This pattern is very neat! I am definitely going to take the hint from mamalunacrochet and make some kind of rug with it! It would be very cool for the new house. I just have no idea what kind of yarn to use ( Read more... )

life is a mixed bag. I'm amazed at Jesse and his family - not only will he come live with me and help pay utilities & food, but also, his mom will come stay there and watch the house whenever we want to travel. so we might be able to get down to DC to protest at the inauguration, depending on how quickly I can find gainful employment. (and he ( Read more... )

This morning, I omitted mentioning that Jesse and I almost got killed on 93S in Boston, in the tunnels, on our way home from the aquarium. Jesse was driving in my car, and someone just drove right into our lane as if we weren't there. Jesse somehow managed to slam on the brakes and pull right around him. We ended up right back in the lane, but ( Read more... )

So, my birthday has come and gone. It was an interesting weekend - watching the pulsations of upside-down jellyfish at the Aquarium (they lay on the bottom of streambeds and have a symbiotic relationship with photosynthetic (algae?) and look like pulsating bunches of seagrass... enjoying telling stories of Maryland microbreweries where the ( Read more... )

It's official. There will be a gathering/party of sorts this weekend for the CT folks. We are celebrating the birthdays of MYSELF, THE WANKER and AMY ( Read more... )

apologies from America:


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I am not normally this irritated, but for some reason, I feel like these four days in the company of my parents here in Quebec to be a terrible burden. Everyone is so passive-aggressive, and everything full of hidden meanings. My parents and I seem completely unable to break out of our old ways of treating one another ( Read more... )

Some days, I am just so weird ( Read more... )

Last night was unexpectedly fun, although I had started the day feeling extremely depressed. Aaron picked me up in his new car and we went to the Cable Car to watch Motorcycle Diaries. I enjoyed it immensely, and it was great to be there with him since we'd both read the book. So many of the scenes were so lush and beautiful, and it really made ( Read more... )

Today I ordered my new cell phone ( Read more... )