Why not smile?
The best part of Mona Lisa Smile is the Tori Amos cameo. She sings two songs at a wedding reception. She was pretty pointy, though. I wanted to give her a cookie.

It's like I'm 2
Saturday I had chocolate cake for dinner. I blame my roommate's parents. It was their cake.

Windfall
The big bosses might be too cheap to give us holiday bonuses, but I've gotten the following gifts from people in charge of me who know who I am.
-a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card
-a nice bottle of French wine

Have you ever ...
gone through a period when everyone you meet has the same name? In roughly the past month and a half, I've meet four boys named Matt. Well, one of them is technically Matty, but that's the name of my editor's pet turtle, which weirds me out so I don't think I could call him that.

P.S.
Merry Christmas! I'm off to Poughkeepsie, Boston and New Hampshire to see all sorts of family. Hope you all have a happy holiday in your respective states.