Au revoir, bon voyage, and bon appetit.

Dear Beautiful Co-worker,

You are the sexiest man ever. You or Rufus. I can't decide.

For the last four years, you have given me something to giggle about with my girlfriends. Thank you for that. I always thought you were oblivious to my feelings about you, or perhaps that I was too young, too American. But now I see the truth.

I understand now that the reason you're leaving the project and returning to France isn't to sell high-quality optical components, but to heal from the heartbreak I caused by marrying another.

It all makes sense now, but it is too late. I am discovering new avenues of fulfillment with my husband, and not even your perfect eyes, lips, hair, jawline, or French accent can convince me to run off to Paris with you, no matter how much you ask me to with your secret, smoldering looks in my general direction.

So be strong, Beautiful Co-worker. May your journeys lead you to new dreams and new loves.

Sincerely,
No Longer Obsessed

Harry Potter!

Finished! Now I can read Book 7 erotic fanfic without fear of being spoiled!

It was a really engrossing read, even though JKR is obviously making up the rules as she goes along, AND Harry is a whiny biatch for most of the book. I enjoyed reading it, and I especially enjoyed knowing the ending...

Write me a comment if you wanna talk about it.

Oh, and if you're in the mood for a laugh, visit odditycollector's livejournal... on July 15 she and her pals blogged as though they had bought and read Book 7 that day, complete with wacky (fake) spoilers. [ Be careful, though... even fake spoilers from an astute fan can be real spoilers! So, I didn't read the blogs until after I finished the book. Just warnin' ya. ;) ]

Travel Schedule.

Hey folks, I'm going to be in Hawaii for the next few weeks, returning August 12. After that, I get one week or so in California before another romp in Hawaii with the interferometer and my husband. See you all in three weeks!

Wedding and Honeymoon Recap!

Hi everybody! What an awesome week it's been!

I know I'm extremely prejudiced in this regard, but I thought our wedding was spectacular. Thanks to all who helped make it possible, and whose love and support made it so fulfilling and worthwhile.

The wedding day was probably the strangest day I've ever experienced. I had slept not one wink, I was too nervous to eat, and I was so jittery I might as well have had 10 cups of coffee! And yet, I felt thrilled, happy, beautiful, and loved all day long. The wedding planning was stressful for sure, and I spent a lot of my pre-wedding energies hoping for it to be over soon; but now that it is... I miss our wedding!!!

(Those of you who took pictures, please do share them with me!)

There was an after-party at my Uncle's house for dinner. I swore there would be no line-dancing to Achy Breaky Heart at my wedding, but apparently there is no way to avoid this with my family. Only this time, it was on the living room floor while Uncle Paul provided vocals on the Magic Mic. TWICE.

For our honeymoon, we had lofty plans of soaking up L.A. culture at the local museums, theatres, and music venues. Guess how much we ended up seeing? NONE! :) We ended up checking into the Ritz-Carlton in Pasadena and decided it was so fun that we... just stayed there! We lived The Good Life for a few days... this means gourmet meals 4-5 times a day, really good champagne with every meal, and lounging in the spa waiting for the next meal to start! Once we realized we could no longer afford this, we returned to my apartment which, sadly, was suffering from months of domestic neglect. (It's clean now!)

Having been abruptly ushered back into The Ordinary Life, we did get a chance to visit our favorite multi-millionaires (Norton Simon and Henry Huntington), go dancing, and catch up on our summer blockbusters.

What we're watching:

Transformers -- Cool robots. That's about it.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix -- Very good adaptation of the book. I like how it gets darker and more interesting with each successive book/movie. When you go back to the first couple of books, you realize they're really really fluffy!

Ratatouille -- I love Brad Bird's movies. (He also wrote/directed Iron Giant and The Incredibles). Ratatouille is very charming, once you get over the fact that rats are cooking. The food looks really good, too!

John is flying over the Pacific as I type this. I've gone from "Awwwwwwwww!" to "Waaaaaaaaa!" :(

Song of the Day

"Too Darn Hot"
Cole Porter

It's too darn hot!

I'd like to fool with my baby tonight
break every rule with my baby tonight
but pillow you'll be my baby tonight
cause it's too darn hot!

I'd like to meet with my baby tonight
get off my feet with my baby tonight
but no repeat with my baby tonight
cause it's too darn hot!

According to the Kinsey report
every average man you know
much prefers to play his favorite sport
when the temperature is low
but when the thermometer goes way up
and the weather is sizzling hot
Mister Gob for his squab,
a marine for his queen,
a G.I. for his cutie-pie is not
cause it's too darn hot!!!

Hahaha, Cole Porter is so funny and dirty! Hard to believe he wrote these songs in the 40's...

And yes, it's reeeeaaaalllllly hot right now!

But fear not!

Forecast for this weekend:
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