This article absolutely floors me. The "homelessness problem" has been on the radar of the madisonwi community for a little while now, but I had no idea it had gotten that... well, petty. I was considering volunteering at FUMC's food pantry before, I'm certainly going to try now. I've been meaning to start attending services there again, too ( Read more... )

I got this morning's NYT crossword in half an hour.

That this will probably be the high point of my week says something about me.

The New York Times this morning features a piece of art entitled "While Enhancing a Diminishing Deep Down Thirst the Juice Broke Loose (the Birth of a Soda Shop)." In the art world, it is probably deeply profound, subtle, and priceless. In the real world, it's a fish tank full of golf balls, topped with iris bulbs. I could re-create it for under ( Read more... )

I finally got my navel barbell back in. Owww. (Well, got a barbell back in. It's several gauges smaller. Also too short. Ow.)

My arm's fairly torn up, as well. Also my own damn fault. The cat plays rough since we got the puppy. Tsk.

( It's taking all I have to not cross-post this to 'madisonwi.' )

HA.

Ha, I finally have glasses again. They're neat and semi-stylish and didn't cost an arm and a leg.

Still mulling the vertical labret, but I think I'm going to go for an ear-cartilage piercing first. This is all assuming I have money at some point. Rent comes first.

My phone has gone from lasting the better part of a week on one charge, to going from 3/4 charged to dead in a matter of hours.

Fuck.

Tonight's conversations with my parents included transsexual seagulls and whether or not Nicole Kidman is capable of waddling.

I love my family.

WIAA tournaments (or whatever the hell they are) are back. Wrestling, this week. Downtown has been crawling with high-schoolers in letter jackets. Much fun was had at their expense in the store. Additionally, Anne (co-worker) somehow managed to accidentally throw a giftbox at a customer, and Travis (co-worker #2) managed to not only break the ( Read more... )