I have to record the story my friend told me for posterity's sake. Especially since it happened in Oregon ( Read more... )

Fact: Velvet is soft.
Fact: Kittens are soft.
Fact: VELVET IS MADE OF KITTENS!

Halloween Costume ( Read more... )

For those of you not on my FB or who don't have the time to read my frequent manic updates, I leave for Burning Man on Sunday. I found out last week that my friend Tasia was going to buy my ticket and since then I've been slowly.. going.. insane! Ally is coming with me as well, which she found out on Monday. She's going even more insane than me ( Read more... )

D'kota passed away today. She wasn't in pain and had a very good, long life. Even so, it's hard.

Holy shit, I'm going to Burning Man ( Read more... )

OH MY GOD I want to take the beginning trapeze class so bad from DoJump!!! It has a handstand section! A whole section where I will learn handstands and how to hold them! I want this so bad my teeth ache with the need.

Come on lottery winnings...http://www.dojump.org/

Stumptown is this weekend and I'd loveeeee to go. Kate Beaton will be there, and I'd love love love to get her new book or whatever she has for sale. Erika Moen and Lucy Knisley will be sharing a table again this year, and they also have a joint project I'd love to buy. Don't think it's going to happen though. Going to my parents for lunch ( Read more... )

One thing I hate about corporations- the stupid rules and how they change on a whim. Today's annoyance- I was just informed that FB is off-limits on the internet no matter if you're on break or not because it uses too much bandwidth. This would be understandable if not for the fact that EVERYONE IS ALWAYS ON IT. Seriously. Everyone I walk by ( Read more... )

So after reading Julie & Julia I found that Julie Powell had just come out with a new one about her delving into the butchery field. I thought- wow that sounds amazing- and picked it up. Sadly, it ruined the good book run I was going on. The book is called Cleaving and is another biography about her time after she wrote Julie & Julia. The first ( Read more... )