Okay, so, this is kind of my fandom milestone, the only thing I've done annually in the HP fandom since I joined. Every time I wish angua9 a happy birthday, another year has gone by and I find myself in almost exactly the same place -- with some minor changes. ;)

Two years ago......I was procrastinating on a French essay, and kept being distracted by SQ ( Read more... )

My mother, on looking at a magazine cover: "Who's that? Oh, Eminem. What's his real name -- Justin Timberlake?"

Things that have been eaten by me in the last 24 hours (give or take a few):

• turkey (duh)
• the best apple pie EVA!
• praline cheesecake
• pecan pie
• pumpkin pie (it was gross though. VICTORY IS OURS! uh, I mean...that was a pity)

What a dreary weekend. Not only is it finally shaping up to be winter, but there's a stomach bug going around campus that I'm still recovering from, and that all my friends are getting now too ( Read more... )

( You know what this is about. )

1. Not only did I vote today, but I voted using an old-fashioned lever machine! It was exciting and nervewracking, but I think I managed to vote for Kerry in the end.

2. etarip called lots of Virginians today to get out the vote! This makes me happy. Little things make me very happy. I was hoping that college students in not-quite-swing but could-go- ( Read more... )

YAY! I just voted ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm addicted to the election. The bad news is that I now have yet another way of procrastinating, namely, checking electoral-vote.com, reading articles on Karl Rove, Nader, Stolen Honor, etc., and playing with interactive electoral college maps (dude, I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who likes playing with little red and blue states and ( Read more... )

First off, happy birthday to lilac_bearry and happy belated birthday to chicagoamy! I hope you both had wonderful days full of Gilderoy Lockhart and Dominic Monaghan (you guys know which one belongs to which of you :P ( Read more... )

1. I spent all last week shopping for classes, and I think I've finally decided what I want my course schedule to be. And I'm actually excited, which is refreshing since for a while I was extremely frustrated with the shopping period ( Read more... )

Happy (Belated) Birthday, connielane!

In honor of yesterday, a little anecdote from my Italian Cinema class that connielane might enjoy:

( Kill Bill: a postmodern collapse? )