I was chopping onions and the cat came up to investigate. I told him that he doesn't like onions, but he stuck around anyway. Then I looked over and realized that his eyes were squinched shut, and then I noticed a tear fall to the floor. Poor kitty!

Also, I may or may not have just poured the remainder of a bottle of water - not much, just the warm centimeter of water left in the bumps in the bottom of the bottle that aren't worth drinking - on the cat because he got in my way while trying to clean one too many times. And it didn't even obtain the desired result of getting him to jump off the ( Read more... )

Last night Riccardo and I went to see a band called "Los Campesinos" - it was the second time we've gone to see them; the first time was last spring. Actually, they're neither farmers nor Spanish; they're a group of students who go to university in Cardiff and formed a band. They're really adorable (the lead singer kept thanking everyone for ( Read more... )

oh. my. god. leaving in 9 hours. for a whole year. I'm going to hyperventilate out of excitement and terror.

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Oh my God. 11 days till Italy. I am perpetually 2 centimeters away from completely flipping out/having a nervous breakdown. I've been spending at least two hours every day pacing around the downstairs, or upstairs, stressing out and talking to myself (it helps that there's no one home, and by "helps" I mean "makes it much worse"). I feel like ( Read more... )

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So last December I registered with the National Marrow Donation Program, I think because a friend of a friend of the family's needed a transplant and there was an email request out for people to sign up in hopes of finding a donor. So I did the cheek-swab and everything. They say it's highly unlikely that you'll ever get notified ( Read more... )

( I need a job. )

Ask iTunes--like a Magic 8-ball, only better ( Read more... )

From my sixteen-year-old journal ( Read more... )