It's my brother's 21st birthday and at the end of the night I tricked him into drinking a glass of water by putting a chunk of cheddar cheese at the bottom.

One more glass of water and I can send him to bed. A better update tomorrow.

love,
Claire

Going to San Francisco tomorrow. Huzzah ( Read more... )

I'm going to miss hbo when we finally cancel it. It's just as well, because fancy cable has totally ruined my ability to function like a normal human being. For example, this morning I watched Singles at 7 am and couldn't take my shower until after Matt Dillon and Bridget Fonda got back together. Also, last night Before Sunrise was on, and I ( Read more... )

So yeah, you might have heard, it’s snowing in Seattle this week. I mean, not snowing in a real way, but in a Pacific Northwest kind of way where we got an inch or two of snow and over the last couple days it has stayed so cold that the snow didn’t really stick, but hardened into mean little slick spots all over the neighborhoods where I tread. ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in my car outside of Seattle Center updating my livejournal while I wait for my classmate to get back to work at the Pacific Science Center so that I pick up some discount coupons to go see the Dead Sea Scroll exhibit with my parents tomorrow. That feels like some sort of delicious triumvirate of nerdiness, but it may just be that I'm ( Read more... )

There is a terrible dead something in the alleyway behind my apartment - the dead something is either a really big rat or a really small possum. Despite the fact that it's been there for 48 hours, I still manage to forget about it and scream really loudly every time I see it. Rain soaked and missing hair is not a good look for indeterminate dead

So I've been effectively mostly unemployed for 13 days now, which is mostly shitty. I'm still working half days a couple days a week, which no one could live on unless they worked as hard as I did over the summer and fall and had the resultant savings. I've managed to justify not running out and getting the first job I can find, because I am ( Read more... )

And then other days, your job quits itself for you.

Some days I swear I'm going to quit my job, but then other days Sophie amazes me by doing this adorable little squat dance to Basement Jaxx and I have to admit that there are very cool aspects of my employment.

A Guide to Not Making Friends in Your New, Cool, Museum Studies Program ( Read more... )