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struggling for balance
I'm forcing myself to break the inadvertent lj silence ( Read more... ) -
public service announcement
I consider Rotten Tomatoes to be a pretty decent indicator of a movie's worth - the wisdom of crowds and all - but I believe they got it way wrong with Hancock's paltry 37%.
Hancock is a good movie. Not perfect, but good. Definitely worth seeing. -
floored
We’ve been back in our house for a week, but I’m slow on the photographic record - so slow that I missed the window between finished floor and furniture delivery. So the floor photos also star our new dining table, chairs, and sideboard.
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suitcase living
To briefly recap where I've been since last post:
First there was the solo trip to Nashville, which was entertaining and informative on several levels. I didn't think about this in advance, but this was the first time I'd been out on my own in seven years. Turns out the trip was much easier than I expected, and reintegrating with my normal life ( Read more... ) -
stop now
ursulav speaks for me. The only difference is that I started out with a slight preference for Clinton, which eventually inverted to be a slight preference for Obama ( Read more... ) -
in the country of the blind
As I recently noted over at nayad’s place, I have a long list of repeating nightmares. One common recurring theme is ‘bits of me that break’ - most commonly teeth breaking or falling out, hair being cut or falling out, or contacts shattering either in my hand or in my eye ( Read more... ) -
vague bag
coopted from tommx:
What American accent do you have?
Neutral. Not Northern, Southern, or Western, just American. Your national American identity is more important to you than your local identity, because you don’t really have a local identity to begin with.
Also interesting is the map, which you can add to once you’ve taken the quiz. -
worth a thousand?
We are back from Mexico. Third day actually, but I’ve been catching up hither and yon, and while urlgirl can attest that I have been incomparably voluble in person, I’m not sorted enough yet to say much in writing.
I have begun to upload select photos to Flickr, specifically ones where I was trying for artistry rather than mere snapshot documentation. ( Read more... )