anyone got my iTrip? without it i fear that we may listen to nothing but oasis on our way back and forth to vermont. and eight hours of oasis is a lot of oasis ( Read more... )

so i am back from denver. we didn't win anything at ALA, but one of our freelance designers did! go shadra! i went to the US Mint and saw them make quarters. that was cool. i got a fancy pedicure at the aveda salon in our hotel. my hotel room came with a fish. it was 75 when we got there and 11 and snowing when we left. i had chick-fil-a and ( Read more... )

happy new president ( Read more... )

can things like this not happen mere days before i have to fly to denver for midwinter?

they all look very cold. and very unhappy.

so remember back in the day when all those toys made in china had lead and people were freaking out because children were chewing on them and stuff? yeah, that was bad. now the government is demanding that all products made for children under 12 be tested for various materials that can damage children. this includes books. regular paper and ink ( Read more... )

2009! woowhoo!

so far, not too shabby. cold, but if that's all i have to complain about i am a happy camper.

we went to PBR yesterday and it was entertaining as always. it is good to have traditions. i loved the fact that the most famous new yorker who came out for PBR was bernie taupin who loves him some bull riding. or, as papa fee put it, "it ( Read more... )

what do you think the odds are of my actually getting out of town this afternoon?

i feel like weather.com is laughing at me.

this weekend i went to florida for my granddad's funeral. it was not as bad as i thought it would be. in less than twenty-four hours i had chick-fil-a twice and mcdonald's breakfast. i inherited a diamond ring that i didn't know existed. only strangers tried to guilt trip me for the quick turn-around time. i got to tell my cousin zane about the ( Read more... )

so today is shaping up to be rather unpleasant. and kind of upsetting. not to mention somewhat sucky.

oh, and this also is shitty.

there will be drinks had at bar hop tonight.

this morning i had my pulmonary testing to figure out what it wrong with my lungs. turns out i suck at breathing. the technician was getting annoyed at me because i couldn't actually do the tests. basically i had to take a really deep breath and release as much air into a little tube without stopping as i could. and the amount of air i released ( Read more... )