I took her to the vet today ( Read more... )

My dog appears to have gone deaf. :(

I leave for Germany in 29 days...

I need to:
See my boyfriend more
Get paperwork together, organized, and documents photocopied
Start figuring out what exactly I'm packing
Buy new pants
Buy an alarm clock
Buy adapters for ethernet, plugs, and power conversion

I StumpleUponed a website of anti-bush statements. Some of them are common, but one of them was my favorite:

"Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?"

"No question now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

George Orwell, 1984 Animal Farm

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For over ten years I complained to my dad about the unlivable temperatures that the upstairs of our house reaches in the summer. I asked for an air conditioner, I offered to buy an air conditioner, but I was always told no. Our electric wiring can't support it ( Read more... )

The end of my phone conversation with Sarah:

Sarah: Okay well I guess I will let you get back to WoWing.
Derek: I actually wasn't WoWing.
Sarah: Oh, what were you doing?
Derek: Organizing some music.
Sarah: Oh, well don't work too hard.
Derek: Oh no. It was recreational organizing.

Man I love being back in Silverton. So many things I missed. If only the awesome elements of Silverton and Forest Grove life could combine to form a perfect, awesome, existence.

I read a few web comics. Today, I found some especially entertaining and worth a share:

From XKCD:

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