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There has been much visiting lately.
Miss eyeteeth came by to Philadelphia this past Wednesday, and stayed the night at my place. We'd only met each other twice before, and briefly, and since then only communicated via lj, so it was nice to have some proper conversation over Thai food and beers. She proved to be delightful company ( Read more... ) -
Books I'd like to see...
brought to you thanks to a conversation with dangermousieA modern 20-something Jane Austen fan gets transported to Regency England. There, she discovers that since she does not belong to any established family and has no protectors, and since she cannot be placed into any class, she automatically falls to the lowest level of society. Her speech alone confuses ( Read more... ) -
Borders: blighted and blind
Going back to Philly tomorrow, so today was errand day. I took my car for an oil change and some other maintenance work (newsflash: cars are expensive!), got myself some new jeans and undies and that sort of thing ( Read more... ) -
Police Brutality
After getting into several internet debates with people on the subject, I think I am going to keep a list of police brutality cases. I will update the list as I hear of new stories. I am not going to specifically seek them out, but it seems like one comes to my attention at least once every week (which is far, far too often ( Read more... ) -
Jesus Love
I'm a big fan of Hyperbole and a Half. Likely you're also a big fan of Hyperbole and a Half. Even if you're not a fan per se, if you are on the internet, you have likely seen this particular post: This Is Why I'll Never Be An Adult. Heck, there's apparently t-shirts now inspired by that post and everything ( Read more... ) -
Reason I love my neighborhood #243
I am back in Philadelphia, just in time to catch this latest snowstorm. Which, happily, isn't as dire as predicted.
When it's not totally road-clogging, snow makes me happy. Night snow especially is magical--so beautiful and quiet and whispery.
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All Roads Lead to Rome
After celebrating Christmas, rather than going out in the snow to watch a newly released movie, as we'd do back home in the States, we drove out in the rain and thunder to take a ferry to Italy. The ferry departed in the evening and deposited us on the west coast of Italy at about 7 am the next morning. We got out, got into our car, and promptly ( Read more... ) -
Happy Holidays from Albania
After a long and arduous journey fraught with really unnecessary complications, I am now in Tirana, Albania, just in time for Christmas with my family. I was supposed to be here a few days ago, but when I got to the airport on Monday, it turned out my passport had expired this summer, and I'd had no idea. I had to get an emergency expedited ( Read more... )