bonjour! bonjour!
Lately I can only write in the form of short work emails, text messages, beauty product reviews, or lists, so here is a list:

--It was a long time coming, but I have finally reached New York Happiness. I think I am going to stick around for a while.
--I am considering crashing the first birthday party of a baby I almost babysat for once. The baby in question is a friend of friends and I really enjoy her flickr!
--I am a babyhag. Keep updating your flickrs, moms and dads!
--Lizz took this photo for me in France:

Her caption reads: this little girl was calling, "bonjour! bonjour!" to a pigeon about 10 feet away. her mother saw me take this photo and angrily stepped in between me and her daughter. I have hung this on my cubicle because it is the happiest picture I have seen in some time.
--Related: I have determined that I feel happiest and most creative when there are children in my life. There aren't many right now, which is the hugest bummer!
--Again, keep updating your flickrs, moms and dads! (Special thanks to Jane for always sending me phone pictures of rad babies and children, and to Angela for being pregnant.)
--Enviga. Fizzy. Refreshing. Delicious. I still feel like a MORAN for regularly enjoying something labeled as a "calorie burner" (especially one that includes aspartame) but they are a treat for me! It's like a Fresca, but it keeps you awake for a while.
--The true result of me not regularly attending the gym in the past few months is THE RETURN OF KNEE PAIN. Remember five years ago when Sean regularly teased me about my bum knee? Not to be Donna Summer but this time I know it's for real. Smell you tomorrow, elliptical.
--I have been making a lot of ridiculous hats lately, but the last two have been TOO ridiculous and will now be unraveled.
--Oh P.S. I'm doing two craft fairs this fall.
--Speaking of making stuff, do you need any 1'' buttons? I AM YOUR GIRL.

Love,
Grizzlebee