Friday, right before lunch

seems like a good time to update. So how has my week been? In terms of health: terrible! Somehow (flu shot + plane ride = my theory) I came down with a head cold Monday night and have been fighting it all week. Luckily last night I discovered that vodka is a good remedy, and today I am feeling much better. Just kidding. But not really.

Explanation: last night we had cocktails after work and I had a little bit of vod mixed with lots of mixers. And I had a cup of tea. And then this morning I could actually get out of bed without feeling like death. So take that, head cold. Also Dayquil, you fail.

Backing up a day-- on Wednesday night there was the tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center. Naturally, I got out of here as fast as possible and retreated to the warmth of a friend's apt to watch the show on TV. Which was much better because it meant not standing in the cold and rain pressed up against 100,000 tourists (allegedly... I don't know how 100,000 people could actually fit in the space around the rink here). And we ate turkey! Kwangs decided to treat us to Thanksgiving v2.0 and it was quite delicious. Unfortunately it did not prove to be the cure for the common cold. Andddd I might have infected J. Oops.

The other thing I wanted to rant about is books. Mainly this week's bestselling books. Now, I missed the lists from last week on account of leaving early for the holidays but I think that was a good thing, because otherwise I would have gone home in a funk about not only the stupid airlines (delayed of course >:( !!) but also about women writers today. That's right, I'm talking to you Stephenie Meyer and Sarah Palin! Somehow they are both allllll over the best seller lists and it just makes me sad. I want to be proud of women writers (esp after the whole PW best books of 2009 debacle) but I just... can't be happy for these two. Sarah Palin is... Sarah Palin and I don't even know where to begin. Stephenie Meyer has, in my opinion, created one of the worst female protagonists in modern literature and yet young girls eat her crap up! Obviously this is because of her stunningly perfect male protagonist but COME ON. How hard have women worked to get to a point where we are respected as smart, strong, independent etc and then along comes this Twilight mess. Basically: bad writing + misogynistic storyline = feminist fail. Whyyyy Stephenie Meyer and general female public whyyyy.

Ok rant over. Now I would like to praise the weather for being so not-Decemberish the past couple days. Please stay just the way you are. 50 degrees is a perfectly acceptable winter temperature, thanks.