Ok email flirtation is one of my all time favorite ways to pass time at work. My work crush is totally indulging this and it's not helping my crush situation.

He cc'd me on an email requesting an iphone because I had given him some tips on how to finesse one out of IT. My route to an iphone didn't work and below is the email trail that ensued:

From: Ho, Jessica
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:12 PM
To: [redacted]
Subject: RE: iPhone

Thanks for rubbing my incompetence in.

Also the golf trinkets are on their way for delivery tomorrow.

Best,
Jessica

Then he sent:

At least you have cool headbands....

[redacted], Source of Jessica Ho's current angst

• OMG he totally loves my adorable headband as much as I do. Or at least he pretends to (either one is fine with me). And he's started sending me morning updates on his day. Sigh..

Just because:

• For the record I am not the only one obsessed with Mad Men/ Joan. This was in the Sunday NY Post and there was a 3 page spread about her. So there.

• Also for the record she is totally my new girl crush.

I was very domestic (aka broke and didn't go out). I was also contemplating moving. When I have a big decision to make, I'm stressed or sad I cook and clean. Yes, I've turned into my mother.

Friday night:

• Note to self: no matter how cheap snow crablegs may seem ($6.99 a lb.) They are NOT worth the effort to get the meat out. I'm a king crab leg only kinda girl.

• This is prob the most wasteful invention ever, but I know Maria Visco totes uses these. They are bags you can microwave veggies in. They were $1 a box on sale. They actually work pretty well.

Saturday:


This is one of my favorite foods- Eggplant. I love it breaded and baked. I made this and ate it all day Saturday.

Sunday:

• Bean and pancetta soup. OMG this is so good (and low cal). The one drawback is sometimes I think I'm cooking for me and my family of 12. Then I remember after I make enough for a small army I don't have a family of 12 and I'll now be eating this soup for the entire winter.

This is what I did:


Got pretty nails at Dashing Divas
Then we stopped at a bar where I found $10, had a drink (using said $10), and forbid anyone from eating the peanuts. *update: see Mike's comment as to why you should not indulge in community peanuts.


We then wandered around the East Village and stopped for some delicious pork belly.

I also found out that the building where my ex-bf lives is also the same place where Cate went to a party with a sex swing. Just a fun fact.

This is the weird/amazing Japaneese display near my work: