Thanks  to everyone who made my going away party exacttly what I'd hoped it would be.

Weird to think I won't be living here a week from now. But y'all are the ones who make sure I'll be crying on my drive out of town..

Just started pricing those you-pack moving services. The first quote I got back: $5K.

Damn.

I cannot be getting a cold. I cannot be getting a cold. I cannot be getting a--

--oh, fuck.

Sniffle.

So after spending the better part of a week with that frickin' breakup song from last weekend's TAL stuck in my head, I couldn't help but think about the entire concept of the breakup song, and which song I considered to be the absolute best. Starlee Kine is right: It's a vast field, since just about every third song ever written seems to qualify, ( Read more... )

A friend sent me this article, asking what I thought, because she was torn between hating it and loving it.

Excerpt:

As an aesthetic principle, quirk is an embrace of the odd against the blandly mainstream. It features mannered ingenuousness, an embrace of small moments, narrative randomness, situationally amusing but not hilarious character ( Read more... )

I just realized I forgot to tip room service my last day!

I am a terrible person.

I just got back from Minibar. I don't think I can do it justice right now, because it's pretty imperative that I get my ass to bed, but all I can say is, I just spent $200 on dinner, and it totally felt worth it to me. From the first beet tumbleweed to the last saffron gumdrop, it was an adventure. As I told Ramentenshi afterward, "That was the ( Read more... )

Just saw Stardust. It was a lot of fun. Could be this generation's Princess Bride. Trust me, this generation could do worse (one word: Titanic). Did it reinvent the wheel? It did not. Did it bring Michelle Pfeiffer back from wherever she's been hiding the past several years? It did, and she stole every fraction of the show they allowed her access ( Read more... )

There is some rule, written in angel's invisible blood upon the walls of Eastpoint Mall, that any attempt I make to skate at the Dundalk Skateland must take at least 45 minutes of driving. It's weird, because I don't normally get lost easily, but the minute I hit Dundalk, a whole new set of rules applies. It doesn't help that the Skateland is on ( Read more... )

....about minivans with spinning rims.