I've recently met several people who enjoy skydiving, and I had the chance a couple of weeks ago to go with a friend and watch several jumps. Now, I'm not generally interested in doing extreme activities that may result in death, but every person who jumped that day had a blast and watching them made me a little envious. So, when I was offered the ( Read more... )

If you've ever wondered what hatha means, I'm going with pain. I went to a hatha yoga class for the first time at 8 Limbs on Pike yesterday, and it was tough. I thought I would be in awful pain today, but I actually feel good. So good, I'm going to brave a different class on Sunday morning.

Had a pleasant dinner of baked halibut with masqlab tonight. ( Read more... )

Before I get to the strange coincidence, if you haven't seen Sicko, what are you waiting for? To anyone who has ever wondered why I get all misty-eyed and distracted whenever the UK or France are mentioned, this movie will explain it all. It will also make you laugh and cry. Mostly cry ( Read more... )

What more it there to say? I saw La Vie en Rose yesterday at the Egyptian. It was the first show of the day, and the audience was about 10 older people and me. The movie tells the story of famous French singer Edith Piaf ("piaf" is French slang for sparrow) who lived from about 1916 to 1963. In true French fashion, it was about 20 minutes too long ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I posted anything, and I've been prodded recently to try to be more communicative so here goes.

I had a fun day on Saturday with greyjoy, masqlab, lena_of_fargo, supersech, and masqlab's man, playing a Mage tabletop game set in Boston.

I've been watching I, Claudius with greyjoy. It's like watching a play that's been videotaped, but the cast is amazing - Derek ( Read more... )

Well, here it is:



Do you agree?

Once in a while I remember to post when a good meme comes around, so here goes ( Read more... )

Was there any doubt?

You Are 76% Evil
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That's right, my wonderful husband has consented to be dragged to Italy in just over a month. Woo-hoo! And, maybe even the best part, I tricked him into spending an extra two nights so we can stop in London before coming home ( Read more... )

are boring! I sat through a mandatory two hour Respectful Workplace session today. Again. It's only been about a year since the last one. As a co-worker pointed out, my company is requiring all of us to attend these sessions, just before a big Halloween bash at the Fenix. With drinks. Provided by the company. Sigh ( Read more... )