Peace y'all, I'm heading to Belgium for Christmas! If you need to get in touch I'll still be checking my email.

My own lolcat, Claudia.

( Read more... )

AIR FRANCE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTEMPT TO PLACATE ME WITH A STUPID MURMURING WAIF SINGING OVER STUPID COCTEAU TWINS SYNTHS BUT I'M SORRY IT'S NOT WORKING I STILL DO NOT LIKE BEING ON HOLD OR BEING CHARGED $10 JUST BECAUSE I'M AN AMERICAN.

Hey, I'm going to Toronto this weekend - does anyone have any must-see recommendations for a two day trip?

So I got a bill from my gas company this morning with one of those little yellow forward stickers on it and I thought "hm, that's weird, I called them at the end of May to tell them to shut off my old place and start billing me for here." When I opened it it was for over $400. THAT IS A LOT OF FUCKING MONEY. I called them and the lady was like " ( Read more... )

Hugh! I just took like a two hour walk through my neighborhood (well, really, I probably hit about five neighborhood associations' turf). I also made friends with the guy who runs this store called Metro Retro. He's got a dresser that's a lot like the one I had as a kid, and this cute spinet desk that folds into itself. I might hit those. But ( Read more... )

Look who got old! I'm on my second cup of coffee because I have to stay awake for Steve's entire hour-long set, which doesn't start until midnight. But in good news, my bathtub actually works without a stopper (who would have thought that my landlord's plumbing would hold?) and the place is showing tomorrow, so getting out of my lease seems a ( Read more... )

I've been having some sort of design-induced mania for the past couple of days. I discovered Apartment Therapy and d*sponge and as a result, I can't stop thinking about apartments. Right now I sort of have two - the one I live in, that I'm still tweaking, even though I'm leaving it for the second one on May 15. Today I did a little the best ( Read more... )

So I'm sick today, and decided to use my sick day to my advantage. That means watching Top Design and revamping my thesis into a conference paper. I'm submitting it in the communications technology division. I might also have old papers that will work for law and policy, media management and economics (that paper needs a fuckload of work to be ( Read more... )

When I woke up this morning, I had the strangest feeling. It turns out that today I turned 24 (again) (again).