...but someone decided to push a few of my buttons.

Currently, we're helping a friend of ours, dustykat, as he's transitioning between getting out of the condo he was in and getting into a place of his own. ( Anyone reading his own journal has been aware of it.) Dusty is a lot of things: A scarily good SCA fighter, a very good mechanic, an artist, a ( Read more... )

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want -- good or bad. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people remember about you.

Guilt What is yours? Explain yourself Culinary: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
I like them. I really like them. But I also know they're terrible for me.
Literary: Laurel K. Hamilton If you don't know why it's guilt to read her work... you haven't read her work.Audiovisual: 'Misfortune' videos I can't help but have an almost-morbid fascination ( Read more... )

Quote from a lunch conversation:

"So, he's bidefecacious."

(said when discussing the fact that the cat I'm tending is willing to use the litterbox indoors as well as dig in the dirt and do his business outside)

[Thanks, chmarr!]

Well, after a bit of consideration, we've purchased the wood and some assorted attachment hardware, done all the filling, sanding, and painting, and our table now has a brand-new shelf.

We're still finding little bits of glass in spots. I'm realizing just how hard it is to to every last little tiny fragment out of something like carpet., but the ' ( Read more... )

What is it about foxes worrying about me getting a few scapes and dings? Ehh...

(Yes, I did get poked and sliced across the fingertips a good number of times when I was too hyped on the endorphins from the backside of the adrenaline rush to not feel it and too tired to not care much. Being such tiny pieces and being glass, however, the cuts were so ( Read more... )

It is not uncommon for me to fall asleep in front of the TV.(Hey, it's a very feline thing to do.)
Normally, I'll wake up later and then pad off to bed. This evening... it was different.

I was tossing and turning and was just waking up.
I noticed the clock:
   Huh, about 3am. Yeah, should go to bed
I noticed the TV was still on:
   Huh, ( Read more... )

I'm toying around with an idea that came up in a discussion some friends/coworkers of mine had over lunch:

Ten Words Or Less (a.k.a. TWOL):

Present people with a subject/idea/concept.
Express that subject/idea/concept in (wait for it...) ten words or less ( Read more... )

when you fall asleep in the midst of getting miserably sick,
then wake up, staggering into the kitchen...

And there sits a pot of freshly-made chicken soup
(Jewish recipe: +2 health bonuses!)
waiting for you to have it.

I love my silly, wonderful fox.

I had an interesting moment ( Read more... )