I love the word serendipity. It's mellifluous - another great word, incidentally - and refers to a charming phenomenon, namely the occurrence of events by happy chance. (Even its etymology is attractive. It was coined by Horace Walpole, who drew inspiration from The Three Princes of Serendip, a fairy tale whose heroes "were always making ( Read more... )

[Italian: "In the middle of our life's journey..."]
Those more literary souls among my long-neglected - and undoubtedly aggrandized - readership may recognise the title of my entry as the first line of Dante's Inferno. The crucial difference is that I, unlike Dante, do not find myself in a dark and savage forest, uncertain of my course and wary of ( Read more... )

Good morning, all! I'll keep this brief, as it's nigh on 6 a.m. and my bed is beckoning.
I'm going to be in the Seattle area for about 10 days - from July 18-29 - and humbly request any restaurant recommendations you folks can offer. From browsing Yelp, among other sites, I've found a few already: Quinn's (technically a "gastropub"), Monsoon, Art ( Read more... )

Yes, I realise how shameful it is that this frivolity is my first post in almost a year; I promise to offer an actual update on my life soon, for anyone who's still paying attention to this poor, dusty blog of mine.
Anyway, I've been following The Next Food Network Star as of late, and one exchange struck me as particularly comical. The backstory ( Read more... )

Evidently, they've made a musical out of Legally Blonde. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
It was a cute movie, don't get me wrong, but the "Bend and Snap" on Broadway seems a bit much.
I mean, the opening track is called "Omigod You Guys." Am I the only one who finds this a bit... off?

Four hours of sleep, eight hours of work.
I like those odds.

I've discovered, much to my chagrin, that White Zinfandel - the only wine I've found myself to enjoy with any consistency - is apparently considered a "girly" drink. I suppose the fact that it's called "pink" wine (technically, rosé in the original French) might have been a clue. Ah, well, it's not as though I'm known for my machismo.
I would ( Read more... )

So, here I am in the line for Harry Potter, and there's about an hour until showtime. I should have brought a book.
Or a Ravenclaw scarf.

Today was busy, but pleasantly so, and spent primarily with friends; I can think of no better way.
The first order of business was getting to an AT&T store to activate my iPhone; they wouldn't let me do it over the Internet, probably due to my credit history (or lack thereof), so I needed to give them a $500 "deposit" that will apparently be ( Read more... )

It's days like today that make me sorry there's not more (or, hell, any) caffeine in my diet. I suppose, on some level, it's nice to know that I never needed caffeine to function normally, but goddamn if a Mountain Dew or Monster didn't perk me up a bit on those rough evenings at work. Ah, well. No point crying over spilt taurine.
The iPhone ( Read more... )