Yay! My Internet is finally back up, so I'll be firing off a salvo of updates.

I've been meaning to write a proper update discussing my birthday for a while now. I've yet to find the time to write everything I'd like to. To ensure that I eventually get to it, here's a filler post. I do have a small summary of it that I'd care to share: I'm lucky to have so many illustrious friends. Many thanks for everything you've said ( Read more... )

Today, I described the contents of a glass to someone as "half-full".

It would appear that I am now an optimist.

I love starting stupid Internet games, so it's only fair I play along with the ones others start, regardless of how incredibly stupid they may be. Having been tagged by Ian, I shall now share some of my weird habits ( Read more... )

Would anyone care to join me?

I don't sleep, anymore - I gave it up.
'Cause what we do is not enough
and now they're calling out our bluffs.

(I hope everyone is having half as much fun with the end-of-term-finals-and-papers crunch as I am. Keep your chin up, comrades, deliverance draws nigh.)

Just yesterday, I found myself hanging around a Petsmart, looking at the adoptable kitties. They all had names on their cages. "What if you don't like the name?", said I. "Can you give them a new name?" My companions offered non-committal shrugs. "Yeah, look at this one. His name's Hollywood. That's lame. I'd name him...Santa Monica ( Read more... )

The majority of birthday balloons are covered with, aside from the words "Happy Birthday", illustrations of festive things, such as streamers, confetti, and balloons.  A balloon covered in the image of more balloons.  There has to be some symbolism in that.

If our solar system were the size of the CCHS gym, the sun would be the ( Read more... )

I knew it all along - Snape did it.

I have a little game for you all: we will design our very own Secret Base, room by room. The Base will be built into and under a mountainside somewhere in the American Southwest. It will be completely self-contained, nigh-impenetrable, and perfect for hanging out, weathering the end of the world, or serving as a headquarters for our evil schemes ( Read more... )