birfday birfday!

whee! i got a birthday present from maggie! the other maggie! i should be good and not open it. i should, i should, i should.

aw crap.

*rip**shred**tear* stupid ribbon! *rip**tear*shred*

woo hoo!!!!!!!!!

it's "fighting the forces: what's at stake in buffy the vampire slayer"!! it perfectly combines my love of buffy and overly-pompous critical theory! wheeeeeeeee!

thank you magpiegirl! thank you thank you thank you! (and thank you also because i know if i'd bought this myself i'd have never heard the end of it from segev. he will laugh and laugh when he sees it.)

birfday birfday BIIIIIRRRRRFFFDAY, starting aaaalllready!

upside

one good note about the workplace in contrast to the last entry: jessie, the new grantwriter, just brought me the new beth orton cd to listen to. so nice. yay.