When I was a little girl growing up in Pittsburgh, a classmate's grandparents lived in Punxsutawney, and every year on groundhog's day, her grandmother brought us groundhog cookies, and every year I agonized over whether or not it was rude to take off the raisin eye before I ate one. (I hate raisins.) I think someday I'll make groundhog day cookies, and use chocolate chips for their adorable beady little eyes!
Speaking of baked goods, a (male) co-worker, upon eating one of my cupcakes, just told me that the man who finally catches me will be a very fat man. That's very sweet . . . I think.
PS. I am wearing these shoes today. HOT.
in celebration of groundhog day, open source recorded a show with harold ramis and someone who calls herself a "groundhog day" extraordinaire. as of this reply, the mp3 hasn't been posted to the site, but expect it later on today:
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i had a college professor who claimed "groundhog day" was the only great comedy.
ReplyDeleteif you'll notice, bill murray's character plays a reporter from pittsburgh in that movie! see, i am a fan extraordinaire too! (not really, i just pay attention to pittsburgh-related moments in media).
On the subject of baked goods: Yesterday before leaving work I was nervously wondering how I would make it home without starving to death, and a dude from the warehouse came by and brought me a cookie. It was enormous, literally as big as a manhole cover. And its size was directly related to its flavor, for I was in ecstacy during the entire seven minutes it took me to eat the thing. He billed it as a chocolate chip cookie, but there was more to it than that. For instance, I detected several raisins, which I quite enjoyed. I hardly ever eat cookies or sweets, so moments like that are a rare pleasure, and I spent several hours afterwards reflecting on how good that cookie was.
ReplyDeletewhat did you wear those shoes with? they are very cute!
ReplyDeletegroundhog day is one of my favorite movies of all time.
and you are a fabulous baker. perhaps you might marry a triathlete whose natural routine would burn off any extra calories :-)
Literally as big as a manhole cover? It would take me considerably longer than seven minutes to eat such a thing.
ReplyDeleteI hate raisins too, but chocolate chips would make awesomely adorable beady groundhog eyes. Or, M&Ms!
Ooh, I hadn't thought of M&Ms! Although the cookies my classmate's grandmother made weren't huge, so M&M eyes would be a little out of proportion. They'd be more like huge gaping alien eyes.
ReplyDeletePinky--I am wearing those shoes right now, with a cute black skirt, a mint green top, and my favorite black cardigan that ties in the front. I'm also sporting black knee socks due to the weather, even though I generally avoid knee socks in my quest to avoid looking like a cross between a stereotypical librarian and a slutty schoolgirl. I am also wearing a red lip (as the chick on "How Do I Look?" likes to say).
I prefer eating small baked goods--less guilt that way!
Important Alicia Wardrobe Update: my skirt is actually NAVY BLUE. Oops!
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