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In the misty darkness before dawn, I put on my black fur coat and drove out into the early morning traffic. In the blur of golden and white lights, Nine Inch Nail's "Head Like a Hole" poured out of the speakers and every word I sang was visible in the frost. For five minutes, flying down the highway, I felt young and infinitely reckless. All my ghostly voices rode shotgun, and we sang to the rising sun invisible in the blue sky.

friday afternoon interactions

It's cold so I want to sleep long hours.

I'm slaving away for a few more hours yet over FEMA maps drawn by drunk men with compasses and geology degrees. So I turn to the internet for mental sustenance, and steal leftover wedding cake from another bay. One of my coworkers works nights with a catering company and he brought leftover food for us.

Ask me a question you're dying to ask. Ask me to say something nice about you. Ask me to say something mean about the President. Tell me something, anything.

special notice for local/Austin friends

I'm in the midst of holiday chocolate making! I will have lots of sugary presents to distribute this weekend, and I hope to catch many of you. Anyone up for cards, conversation or coffee this weekend? I was thinking Texpresso.

So far I have chocolate peppermints, chocolate almond bark and chocolate covered toffee bits. Something involving chocolate and marshmallows will no doubt be created soon.

Email me or leave a comment here!

Please help me feel Christmasy and use all the shiny bows I bought.

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I love it when the baking and candy making takes an unexpected but satisfying turn. I've created a big pan of chocolate covered marshmallows and another something involving cherries and pecans.

A very merry chocolate candy Christmas!