bed last night and I got some good sleep.

So here I am at work, surfing one of those forums I told you about, and there's a thread that asks whether the current economy is affecting people's designer bag purchases. And here is what one of them said:

No, but the quality of Balenciaga has caused me to slow way down. Also I have been spending it on other things like showing my Tibetan Spaniel, Tim Cotterill bronze frogs, etc. However I just saw how much we lost the past 3 months due to the market *GULP* so maybe time to stop shopping and just enjoy going to the beach, on the boat, out to dinner etc. for a while.
Hope all those people that bought houses they could not afford and that we are now paying the price think twice next time. It's really a no brainer. If you make less than 50K a year, a 400K house is probably not a good idea. Gotta love good ole Fannie and Freddie.

Holy crapola! Tim Cotterill bronze frogs? Oh yes, good choice...and then put down people who make less than 50 K a year and buy an expensive house! I mean, not that buying a 400K house is a smart decision, but at least it provides shelter, which is more than can be said of her purchases. You try living on that salary and still pay off your boat!
And let me just say that, yes, I have fallen down the rabbit hole a bit, but thank god I don't know what Tim Cotterill bronze frogs are. I am not old enough to start collecting random nick nacks that are useless except to drive my future kids crazy when they have to clean up my "estate."

By the way, the guy that I am working with today (online tie guy) winked at me yesterday as I checked out a study room, and just bought me a donut and called me honey. And since he has a mustache that curls at the ends, and I believe, a wife, I find it all oddly charming.

While looking for my cardy uggs (boy is that a story to tell), I noticed that Oprah had them listed as one of her Top 10 Favorite things of 2008. The fact that I know anything at all about Oprah sickens me, because all I need to know is that she likes to take literary classics like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and act like she's "discovered" them for America. Sadly, (for America), she probably has for many people. Also, the only person who graces the cover of O magazine is...you guessed it, herself! (What other magazine does that???) And basically, she wants to rule the world.

Have you noticed the increased tinge of bitterness that now pervades my blog posts? I used to be happily cynical, now I feel like I am just angry cynical. I don't believe in a thing in the world except the people I know and love (which are few and far between...you know me), books, and creatures, and it has turned me into someone I don't quite recognize.
Shall I tell you more about it? Because I have quite a few embarrassing things to confess--I guess we could call them mental crutches, though they all really just revolve around one thing--shopping. It has become a problem. Not so much a money problem, but a mental problem. It bothers me that if I don't have something I am obsessed with buying or something on the way to me in the mail, I am bored with life and don't know what to do with myself. I actually started working again at the library to support my addiction, so that I can buy the occasional unnecessary item without affecting our budget.
In addition to shopping, I have all of a sudden become obsessed with fashion forums. Why?? I don't have any clue. I all of a sudden know who people such as Kim Kardashian and Ashley Tisdale are, and have opinions on how they dress. It's truly driving me insane. It's such a meaningless pursuit.
The thing is, clothes/shoes/bags are things that I can take an hour out of my life, go to the mall, and buy, that I can then carry around with me while I go through my boring days to keep me cozy and a modicum of entertained. Everything else takes too long--reading books, watching movies, going to the park, etc. These are all outings that I feel too guilty to take hours out of my day to do. And it is driving me absolutely insane.

If you can tell, I really really need this vacation.

In any case, I thought I should have a Top 10 Favorite Things of 2008 post as well. That's what I started out meaning to do, but now I'm too pissed to even do it. Maybe later. My brain feels like there's a fungus in it itching to get out. Oh wait, that fungus is med school.

I am at school catching up on lectures, and can I just say that I think Dr. A.R.D.N., M.D. is a smug bastard...not have rodents as pets my arse.

Grr. I am in a very bad mood because I am at school.

To say that I am not a morning person is like saying Jeffrey Dahmer was a bit antisocial...but the hot chocolate I was two minutes late to work for is helping my mood a lot.

It doesn't help to think about the sad $12 that I am making for waking up this early, especially since it is about 30 degrees outside.

I love mousies! Even ones that eat the cereal in your cupboard.

Currently working at the library, and the guy working with me is looking at buying ties online. Yup, it gets pretty boring here.