Yesterday I stupidly let something sketchy download onto Compy, my laptop. Even though the firewall said I shouldn't. Even though I am usually anally carful about what goes on my computer. And now? I have freaking adware pop-ups coming up every 2 seconds. AHHHH! I forgot how much I hate that ( Read more... )

So this morning I'm driving to work around 8:30. "All Things Considered" is on NPR. There is an American journalist doing a commentary on his time spent in Rwanda during the genocides. He recently went to the Congo to follow up on the goings on of the Hutus. The whole story was painful, but at the end, he interviewed a Congonize man who, back ( Read more... )

Why do some people think that the only way to seem knowledgable and powerful is to belittle others?

This is what I'm singing this year. All the the song sets will be on my recital in the spring. Please feel free to fill in my hopelessly blank spots with suggestions ( Read more... )

I know that Halloween is around the corner when I realize that I'm eating a Reese's Stick at 9:00 a.m.

This is a story from years ago but something just reminded me of it. I was at home with my parents and my best friend L. I love L, she's the sweetest girl I know, but says some of the most mind bogglingly stupid things I've ever heard. We were all sitting around talking about astronomy and my mom mentions the moon ( Read more... )

Tonight I decided to make popcorn despite the fact that I don't have a popcorn popper, or a microwave. (So why do I have popcorn? Because it was only a dollar!) Long story short, it worked, but it was a pit stop along the highway to the dangerzone, and I don't recommend it.

I work 2 jobs. One of these jobs requires me to sit at a computer for 4 hours a day. All I ask of you, livejournal, is that my friends list is CONSTANTLY updated during this time period. I mean like every 2 minutes. Really. Get on it guys. Entertain me ( Read more... )

You Should Get a MFA (Masters of Fine Arts)
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LJ Interests meme results

1. yoga:
   If I had a personal yoga instructor, I'd actually practice yoga. But I don't, so I run instead.
2. carpenter pants:
   My favorite pair of pants are old, beaten up, held together by patches, millimeter thick, green carpenter pants that I have to fish out of the trash at least once a month when my husband tries to throw ( Read more... )