Has that Holiday Spirit faded away? Did you just get "Jingle Bell Rock" out of your head? Were you thinking you'd have to wait another 11 months for more holly-jolliness?

Bubbles is here to turn back the clock! I received a card in the mail from an old friend *cough*coffeesnob*cough* and it has inspired me. It's not too late! I can still send those Christmas ( Read more... )

That boxing glove should really be aimed out rather than in, but you get the idea.

My dad and stepmom are visiting from Texas, and they literally can not wait for the baby to come. They've also been taking me to spend time with my grandma and other family members who are similarly impatient. They say they want the baby to be born "for my sake", but ( Read more... )

Hi, all. I'm using my Christmas Lights icon because it feels like it's practically next year already, and I haven't posted since... my birthday? All is well on the home front. My due date was Friday. My family has started a pool to see who can correctly guess when I actually deliver. I know my dad's money is on the 8th -- his birthday. Everyone ( Read more... )

This is really more of an outline than the promised content, but I promise I will make an effort to flesh it out at a later date. After my last post, I:

• spent 3 weeks in Massachusetts (where I was apparently helpful !?), visiting my friend Katie and attending her wedding

• came home to find that my 14-year-old niece was visiting for 3 weeks, and making ( Read more... )

I posted within 24 hours (or so) of my return home. Yay me!

In my next post... content!

Thanks to slodwick, I am now the proud owner of a Dreamwidth account. I go by bubbles over there. If I haven't already brought you into my Circle, it's because I couldn't find you, so please find me instead. I'll keep posting here unless/until friends start disappearing to Dreamland.

In other news, I failed to latch the gate all the way earlier (we really ( Read more... )

If I never have to deal with American Express' customer "service" again until the day Satan hands me The Official Credit Card of Hell TM, it will be too soon.

It is still Earth Day, and I do have something on my mind that is... Earth-related... so I'm taking this opportunity to ask for your advice.

I read something recently which broke my heart. It was in a book about nutrition, and it was discussing the cultural realities that affect what foods are available to us. It said something like, "The question ( Read more... )

I realize I posted 10 or 20 of these and then, I don't know, saw something shiny. If you're in the mood, here are 10 more...

( Crude Language and Sexual Humor. Also, Truth. )

I'm getting a head start on this month. I've been meaning to post this for a while (2+ years) anyway, so here you go. If you were ever curious why I am so weird, I am ready to provide a detailed explanation.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Results Description for INTJ:

The roughly 1% of the population who share the INTJ type are distinguished by their ( Read more... )