jhu thingie today. walter reed thing on thursday. its still grey outside. but at least the grass is colorful.

( i was going to write something spectacular... this is not it. )

everyone is ok. it was just fun to start off that way. my mom was a victim of identity theft and an officer was nice enough to come by and write up a report on it. unfortunately, mom's 3000 dollars are in india somewhere (the charges were based in kolkatta) so... buy the dog's medicines will be a problem for a bit. until the credit card company's ( Read more... )

but seriously, i resolve to update my lj more often. this is for two reasons:
1. i need to write more, and lj seems to keep my communication skills oiled (at least a bit)
2. it is very hard to avoid subjects with oneself (without concerted effort) and usually i am talking to myself when i post. so hopefully this will keep me from wandering in fog.

In the year 2005 I resolve to:

Fire my boss.

Get your resolution here

when i ran out of breath and had to start again, i turned for a new view. "those curtains must have been fun to make" i echoed into the room, shining my voice into the bright lights. right on cue, the man jumped into our dialogue. he explained his love for knowlege unattainable, sliding gleefully from one thought to another until i had to hold my ( Read more... )

so, as promised, here is the list of songs previously identified only by key lyrics (the ones noone guessed are in bold):

1. mother, tori amos2. christians and pagans, dar williams ( Read more... )

I was driving through richmond last night when the snow hit... and it was beautiful. it hit the air so suddenly that i caught three lightening strikes through the haze of cold debris and headlights, and though my car was staggering against the wind it felt like i was racing through a tunnel, much like in charlie and the chocolate factory (without ( Read more... )

as i said earlier today, the sky is incredibly blue today, except for the parts that look scraped, which just makes the sky look even cleaner, as if it were in raw form. i was going to take a picture of it, but i decided to take a picture of the tangerine i had with lunch instead ( Read more... )