I painted my kitchen wall "Tropical Mango"

I just sent this blurry home digital photo to a photographer to see if we can use this dress for a (real) photoshoot. It's supposed to look vintage, but I don't actually own any real vintage clothing, because I wear a size 2, and there just isn't much of that in vintage stores. Also, call me crazy, but I like things that are new and shiny.

On an unrelated note, I've been hit with a number of double entendres (or just single entendres) recently. While art modeling, I was amused to note that the artist was using a pencil called a "Hard Shwarz." If you've seen Spaceballs ("I see your schwartz is as big as mine!"), then, well, that's funny. And actually, the pencil said "Hard Shwarz/Black," in case that adds anything.

In my SAT class last weekend, the students were doing a timed exercise and came across an analogy that began "LUBRICATE : SMOOTHLY". Whoever thought that this would be a good problem to give to high school students was very high on the crack train. So one student starts twittering, and then they're all atwitter, and I'm saying "Think of cars! Think of cars!" and one student replies "But I'm NOT thinking of cars!"

And then, later that same afternoon, I'm on the train to go see the artist with the Hard Shwarz, and I see a sign for "Hand Wash & Lube," and I think, wow, I'm glad I'm not on a train with a class full of sixteen year olds.