Our entire generation needs a fucking hobby.

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We found a book in the store today. None of us had ever seen it before, though as far as we can tell it is the store's. It's a small photo-art book called This is Blythe.

This, apparently, is BlytheThat book is some of the creepiest shit I have ever seen ( Read more... )

Poor Daddy.

Today's his 70th birthday. The plan was to have a big Easter/birthday dinner with my godparents this afternoon, and then he and I were going to go on an arboretum walk tomorrow.

Mom's really sick, so dinner today is out--we'll probably end up having pizza or TV dinners. (I work til four, so I couldn't make it even if I was a ( Read more... )

Right, so. I got three different sets of instructions on how to care for my new piercing.

• The piercer said to use the antiseptic and sea salt once a day, each.
  
• The antiseptic bottle says to use it at least twice a day.
  
• The aftercare sheet says to use the antiseptic once or twice a day, and to use the sea salt at least twice.

Which do I follow? I ( Read more... )

D'aww, Poppy had her first grooming appointment today. She looks like a dog now, instead of an opossum.

Robots really are going to take over the world soon.

Tell me that's not freaky.

Today was slightly surreal.

Of note:

• Masses of red-coat-wearing Chinese (?) people in the store. Mostly young women. Maybe some sort of performance troupe?
  
• A protest march down State Street, featuring two homemade floats, about 20 people, and a single maraca. It was comically sad-looking.
  
• Another march that could have been a protest or an art ( Read more... )

I've been in one of those wanting-to-get-something-done moods. I'm probably going to go with Zach on Monday to get a cartilage piercing, but I dunno. Maybe a daith or something a little weirder like that ( Read more... )

One of my mom's grad students emailed her this Youtube clip, followed by this one.

And then this one.

I needed the smile. Figured I'd pass it on.