The merry_smutmas reveal has been, well, revealed. So this time it's personal "thank you thank you thank you"s to scoradh for my gift, the delicious A Cliche That Fits. I loved it, especially the subtle humor and the garden smooching ( Read more... )

If you have a sore throat, don't grab a penlight and check out your own tonsils. It'll only make you feel worse.

It took me a solid month to sit down and watch the first episode of The Wire.

Now they've got me hooked, and I'll be playing catch-up through four seasons worth of DVDs. *g*

We finally finally FINALLY got Terrier, the newest Tamora Pierce book, in at the library ( Read more... )

Wow. I just finished watching Sophie Scholl: The Last Days, and I'm practically bawling like a baby.

Fascinating piece of history. Damn good movie. Creepily accurate looks-casting.

I got my Smutmas fic on the first day this year! And it's AWESOME!! Seriously, go check it out: My Smutmas GiftOk, going to bed now. One of my fellow employees has been out with severe vertigo for a week now, and half the staff was already scheduled for vacation. Result: two Saturdays in a row where we attempt to run a medium sized library with ( Read more... )

Listen, kitty. Mommy needs to finish her merry_smutmas fic today. This means you need to cease and desist the following activities: sticking your head under mom's hand, sticking your nose in mom's ear, clawing at mom's computer screen and attempting to type using mom's keyboard. I know you're there, and I'll give you pets... later.

Signs That You Are Screwed: During your exam, your optometrist says "I wonder what happened to mess your eyes up this badly. Do you think it was environmental or just genetic?" *sigh* Plus, it looks like my right eye has degenerated even further, down to a -9.50 scrip. Boo ( Read more... )

In general, I try not to comment on, and if possible not even notice, what my patrons are printing out/ working on. It's just too complicated and it rarely works out well anyway. But today, I did tell a boy scout that I was pretty sure cutting off people's hands for breaking the law was not current legal practice in Portugal ( Read more... )

Someone please tell me why I hyperventilate at the thought of (1)talking on the phone and (2) telling someone that I don't have time to take on another activity. He won't even CARE that I'm saying "no," other than the fact that I should have said it three weeks ago but I didn't because of above reasons (1) and (2 ( Read more... )