Because I have 45 pages of academic writing due on Monday, I thought today seemed like a really great time to post to LJ for the first time in about a year ( Read more... )

Um, this is my new pet hedgehog, Prickles. I know Prickles is a completely dumb name for a hedgehog. But look, she's purple! And if you click on her for long enough, she ... well, I'll let you experience this for yourself.


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Thanks, everybody, for your helpful comments on the dresses I posted about two weeks ago. As you unanimously suggested, I did not return to the Pittsburgh shop to buy the Mon Cheri dress (although I swear y'all would like it better if you'd seen it in person), and by the next day I realized I'd been taken in by the saleslady's hard-sell, paid-on- ( Read more... )

What do you all think of this wedding dress, with silver and white beading rather than the red and gold shown ( Read more... )

Conversation this morning in the bathroom, following me clumsily dropping my toothbrush into the toilet:

Greg: That's Moore's Law, that when you drop your toothbrush it falls in the toilet.

Me: Huh. That must be a science joke. I don't get it.

Greg: You know, Moore's Law. Whatever can go wrong, will.

Me: That's Murphy's Law ( Read more... )

I feel a little lame about being wide awake at 2:30 a.m. and yet not yet possessing a copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. J.K. Rowling, I promise that when book 7 comes out, I will do this right. Unless, of course, book 6 completely disenchants me with the whole thing.

Greg and I did, however, go to see Charlie and the Chocolate ( Read more... )

Memo to self: never attempt to write your verbatim while drunk. Bad, bad idea.

Who's going to a free outdoor concert by the Shins tonight, within walking distance of our house??

Me and Greg!

Life is good.

Things that are entirely unexpected and really quite wonderful: receiving a bouquet of roses from future sisters-in-law. Hooray! Thanks, Logan, Lindsey, and Gwen!!

Things that are really, really weird to start saying: the phrase "future sisters-in-law."

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