Just as we did last year, we left the cape at 4:00 AM this morning and arrived in Ithaca shortly after 10:00 AM after a completely uneventful drive. And now that I've napped most of the day away, I'm ready to share some of the pictures from our vacation. I took fewer pictures this year, despite the enormous number or people there, because I had a ( Read more... )

July 20th I hit my 3 month mark at my new job, which means I can finally take my Annual leave! (aka, vacation.) Here is how the week plays out ( Read more... )

Pathetic: Elliott is away at a conference in Newport for the next week, making this our longest separation since just after graduation when he moved up here a month before I did. That was 4 years ago. It's deathly quiet in the house; even the cats are quiet, which is fairly unusual.  So I'm trying to keep myself occupied, and in some ways ( Read more... )

Would you believe that in the nearly 5 years we've been together, Elliott and I have never traveled any place that a) we couldn't reach by car, b) we couldn't stay at for free, and c)  wasn't near one of our parents' houses? It's true. We're frugal, busy people. And while we've talked about taking trips here or there just the two of us, both of us ( Read more... )

This is in my head. I thought I might share:

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( A young girl I know was nearly raped today. Thus I livejournal rant. )

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So what, exactly, will a Community Relations Coordinator do ( Read more... )

How big of a sap am I, to  cry watching this clip?

And not because I'm so amazed that such an unremarkable looking woman can sing so incredibly, which is what appears to have stunned the audience. Who ever said good looking people had the monopoly on singing? Most of the best singers I've met in my life (and for a scant 3 weeks at age 13 I took ( Read more... )