So, I got braces yesterday. Yes, I'm an adult (nominally, at least) and finally got braces for the first time. They're cute, I suppose. Metal, with dark purple color on the front (I got to choose). They look oddly crooked in the front because of the front teeth being bigger. Some of them have these little pin things sticking up, which I didn't ( Read more... )

It's Friday! It was an incredibly long day at work, as Fridays always are, especially as I seem to crash around 4pm. Hanging out 'til 6 is so painful. But at least I now have the weekend free ( Read more... )

Weird thing happened this morning. I was in the shower, getting ready for work, and I started to feel really, really, oxygen-deprived. And thirsty at the same time (for some odd reason, both needs seem to have a similar feeling to me). I tried to finish up quickly, thinking that the steam was just getting to me and I needed some fresh air, but ( Read more... )

So, I'm torn between watching more Veronica Mars episodes or playing Age of Empires III on my new laptop. Decision: stay up late and do both. :) *pets laptop ( Read more... )

I think one of the reasons I never update my Livejournal is that I always feel sorta paranoid, never knowing who might be reading it. I don't have the illusion of privacy that we often have online because nobody knows who we are, because friends of mine read this who *do* know who I am. And yet it may not only be friends who read what I write. ( Read more... )

Went to the Renaissance Festival today with Maisoon, a friend visiting from Jordan. This is the first time I'd met her in person (I know her from the Lois and Clark fandom), so it was pretty neat. She was actually very much how I expected, both in looks and personality. I wonder if I was anything like what she expected ( Read more... )

So, lately I've been working on learning Arabic. I've given it a few shots over the past few years, but Hebrew has always called me back to it. But now I'm really giving it a serious effort. I've been combining several different ways of learning--listening to tapes (particularly a tape that goes over the sounds), doing the Rosetta Stone program ( Read more... )

What does one use for references if one is looking for a job while still holding a current one, and one doesn't really have any references except people from their current job? "Resumes available upon request" and hope the new job doesn't ask for them? I'm not filling out any applications at the moment, but I'm just curious about how that all ( Read more... )

Library's been surprisingly quiet for the past couple of weeks. Hopefully I'm not jinxing it by saying so, but it's rather odd. Even days that are normally insane really haven't been that bad. And I don't think it's the time of the year, either. Summers are usually quieter once kids are off school, but this time of the year should still be busy ( Read more... )

So I'm not very regular at keeping this up. Was never really good at keeping a diary, either. I did manage to fill up an entire diary during my senior year of high school, which was pretty impressive. But for the most part, I simply don't have a strong urge to write down day-to-day activities in a journal, and I'm not the type to introspect ( Read more... )