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Me vs the IRS
I recently completed a major project at work -- one that kept me busy evenings and weekends for months -- and I have forgotten what I used to do for fun. This weekend, with no work obligations oppressing me, I felt completely adrift. So I did my taxes. Whee ( Read more... ) -
Long weekend, short post
Earlier this week, I noticed that I had a turkey dinner gathering frost in my freezer and thought it would be delightfully kitschy to save it for Thanksgiving day. Then Thursday came and it suddenly seemed like such a sad idea I refused to eat it. Odd. I've had Charlie Brown Thanksgiving dinners of pretzels and M&Ms, fasting Thanksgivings, and ( Read more... ) -
apples and oranges
First, remember the great manga giveaway? I'm packing up the claimed books this weekend and will probably remember to ship them next week. In the wake of all the recent bingeing and purging of books on your shelves, I wanted to give everyone a chance to review their selection before I send you a book you'll feel bad about having to throw away. So ( Read more... ) -
Harper's Island kinda sucked. And other lukewarm thoughts.
For most of the summer, my "ooh, let's check the TiVo" show was Harper's Island, a Ten Little Indians-style mystery about the members of a wedding party on an island in the Pacific Northwest being picked off one by one. My enthusiasm faded early on when I realized that the writers and directors were replacing suspense with shock and gore, but I ( Read more... ) -
Summer on a cracker.
I spent much of the weekend at spacealien_vamp's marathoning Avatar with s_vamp and her mother megory while being thoroughly spoiled with fresh, home-cooked food. I would never have the courage to try making my own pizza, but I did pick up the recipe for a delicious snacker meal consisting of a fresh basil leaf, fresh mozzarella, and a slice of -- you guessed it, fresh ( Read more... ) -
May's budget theme: annoyances
I've been obnoxiously pro-budget since splurging on YNAB in January, so this month I bring you three things that make me less happy about budgeting ( Read more... ) -
Twilight was a bad movie
...and other thoughts.
I think Twilight might have benefited from a better writer, a different director, some new casting, and less extreme Edward hair. Mostly the characters seemed deprived of both personality and backstory, and the big romance was lacking chemistry. Spark. Romance. He glitters like jewelry for #*$%'s sake. How bad a writer or ( Read more... ) -
By the power of Google, I bring you
Avatar: The Last Airbender (The Abridged Series)
link to episode 1 [youtube, natch]
(but the funny funny FUNNY starts in episode 2. -
voice actors should be seen and not heard
I was a little disappointed when I put in my final Avatar DVD and saw that the last two commentaries were for episodes 3.16 and 3.17. To be clear: I was delighted that 3.17 had commentary, because I love that episode like I gave birth to it, but I was surprised that the creators didn't choose to comment on any part of the two-hour finale (episodes ( Read more... )