( Things I learned in 2008 )

I have the flu.  Not just any flu, but just about the worst flu I've ever had.  Then again, I suppose my brain tricks me into thinking that every single time I get sick - how else would we be able to function properly if we remembered the reality of a bad cold?  The jelly legs, painful/annoying/hollow/sick feeling in your sinuses, the sore throat ( Read more... )

Yes, that's right, ladies and gents!  Pictures of my apartment!  It's extremely difficult to get a real sense of a place with just these pictures - putting the pics together to represent a residence?  Eh.


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In no particular order (numbered because I like things numbered even if there's no sense behind it):

1.  The Blood Books Vol. 1 (Blood Price and Blood Trail) - Tanya Huff
2.  The Blood Books Vol. 2 (Blood Lines and Blood Pact) - Tanya Huff
3.  City of Pearl - Karen Traviss
4.  Crossing the Line - Karen Traviss
5.  The Target - Gerri Hill
6.  The Killing ( Read more... )

I'M GONNA BE AN AUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm thinking about getting a DVR of some sort - but I don't want to do the monthly subscription for TiVo crap...any suggestions?

Comment and I'll give you a letter. In your journal, list 10 of your favorite songs that begin with that letter.

piekid assigned me the letter H.  (that jerk!  I don't really know any songs that start with H)

In no particular order...

Ani Difranco - Heartbreak Even
Ataris - Hey Kid
The Arcade Fire - Headlights Look LIke Diamonds
Bright Eyes - Haligh, Haligh, A ( Read more... )

The lighting is awful, because I'm thoughtful like that, and you can't really tell what's going on until you've watched it a couple times, but...

ETA: I got another video of him!  This one is in better light and more clear as to what's going on.  You can also hear me talking to him and being a total dork...

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You see?  It's awesome and scary at the ( Read more... )

I never did the obligatory I-graduated-and-I-have-the-pictures-to-prove-it! post...here it is!  Long overdue, but there you have it.  They also happen to be completely out of sequential order, but.  Well.

The pictures are larger than I usually post because I'm far too tired to do anything about it.  Maybe later, yea?

Here I am sitting in the shade... ( Read more... )

Drabble: The Reluctant Hippy
Author: Me!
Fandom: Pushing Daisies
Spoilers:  Absolutely none
Rating: PG
Notes:  If you don't know what Pushing Daisies is going to be about...it's a TV show where a guy named Ned can resurrect murder victims with one touch.  I got the idea from the bit with the strawberry in the trailer.

There are definite perks that come ( Read more... )