Be thankful your journey has outposts ( Read more... )

Scene: 3 year old girl waddles up to me in a fairy costume at workMe: Wow, are you a fairy? Do you have magical superpowers ( Read more... )

As this is my public announcement board of sorts I feel the need to weigh in on Lindsay Lohan's new lesbian affair. Verdict: HOT. I knew she had it in her ( Read more... )

The gods mock me in my mortal folly, friends. On Thursday I have a 10-hour layover in Amsterdam on my way to the other hemisphere. OBviously I will have some "important business" to attend to in those 10-hours, because what else would i do in Amsterdam for 10 hours. Of course the catch is that I will probably be drug-tested for my upcoming job ( Read more... )

There was a naughty boy ( Read more... )

Another thing. Today it was like 80 degrees and SUNNY out. I'm rolling in the Toyota, looking at the beautiful scenery, when I realize I don't need a map to get around Portland anymore. Wee! I feel extremely proud of this accomplishment. The first 4 months of living here were spent glued to the map, cursing one-way streets. SO I sit back and roll ( Read more... )

Last night me and Monica were walking on 37th and Belmont when I saw a royal blue sash laying in a heap at the bus stop. "Oh look, a sash" I said, being a collector of sashes. It looked like some kind of male prom/graduation accoutrement; a multi-purpose decoration piece that could double as a blindfolding accessory, I figured. Then I picked it up ( Read more... )

Storm Warnings ( Read more... )

She hid her tresses under a helmet of Roum, and she mounted a steed of battle and came forth before the walls like to a warrior. And she uttered a cry of thunder, and flung it amid the ranks of Turan, and she defied the champions to come forth to single combat. And none came, for they beheld her how she was strong, and they knew not that it was a ( Read more... )

This weekend I did something dreadful and dirty and I hope you’ll still like me, but...I played D&D. Yeah I designed a character and made my friend teach me how to play. He reluctantly accompanied me to Powell’s and I had to ask the salesperson for the special dice while he shamefully lingered in the corner. Then we cackled all the way home in the ( Read more... )