Back in the states, back at work, back to LJ (so far so good?). Lesson learned: when confronted with the beast that is DST conversion, try to schedule it so that you are way outside of the regular time zone when it hits - its not such a big deal to readjust your thinking to 13 hours behind rather than 14...too bad A-chan is a bit too young to grasp ( Read more... )

The firewall continues. Oddly enough, I was able to view LJ on Friday, so I planned to make a massive post today only to find I was blocked again today. What a wonderful corporate world I live in ( Read more... )

because ikahana forced me at gunpoint, thereby making me the last person on lj to do this...my last 2 entries have both had memes in them - scary thought...

Guilt What is yours? Explain yourself Culinary: pimento cheese
you can't get more white trash than this (well, you can i suppose but i can't), but it was a childhood favorite & it was my daily ( Read more... )

...so we went to the georgia aquarium yesterday morning, and as we decided that the line for going into their cafe was waaay too lengthy for what it'd offer, we decided to go to osteria del figo (or figo pasta as 99% of atlantans call it) for lunch - and since we were next-door to star provisions, we decided to wander over there & check out their ( Read more... )

I want to take a break from my normal nonsense and try to break from my "automatic writing" style. I hope it'll make sense. And I hope I can remember those simple capitalization and punctuation rules.

( my own private up series )

hi everybody, its 2006!

okay, so you probably learned that 18 days ago - nevertheless, its my first post in 2006 so i just wanted to give you all a heads-up lest you be filling out your checks improperly or anything like that...oh, you can tell this will be a wonderful year to have me as your lj-friend, based on this great opening...

( babystuff: just talk, no photos )

a little under 2 hours to go on the east coast, and everyone else in the family is asleep right now, so its time for me to announce my resolutions for 2006 - i have to say i'm a little drunk on samuel smith nut brown ale right now (the winner in this week's taste test of british brown ales, defeating collegiate favorite newcastle and hobgoblin), so ( Read more... )

oh no, its the day before the final day of the year & i haven't made a year-ending list yet? what kind of loser record-collecting type am i ( Read more... )

rest in peace derek bailey, the world is a sadder place without your presence but your albums (and your wonderful book on improvisation) will remind us of your wit & your trailblazing approach to playing the guitar - i can hear him now: "i'm just what heaven needs...another fucking guitarist ( Read more... )

another post from me, as i'm one of the few writing on here as the clock strikes midnight ( Read more... )