If any non-snorers out there happen to need a room at the Steampunk World's Fair, let me know. I have a room at the Radisson (the main primary hotel) with only two people in it, and I'd love to further divvy up the costs. :)

Fair warning: We stay out pretty late.

So I will be getting a new car soon. My old '99 Nissan Altima runs pretty well, but it has some problems and isn't worth spending money for the inspection. Here's the list, in order of decreasing severity ( Read more... )

my mommy made me cry

I'm in danger of causing family problems, I guess ( Read more... )

Wow, I finally got my natural gas meter read! See, I'm excessively frugal in some ways. I like to keep my personal cost of living down so that I can occasionally spend into a hobby or some fun excursion that I don't often get to do. One of the things that I skimp on is home heating. When the low temperature for the day is forecast to stay above ( Read more... )

After the things I did on last Friday, detailed in a prior post, the weekend continued to treat me well ( Read more... )

I went to a dinner at the Ikea in Brooklyn. It happens annually, and this is the fourth one. Every year, we meet at the docks near the parking lot, as the bulk of the group comes in via the water taxi from Manhattan, and we go up to the cafeteria at the top floor. They have some interesting and unusual imbibables, such as soda made with ( Read more... )

So I had two nightmares during Philcon, both on Saturday night ( Read more... )

This being Halloweekend, I went to a couple parties on Friday night. Proooobably missed out on an interested girl at the first party because I wanted to see some friends at the second party, but both were overall fun. There was this dude who kept aggressively trying to kiss me. Life would be easier if the girls acted like this. Nonetheless, I ( Read more... )

Ahhh, the bizarrity of it all -- this year and last, I've been diving into costume making, and I've set up this strange pattern where I exercise my creativity throughout the year then suddenly, come October, lose my drive and have to wait for the system to reset. Naturally, this is the time when I should most be making a costume, but I guess I'll ( Read more... )