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Diary of a Single Girl on Valentine's Day
9:30 a.m.: Wake up. Realize it's Sunday and the only thing I have to look forward to is laundry and birthday present shopping. Promptly refuse to get out bed ( Read more... ) -
Work
Boss: It would be weird to live in Florida ( Read more... ) -
Books Books Books
After a self imposed exile from reading, I've been tearing through books and stories and just need to talk about them! I'm sure you all understand.
So, in the order I read them, here are my thoughts. I'll LJ cut the real spoilers, but will include many cryptic and enthusiastic remarks to get you interested in these books.
1) The Brutal ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in the office
Did you know that it takes four people to get a draft to a hotel in Italy? Neither did I. On the plus side, I found a use for that urgent stamp ( Read more... ) -
A story from my youth
What Happened when I read A Tale of Two Cities
(told in the third person)
Katie suddenly notices that the dry Charles Dicken's novel has picked up pace. As she is two thirds of the way through the book, it's about time. Interesting, she thinks, I seem to actually like some of the characters in this book. Who would have thought? Oh Sydney, you ( Read more... ) -
Cutest thing
From time to time I visit irrel because I really love her art. I don't always, or even often like all her fandoms, but her art is so pretty I often find myself wishing I could get as excited about certain pairings or fandoms as she is. This is probably the best example of this she has produced in a while. They're just so cute! I had to share. -
Adventures with Big Blue, otherwise known as Thelma and Louise and Jill
How the Ithaca trip came to be, I honestly don't remember clearly, but I imagine it went something like this...
Emily: So Katie, my sister is going to be in the Ithaca University Circus and my family is going!
Katie: *watches TV* That's really cool Emily.
a few days later
Emily: I really want to see my sister in the circus, but the plane ticket ( Read more... ) -
Journaling
Writing in this journal was always supposed to help me find my personal style, a way to express myself. Looking back on it, I really wish I'd done it with more grammar and less terrible spelling errors, but there you go. Anyway, the upshot of all this pondering, is that I'm going to try to be better at updating, about all the small things that I ( Read more... )