what i've been doing

not much. got talked into buying three of the same sweaters, but in different colors, by an excellent salesperson at the gap. oh, shame on me. chris and i got a joint checking account together. if that isn't commitment and trust, i don't know what is. i will not be telling my parents about this joint checking account until chris and i have official plans to marry; at the bank yesterday, i could hear my dad's voice in my head lecturing about financial security and what a *smart* girl would do. but it only makes sense; chris and i pay the same bills, so why shouldn't bill money come from the same account? right? right. i filed my taxes today and am getting a b-e-a-utiful refund from the man. it's so nice to no longer be a dependent on somebody else's taxes, and since i filed online, i'll be eating prime rib and lobster in under ten days. we had sushi last night for dinner; the sushi came around on a kind of train track that circled around where all of the customers sat, and when you saw something you liked, you just reached out and grabbed it. it was kind of neat, like a rotating buffet. and you know how i feel about both buffets and things that rotate. mmm, yeah. i sang "black velvet" at karaoke the other night, and it was a big disaster. the night before, my friend amy and i went to another karaoke bar, and let me tell you, i don't what it was about that night, but i have never gotten hit on so much in my life. i guess that's what happens when you put a semi-attractive girl in a bar full of drunk men. i've been reading "player piano" by kurt vonnegut, and my love for him has been rekindled. he lost me after "timequake," but now we're back together again, and happy. i've been watching a lot of "the king of queens" on channel 26, the "u." you know what show i'm talking about- fat, funny man with skinny, smarter, more attractive wife. together, they are an unanimated marge and homer simpson or peter and lois griffin, an updated ralph and alice kramden, and a drew carey plus every sexy babe he's ever, rather unbelievably, been with. oh, tv.

my pizza's done- and a little misshapen, i might add.