if you know me, you know i check the sitemeter to this blog pretty obsessively. i'm not concerned with the number of visitors, but i love seeing referrals, ip addresses and where people are reading from. i have to say, we get residents of some pretty charmingly-named towns on a regular basis. recently? lake in the hills, IL; little neck, NY; cantonment, FL; saint cloud, MN; and i swear to god, one time we had something like "floating lily on the wood nymph, massachusetts." wish i could remember what it was exactly, but i'm basically sure all its citizens lived in a thomas kinkade painting.

something that has bugged me for, well, my entire life: why does ANYONE think it's EVER okay to disobey the sacred sidewalk/corridor rule and NOT walk on the right and pass on the left? i swear to god, it's getting out of control. coming home from my run today i was practically playing chicken with one guy who was walking towards me on the farthest right hand side (mine) and would not budge. i stuck to my guns, though, and he had to give way. that's right, motherfucker. don't mess with me when i'm strolling home.

hey folks. you are all brilliant, lovely, interestingly-employed people who know a thing or two about getting a job, right? well, maybe you could help me out. i seriously need to update my resume but i've always been terrible at doing so. there's a couple of jobs i'm putting feelers out for, and i want to pass around the shiniest, awesomest resume i possibly can. so in the interest of taking advantage of your vast knowledge, i created a resume writeboard. if anyone who is any good at these sort of things could take a look and perhaps make some edits, content or grammatical (wolfson, i'm looking at you), i would very much appreciate it.

also, it's too long. cut it down!

the writeboard is here. password is catherine.

i have to admit i think all this james frey stuff is kind of silly (though he comes off looking like an ass, i'd be surprised if book sales aren't rising - i see people reading a million little pieces constantly on the el nowadays), but this photo recap of his appearance on oprah is a) rather hysterical b) makes me want to go hide under my couch. oprah knows no mercy.

man. photoblogging of appearances on oprah are always the best, aren't they?