So yes, I spoke too soon. It looks like we're going to have to put one of the cats, Vanyel, down today. He had most of his teeth pulled 2 weeks ago and apparently that set off a chain reaction of brain and mouth cancers, that the vet says are preventing him from opening his mouth to eat and bugging out one eye. I don't actually get this, as the eye ( Read more... )

New Year's was fun, I happily said goodbye to extended family that stayed with my grandmother and I for a week and a half. One cousin has gotten increasingly tough to take with age, while the other, whom I've never been close too, but we had a good time. He gets extra points for realizing I did have a Christmas movie, and it was Die HardAfter that ( Read more... )

Sherlock Holmes is quite possibly my favorite movie of all time.

Apparently our street has a snow parking ban that alternates a side of the street every month. There are no signs about it, yet my Dad and grandmother insist since ignorance of the law is no defense and it's ok because they post it in the paper. While that's true, there needs to be some sense in the application. I've lived here 7 months and didn't ( Read more... )

Back when I was in Danvers, I thought I was being fiscally and healthily responsible by trying to limit our eating out to 4-6 meals a week. We'd usually grab 1-2 dinners, 1-2 lunches and 1-2 breakfasts. If I was really on the ball with meal planning and food shopping I might get it down to 2-3, though a bad week might be more like 6-8. To be fair ( Read more... )

I think traversing NZ* on my own made me kind of cocky ( Read more... )

I gave my Dad a really nice brass and wood 40 year calendar for his 60th birthday. I told him I knew it was optimistic. He said I'd better like it because I was probably getting it back.

This will probably be broken up because Day 2 was nuts ( Read more... )

The trip from Boston to SF was kind of a misery. for 6 hours I was in a middle seat between a bubbly woman who really liked to take up space, and a strange older man with a fedora, a huge arcane ring and a leather satchel. He looked like a guide on a magical adventure, but in reality he just (nicely) gave me 2 cinnamon Altoids and wished me a nice ( Read more... )

I've made it home, I'm still a bit out of sorts and gearing up for Thanksgiving. I will begin posting about my trip tomorrow!