I came home from work feeling discouraged and cranky and small. but determined not to let it cast a shadow on my evening. so I put on The Most Wonderful Jacket In The World ( brick coloured velvet, military style ), and went for a walk through the freaky-warm mid-November dark to an art centre, in an old church in Newtonville to see Rivers and ( Read more... )

i cut the first couple pieces for my stained-glass project today. and then i put them next to each other to see how well they fit together and got this lovely little frisson of excitment. they fit! they look great! they will glow beautifully with light behind them! i wanted to do a little dance. i may have actually wriggled. i'm always sort of ( Read more... )

I finally made it to a blues night at Tommy Doyles, Harvard Sq. I've been wanting to go for a while but Sundays used to be geek night(FFXI). The house band is the Bees Deluxe, who Matt brilliantly discovered for us in the spring. and the guest tonight was Hoodoo Revelator, who were great. (harmonica!!) my friend drank ridiculous girly drinks off ( Read more... )

I went to the hockey game last night, Boston v Ottawa! I had a blast with two high-school friends of mine from Calgary, cheering for the Canadian team and teasing each other and chatting ( Read more... )

what the heck is the problem with election administration in this country? the Virginia polling districts that they were waiting for the results from last night are imaginary. one is a duplicate, one doesn't exist at all, one is entirely contained in a river(no registered voters). it took them all night to count Montana, and i think there's still ( Read more... )

My permanent labor(note lack of 'u') certification has been approved. This is one step closer to a green card ( Read more... )

it was misting when i walked to yoga, and raining lightly when i walked home. i like being out in the weather, and walking in my neighbourhood. i've been in most of the little shops and cafes and bakeries by now, and some are better than others, but it feels like a cosy little community and i'm glad i live here and not in Marlborough! i like how my ( Read more... )

ok, i can write a paragraph about a tiny moment of natural beauty because i need to expand it into something big enough to deal with the crappy day or week that goes with it. i may write the same amount about this weekend but only because it's so big a happy thing that it can't be captured ( Read more... )

flannel sheets!! why didn't i do this weeks ago?!

*snuggles in happily*

Amy is coming to visit tomorrow!!!! *happy dance* i need a house guest once in a while to make me clean things :p

in Ottawa on a starry night, i had a place i could go to sit by the river in the dark and look up. there was still a bit of city glow, but it was away from most streetlights and only 20 min from my house. it maybe wasn't the smartest thing to do by myself, but it was quiet and in the country, so i felt safe there. i saw a firefly for the first time ( Read more... )