"I will never understand why people attack for a laugh. Own your beauty and don't listen to the judgment." -- Jessica Simpson, on her Twitter

Holy shit.
In a bag in my mother's closet, she found photographs of our family. Some of the ones that are dated range from the 50s and 60s to 1929. There are also some cabinet cards without dates, Victorian or close to it, including a beautiful wedding portrait and one that is labled as being "Gerald's grandparents" - lived from the 1860s-1930s/40s ( Read more... )

First: The reason I'm putting this out there is so those of you I know off-line will know what's up.  It's just information.
I have been having a lot of problems with my memory.  It started well over a year ago and I tried to push it aside, but it's gotten really bad lately.  It ranges from not knowing why I walked into a room (pretty common for ( Read more... )

How did I miss banned book week?  I am a bad lit geek.
Looking over the list of banned books, it turns out most of my faves are on there.  (Yeah, who's shocked?)  The Giver by Lois Lowry is possibly my favorite ever.  The way it makes you think...it's just insane.  I'm almost positive I didn't grasp all of it at first reading at age twelve.   ( Read more... )

Related to the last entry...
THE MOLLY SHAWL IS DONE!  ...Except for the whole border thing, partially because I'm still trying to figure out how to do it. 
Even if you're sick of knitting talk, go back to the entry before this for the awesome AJ quote.  *pokes*

There's been a lot of awesome in my life lately, but I had to share this.
Went to the Harry Potter exhibit in Chicago.  One of the things that really struck me was the blanket on Ron's bed.  It's made of patches, some solid, some striped, all sorts of patterns.  You can just feel Molly in it.  It looked like she had taken the spare bits of yarn at ( Read more... )

Today, I finished the 36 mitered squares for the shawl I've needed since last winter, and blocked them all out.  I've never blocked before, so this is pretty exciting.  Maybe a little lame that that excites me, but...ja.  It should be toasty, too; it's made of yarn left from the hats (colors only a few people wanted) and other past projects, so ( Read more... )

I just realized there's a whole lot of gay on my iPod. 
Not a bad thing, but the thought needed to recorded somewhere.
Also, thank you
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You’ve somehow acquired a magical dimension-splicing conversion van and are planning an epic cross-country road trip with your friends and fandom. First, pick ten travel buddies from anywhere -- real life, fiction, OCs, celebrities, whatever. Then answer these questions to see how cracktastic your adventure turns out to be.

1. ( Read more... )

History Channel can kiss my ass.
They're talking about Medusa, and how she was punished for being raped by Posiden in Athena's temple while serving as her priestess.  They actually got into, a little, how a lot of myths have the victim of rape as the one who is punished, and generally painted Athena in a very poor light.  
Oh, I'm pissed.
Medusa was ( Read more... )