Given that, unless I was visiting and could walk away from it, I never enjoyed "real" winters and snow and freezing temps and all that, this might come as a shock:

I love winter.
I love the layers, the snowboots, the fluffy coats, hats, crisp touch to everything, clean smell, the grey skies, the bright blue skies... even the dirty snow ( Read more... )

Graham Simmons is on SciFi right now.

Clearly I should watch Message in a Bottle immediately.

I think, out of all my friends, I'm the most likely to fuck myself over on a whim ( Read more... )

Got a few books today at Half-Price:

Kim by Rudyard Kipling (read it as a child, but am covering it for a class this semester)
The Misfortunes of Virtue by The Marquis de Sade (inexplicable fascination with his philosophies)
Stranger than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk

Aaand two B scifi flicks, just because:

The Fortress (1992, Christopher Lambert, ( Read more... )

This semester might kill me, but it was remarkably touching to hear mum tell me she's endlessly proud of me. It struck me the other day I'm the first in her family to go to college ( Read more... )

Christmas celebrations were lovely, if a bit draining. My guests are gone - and initially I was relieved, but now I miss them terribly. Oh well, I'll see them in another week ( Read more... )

Happy/Merry Christmas Everyone!!

love, hugs, well wishes, cookies, &c.

(And to those who don't celebrate, have a good couple days slash Happy Whatever You Do Celebrate!)

I haven't really done a proper post in a long time. Or maybe I have and I'm just saying that to justify making this one. Regardless, here it is.

( So, yeah, I'm pretty happy. )

I have a fear of needles. But not just any needles. Only at the dentist, really. Other ones, I can handle - I mean, I get freaked out, but generally I manage to control myself. Needles at the dentist, however, just freak me the fuck out ( Read more... )

This is in response to that. Haha. I don't know why this makes me laugh, but it does.

And I find the response to be catchier. Huh.