Cheesecake Dreams

New term from one of my managers: Cheesemare- when you wake up in the middle of the night convinced you forgot to do something for one of your tables, then realize the restaurant is in fact closed and your life is very very sad.

I'm way better than Julia Roberts

So I think I'm embarking on a new phase of my life where I'm going to do everything Laura McClain does, only in shoddier fashion. With that in mind, I am going to be Shelby in a fabulous Wilmette Community Theater production of Steel Magnolias. Laura's coattails #1: Wilmette community theater produced "Forum" last year. Laura's coattails #2: she was recently an understudy in a professional production of the show. Thanks hon.

I will absolutely do the best diabetic fit in the history of the role. Nothing like community theatre to make an actress with a lukewarm loyalty to the craft feel legitimate again.

I <3 Obama

Paraphrase of Barack Obama on the Daily Show: "Iraq is a situation like driving a bus into a ditch. Obviously, you want to get the bus out of the ditch as soon as possible, and you should probably fire the driver."

He also said to Jon Stewart about being the new golden boy of the senate, "I don't feel too much pressure. I think the only person more over-hyped than me is you."

Love that man.

My dad's new favorite song...

... is "My Hump" by the Black-Eyed Peas. He found the lyrics online and recited them out loud in their entirety in an elliptical fashion. Nothing like hearing your dad say "my lovely lady lumps."