... now that the standard TV seasons are over and Hulu/Netflix are putting the entire season that was up for viewing, wonder what I should actually latch onto for the summer ( Read more... )

Seems like a lot of my friends are making them these days -- not sure if because a lot of my peers are turning the "milestone" 30, or all that Mayan end-of-world talk got them thinking about their own mortality. But there it is ( Read more... )

seems kinda crazy in all sorts of ways, but here are some thoughts that raced through my mind ( Read more... )

Somehow, Facebook's Timeline switch provoked me to do my (single-digit) times per year update of LJ... which has long been the repository of my thoughts before any of those social media shenanigans ( Read more... )

... and I daresay, Portlandia is not far off the bat in its satire . . . so many skinny jeans, flannel & hipster-meets-90s culture!

That being said, I had a fun mini-vacay there--so many food carts! Not to mention swanky coffeehouses that put Starsucks to shame, as well as crafty cocktail bars and passionate-but-friendly breweries! Oh and NO SALES ( Read more... )

... goodness knows how seldom I check (let alone post) on LJ (incidentally, I just noted that I finished in grad school--5 years ago) but hey, I got a perma-account and even though I have since blogged elsewhere (and yes, twitter, facebook, foursquare and all that social media jazz--which wound up being part of my job,) this is still my most ( Read more... )

Some of my friends are great at planning events; others, not so much ( Read more... )

saw this on a soon-to-be-married friend's facebook wall, posted by her work colleague/friend ( Read more... )

it's been almost 3 weeks since Valentine's and I still see all those annoying diamond engagement ring commercials. Particularly annoying are all those (faked?) home videos of people accepting the proposal after the ring presentation ( Read more... )

Just realize how often I make/change life-decisions on a whim of emotions or gut instinct as opposed to any practical or rational backing. But somehow things turn out fine anyways . .