Truong took Zoe to the groomers today.  Apparently she didn't particularly like the clippers near her face but was otherwise well behaved.

( It's hard to believe it's the same dog! )

I finally have a dog!  I have wanted one since I moved to Seattle (I miss my Samson, for all that he is useless), but I haven't felt like I was ready to actually get one until recently.  Truong and I started visiting the local shelters looking for a small dog, since we currently live in an apartment, but they are quite hard to find.  It makes sense ( Read more... )

I'm turning 30 tomorrow.

I've been jokingly dreading the day since I turned 25, teasing my friends as they've trickled out of their 20s.

I am not okay with this.  People say it's not a big deal, it's only a number, it's only 30, but I can't help but feel that the last traces of my youth are gone.

When we were 15 and in high school, which strangely doesn't seem like that long ago to me, Marie, Erin and I vowed to spend our 30th birthdays together doing something fun and exciting (and undoubtedly expensive).  And now, 15 years later, it seems we're actually going to follow through with that vow ( Read more... )

I am looking for new books to read.  I have noticed that my literature consumption has declined since I quit smoking and I need to turn that around.

Please comment if you know of any good books I should read.  I am particularly interested in Fantasy and Historical Fiction, but I am willing to consider Science Fiction and any other Literature as

I ordered my Christmas presents online this year since I was going to be traveling to Texas for the holidays, and I really didn't want to have to lug all of that stuff on a plane.  I was even proactive about it!  Everything was ordered weeks in advance.  The Best Buy order I placed 12/9, which was shipped in three different parts for some odd ( Read more... )

( A MEME that actually appealed to me. )

Growing up in a fairly warm place snow has always been a treat. Something to get excited over, run outside and play in, and enjoy. Then it melts. The next day ( Read more... )

I am addicted to Starbucks Peppermint Mocha.

Vote the way I want you to or don't vote at all. I am disgusted by how many supposedly open minded, intelligent individuals have expressed that sentiment today ( Read more... )