I lost my gloves in a cab earlier this evening. These were not hand-knitted, or even robot-knitted, they were just some fuzzy-on-the-inside gloves I picked up at a department store somewheres. So, perfect opportunity to finish the mittens that have been languishing in my basket for three years ( Read more... )

I figured, after listening to an audiobook about Jane Austen that included a quote from Emily Bronte complaining about how boring Austen's characters, plots, and settings were, that I was probably not really going to enjoy Wuthering Heights. And I was mostly right ( Read more... )

So you remember that scene in The Shining when the flood of blood comes gushing out of the elevators and careens down the hotel hallway? You see it for maybe half a minute ( Read more... )

Went out to The Spot with some friends and had drinks and much LOUD SHOUTING OVER THE GOD DAMNED MUSIC but all in all a good time was had by everyone who wasn't falling asleep at the table ( Read more... )

Now I can finally make the risotto with acorn squash that I've been meaning to do since mid-January ( Read more... )

Lovely thing of the day ( Read more... )

Reveling in my misanthropy this evening - I'm up to the middle of season 2 of Daria ( Read more... )

prologue

I'm making dough for my Middle Eastern meat pies. Sifting flour, mixing super-hot dough, dampening a rag to put over the dough, etc. Now the dough is left to rise, and I notice a buzzing. It sounds sort of insect-y, but could possibly also be a random malfunction of an appliance of some kind. I investigate.

Act OneMe: HOLY SHIT ( Read more... )

Today was full of things ( Read more... )