http://www.allthingsphil.net Making none of your wildest dreams come true. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:30:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Red is the color of many things. Roses. A number of my shirts. Blood. Watermelon. Fruit Punch. And, the whites of my eyes after spending an hour in the pool. Or, more specifically, an hour swimming laps in the pool in the backyard, sans goggles, chasing the dog through the ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/09/07/and-yet-i-still-seem-to-only-have-a-farmers-tan/ Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would have to become so butch in order to live in this new place. I suppose that's just part of the package deal that comes with moving into a place that was built over 50 years ago. Basically, if this ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/09/04/we-would-have-been-called-the-sassy-six/ Last week, I noticed that the tile in my kitchen was wet. This is nothing unusual, as I'm frequently prone to spilling water from time to time, especially as I'm doing dishes or some kind of cooking. (This doesn't have anything to do with this post, but I want to ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/09/03/houston-we-may-have-a-problem/ I changed my mind. Whatever I thought was the single most annoying thing in the world is not, in fact, so terrible. I opted to wear a pair of nice shorts today, one that I hadn't worn since May. And in the three months since I'd worn the fuckers, I'd ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/09/02/its-a-gnat-its-a-feather-no-its-the-pair-of-shorts-i-want-to-murder/ I think I truly did justice to Labor Day this year. Less out of actual spirit for the holiday and more out of laziness. I didn't once leave the house the whole day, and aside from the whole homework thing, my day was glorious. List time! This time, a list ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/09/01/a-list-of-labor/ Did you know that a microwave oven and a toaster oven each use about fifteen amps of power? And that when you run them both at the same time, on the same circuit1, you can overload said circuit and cause it to blow? Neither did I. I nearly ruined my delicious ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/09/01/and-still-the-pasta-was-overcooked-and-the-toast-was-burned-around-the-edges/ It's looking to be a beautiful day in the Reneeborhood. I can tell pretty easily because the stylish handwriting says so. If I had lip smacking wit, I might write a letter to the world. Or maybe I'd have Jana write me a song. Ever one for being delinquent for special ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/09/01/im-late-im-late-for-a-very-important-date/ While sitting in the clinic office Friday afternoon, frantically typing on my iBook in order to get some serious work done, I chatted on and off with a few of the girls around me. "You know, I haven't even bought my books this semester," I said. "I need to, but ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/08/31/in-which-ikea-whispers-sweet-nothings-into-phils-ear/ You know that someone knows you well when you suddenly get a message that parrots something you write from time to time. Something that you don't realize is a habit, even, until it's brought to your attention thusly. For reasons that escape even me, I'm a big fan of using ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/08/29/getting-contextual/ When you work in the field I do (interpreting; not speech), there's almost no such thing as too much information. Tonight, I was reminded once again just how much I love my job. I love it because random words like 'phallic' pop up from time to time, and invariably, I ... http://www.allthingsphil.net/2008/08/27/if-you-thought-semantics-was-boring-youve-obviously-never-talked-semantically-to-me/