Dear California,

It should not be easier to take away my civil rights than to raise property taxes. This is no way to run a state.

Fuck you very much,

.nicole.

My parents very awesomely gave me a nice, fat check for my birthday this year. Right now I'm just leaving it in my savings account in case of emergency. I probably won't get around to spending it until next March, after I get my student loan check for next semester ( Read more... )

I'm 30, y'all.

Today my plans include getting breakfast with T and Alex and then going to SF and hanging out.

Aaron's making dinner this evening. I'm going to be seeing some of you there. Woot!

I totally finished sewing my quilt today. Last Sunday I put the back on and added the batting. Today I stitched the pieces together. I continue to suck at sewing straight lines, but I think the quilt looks ok anyway. I look forward to napping underneath it frequently in the coming months ( Read more... )

So somehow I managed to buy twice as much batting as I need for my quilt. I'm not sure what to do about this ( Read more... )

I'm making this extra large "twin" sized quilt. It is the first one I've ever made and so far I've really enjoyed it. I spent the last two Sundays cutting out fabric and sewing up the squares. I'm done with the squares and now I just need to...do everything else. So far I've really enjoyed making this quilt. I'm horrible at sewing garments so ( Read more... )

Way to terrify my first thing in the morning, California!

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, alarmed by the ongoing national financial crisis, warned Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson on Thursday that the state might need an emergency loan of as much as $7 billion from the federal government within weeks.

I really thought Schwarzenegger was ( Read more... )

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Ok. So here's the clip of Palin being unable to talk about Supreme Court cases. It wasn't so much that she wasn't able to name one, she just couldn't talk about any one with enough knowledge to say she disagreed with it ( Read more... )

I hear people freeze can freeze cookie dough. Does this work with any drop cookie? I want to make ginger cookies. There's a lot of butter, a couple of eggs, and molasses.

I'd rather bake myself 2 cookies at a time than 2 dozen all at once, you know?

I just really wanted to use this Colbert icon. Look at his little face! Adorable.