Hi! Haven't seen you in a while! You look great! New shoes? New boyfriend? Totally different life-cycle you've entered since it's been about three million years since I posted? Yeah, I know. I'm a sucktastic lj-friend, but I make up for it by being a really good actual friend. You win some, you lose some ( Read more... )

Hey all: sorry I haven't posted for a ridiculously long time. I am dealing with some heavy stuff, and not wanting to write about it in this format. But I am reading regularly.

Also, my dad has a lj now claymedeiros! Go check him out, especially if you have actually met him & appreciated his awesomeness in person. Feel free to friend him or comment--he'd ( Read more... )

Mom: Wait, is this movie about God?
Me: Well, it is called "The Gospel", so I'm guessing...
Mom: I didn't know that!
Me: You didn't know that a movie about gospel music, called "The Gospel", would have religion in it?
Mom: I'm just not into God right now.

( meme from beyondbliss )

It's snowing here again, and has gotten so cold that the sidewalks & streets are iced over. The night walk was more like skating than anything else. I actually think the dog enjoys the sensation of towing me along behind her. My mom has a doctor's appointment tomorrow that she has waited 2 months for, so instead of being snowed in where she lives, ( Read more... )

quote of the week: "People who love themselves eat dinner."

quote of the evening 1: "Sometimes I think I'm just out there, piloting a yacht of delusion."
quote of the evening 2: "Meanwhile, I am desperately paddling the leaky rowboat of family discord."

it is so cold in my house that i should really be wearing my fingerless gloves, but i am kind of enjoying the sensation, for some reason. the neighbors across the parking lot are having a raucous college party, with lots of standing on the balcony shrieking & smoking, and i am thankful that i have nowhere i need to be tomorrow ( Read more... )

1. I had a baby. I wasn't delighted, or horrified, just matter of fact, like having a baby was the thing I was doing that week. It seemed to be a nice baby, but I have really no basis for comparison.

2. I was at a resort with bearsir, and he was reading me his new show. It was really good. There were lots of other people milling around, being annoying ( Read more... )

1. 3000 miles of distance, or twenty hours of driving, depending on who you are ( Read more... )

My town does not know how to deal with snow. We got a foot on SUNDAY. But since we live in the land of snow-denial, where the amount per year is so minuscule (usually) that it barely merits boots, there are no snow plows. No sanding. No shovels. Nothing. Nada. Squit ( Read more... )