I had a long conversation last night with a good friend about people she had been interviewing as a part of her internship. The people are all members/pastors of black churches in the DC area, and some of them have truly inspiring stories. We talked about how reaffirming these stories can be when, like both of us, you’re the kind of person who ( Read more... )

Our new place officially feels like a home now! We just bought a couch and had it delivered today! I didn't even know it was possible to buy a couch and have it in your home within an hour, but apparently so. The couch was a great deal as it was a floor model (our favorite). It's a sectional, with a chaise on one end, and it's PURPLE. Really ( Read more... )

There is a discussion going on at azkatraz_hpdm about whether or not Draco took the dark mark. This reminded me of one of those little recurring inconsistencies that bugs the hell out of me in fic ( Read more... )

I just got an email telling me I now have tickets to see HBP at Azkatraz! HOORAY! I really didn't think that would happen at all. I guess the change in time has made it less popular ( Read more... )

First, an update on my roommate sitch:
( July 1, here I come! )

Did you guys know that Matthew Sheppard's death was actually just a robbery gone wrong? That's what the lovely Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) tells us.

Take a look.

Maybe we'll all get lucky and she'll get "robbed" sometime soon.

Went camping this weekend's for C's bday. We went up to Bodega Bay up on the Sonoma coast, which is where Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds is set. Weekend highlights included a stunning coast with "gale force winds" (which means no kayaking, boo), blue jays that came to eat our butter, hippies who give out free wood from the back of a U-Haul, and ( Read more... )

You guys, I had the craziest dream last night. I was at some sort of meetup for Azkatraz, and sitting in a big circle of all sorts of LJ people--but everyone looked vaguely like the icon I associate them with! For example, alisanne has those totally crazy, colorful lips, and micolerose had black wings! It was so funny, I literally woke up laughing. I love when ( Read more... )

Happy Passover everyone!

Last night I went to the Feminist First Night Seder at my old synagogue Sha'ar Zahav. It was so wonderful! My partner came with me, and it was her first seder. Passover is such an inspiring holiday, and every year I forget how much I enjoy the seder. For those of you who have never been to one, a seder is a ritual ( Read more... )

I've been intermittently sick over the past several days. I hate feeling like this: one minute hot, the next cold, my throat keeps starting to hurt and then getting better, and I'm congested completely for about 2 hours, and then I just have nagging sinus pain. WTF ( Read more... )