i'm moving out.
it was a mutual decision, we both brought it up together. i assumed it was permanent, david wants it to be temporary.
i want my own place! i want my own space and to have my own friends over.
things are ok. really. better than ok. i'm really scared and i keep crying, but i'm happy.
i have never been on my own before.

i just checked all the az residents' facebook statuses. they all basically boil down to WTF THE CARDINALS ARE IN TEH SUPER BOWL

:) that was a damn good game :)

weaving. well, maybe. it's just a whole new way of looking at yarn!

a nice loom costs something like $1500, so i'm starting with this.i am imagining a HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN blanket. in this fantasy, i am cuddling by the fireplace with the dogs, drinking cocoa, relaxing under my blanket. i do not have a fireplace or cocoa, but i do have dogs, so i ( Read more... )

meo died around 1:30 this morning. he died in david's arms while we snuggled him in bed. he had been very weak all day and we could tell it was coming. we made sure that one of us was touching him the entire day. he only mewed once, and, in typical meo fashion, it was because he wanted more cuddles ( Read more... )

You know, I think the Catholic Church would have better turn out if it didn't refer to its holidays as "Holy Days of Obligation". Why not "Jesus Parties"?

I also think kids would have more fun studying advanced mathematics if we refer to proofs as "math hugs."

IT IS 90 DEGREES IN MY APARTMENT. THE AIRCONDITIONING IS BUST.

THIS IS UNFORTUNATE.COM

my car is totaled. my precious first ever dream car sexy black pt cruiser with wood side-paneling that i was nowhere close to paying off, my dear pepperbox, is dead. i had a good long sob ( Read more... )

So this morning, Wigglepuppy started heaving and making this weird sound that is basically the sound baby teeth shaking around in a Coke can. I thought he was going to burst, so David and I ushered him outside. He started barfing ( Read more... )

I find this really funny and ironic and also kind of terrifying. Watch The Business of Being Born in order to see that this type of statement is a perfect example about what midwives fight against: "Birth isn't normal! Everything goes wrong all the time! Women's bodies don't work right! Natural birth isn't natural ( Read more... )

my favorite student (from last year) just sent me this:


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