Damn. It is almost New Year's Eve.

How was Christmas for our resident Scrooge? Pretty effing okay, really...

...and many things made it that way. Tom Waits' Orphans was the cherry on my personal sundae whilst that fabulous dragon votive holder created a delectable foundation ( Read more... )

...yes, I called off for the rest of the week.

No, I didn't want to.

Death in the family and all that.

This is the week from hell, and it has only just begun... yay for unforseen circumstances.

General Twattle is very (self)important. Don't disrespect the General ( Read more... )

Sometimes it is great fun to be on the fringe. Take today, for example…

…anyone who knows me knows I do not like unannounced visitors., be they people I know and am fond of or complete strangers trying to sell encyclopedias. I just don’t like it. In fact, I think I would go so far as to say I abhor the very thought.

…dum dum de dum…*snap snap*… ( Read more... )

Ah, the way I get myself worked up about things.

...at least this time I actually managed to do something about it.

Yesterday I spoke with K. about a number of things and we are all golden. No-one took my lack of the whole carpe diem thing as a sign of my lack of interest, and we are still on for this. Yay, yay ( Read more... )

I should be sleeping instead of sitting here feeling jealous of people ( Read more... )

...I have an appointment for a tattoo on Friday. Not a small tattoo, mind you, but a moderately imposing figure complete with a great deal of color and nice thick outlines. On someone who has never gotten a tat before.

It scares me, quite frankly.

new situations ... new situationsSo what the hell made me decide to join the herd and go under the ( Read more... )

Oh my... they are playing Harpo's in Detroit on the 26th of next month. Just wait until I tell the spouse. (Even though this means I will have to leave my house. Go somewhere new. Do something new. Which is frightening in extreme, but I think this one might well be worth it. It's their only Michigan date, and we can't miss them again ( Read more... )

I watched Narnia earlier, and all I can say is that I loved that fekking movie ( Read more... )

So... special effects snafus and anatomical discrepancies aside, I really enjoyed King Kong. Yes, I am a sucker for a tragic plotline. Yes, I also enjoy my own running commentary, ala Mytery Science Theater ( Read more... )