So about the time the Count was saving Albert, Eugenie, and Louise from the evil Muslims who were about to throw them into the volcano alive as a sacrifice to Allah,

I decided the sequel was not as good. :(

In the gardening section of Target:

Me: So if you needed to remove a tree that was trying to grow in your flowerbed, which of these would YOU buy?
Jesse: I would buy an AX!
Me: The tree is only as big around as my pinky.
Jesse: An AX!
Me: ... Okay, pretend you're a woman. Now what do you buy?
Jesse: A really CUTE ax?
Me: *facepalm*
Jesse: .. ( Read more... )

It was 109 degrees outside yesterday, and as we drove along the edge of the park adjacent to my apartment we saw three girls standing in the shade holding a piece of posterboard that said in colorful bubble letters ( Read more... )

My adorable penguin salt shaker, which was a Christmas present:


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I rode the tallest Ferris wheel in North America!

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I like Lost. Enough to watch it regularly, which is more than I can say for any other TV program (okay, except The Office). To my credit, I have never been the type to spend a lot of time thinking about the show after I'm done watching it, let alone have extended convos about it or read conspiracy theories on the internet ( Read more... )

Three. While I was wearing them.

I met my (now) roommate at the homeless shelter. He is unemployed and will probably eat me out of house and home but is also ridiculously cute.

( His name is Richard Parker. )

A selection from a serious discussion of potential workstation surfaces.Mark: Is the only reason we're not doing the laminate because Monty doesn't like materials that imitate wood? I mean, maybe there are other issues here I don't know about, but a wood veneer is fake too: it also just imitates solid wood, so let's not base our decision on that. ( Read more... )