after about 20 years, give or take a few, of being brought up to ignore baseball and have nothing to do with it, my parents and the rest of my family have gone baseball crazy.  or rather, since the Red Sox won the World Series, they have gone baseball crazy.  And it is a really odd sensation for me to walk into the house and get shushed because ( Read more... )

i cut my hair ( Read more... )

i have fallen into a routine. for the time being.  i really like routines i think because i feel like then i am able to do more with my time outside of the routine...or maybe just that i have more time ( Read more... )

Already I have cuts and bruises on my feet and my achilles on my left leg is fairly tight.  I can't tell whether that is tendinitis or because it is weaker than the right ( Read more... )

so.  I have decided that though America is a country devoted to money and careers and fast-paced lives, the only thing that i enjoy of those three are fast-paced lives.  i like not being able to catch my breath ( Read more... )

i don't actually have all that much to say at present.  i had a fabulous summer, spending time pretty much anywhere that wasn't western mass.  (not that i don't love the ol' valley, just need a bit of a change now and then ( Read more... )

This has been the summer/year of come and go.  Which is fine by me.  I'll be off to camp for the next month or so, playing with the kids, getting sunburnt.  You know, summer stuff.  Which reminds me, I need to go buy a fan.  Pronto.

So I guess this is just to say that I will be out of touch for the next month or so and if you want to reach me, the ( Read more... )

modest mouse and great big sea are playing the pines in the middle of august, potentially before i leave.  anyone want to go?

the amount of times i say that during the day while subbing at the high school is ridiculous.  and no, i can't just ignore them, they get more persistent.  sheesh ( Read more... )

two spasming muscles, one in either leg ( Read more... )