Yet again, I am fighting with my blog. Or, more specifically, the design of my blog's design-testing-thingy. Because it's been months, and I still haven't worked out a design I like. I know vagueishly what I'm looking for, but am limited by my complete lack of HTML/CSS/computer-everything knowledge, meaning I'm stuck with Blogger's default template ( Read more... )

http://rachelheldevans.com/ask-a-feminist-responseThe first three comments (and their replies) are also pretty awesome. (Most comments, actually, stay pretty civil regardless of opinion. Is this really the internet ( Read more... )

EOIN COLFER WILL BE AT THE NASHVILLE LIBRARY IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY.

Also apparently the 8th and last (for real this time!) book comes out next month, so cue me reserving every single Artemis Fowl book from the library because my collection is at home and quick someone mail me a hardback to have him sign. (Family: you have been duly notified. Opal ( Read more... )

SWING DANCING ( Read more... )

Tonight was a summer-apartment-dwellers event. IT WAS GYMNASTICS. ROYGBIV GYMNASTICS. EEEEEEE ( Read more... )

So, apparently listening to a phone ring, without knowing who it is and not picking it up, makes me really anxious. Like, "ROYGBIV what if it's an emergency and there will be loss of life because the caller couldn't get ahold of anyone ( Read more... )

1. Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series! I read the first book in February and liked it, but didn't feel like seeking out the others. Fast-forward to stumbling upon the fifth/last book at the library, and decide to check out the entire series ( Read more... )

BOOYAH


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Sherlock is so eminently quotable. I won't be caught up enough to watch the fifth episode tomorrow, but I can feed my addiction again.

"Try not to start a war before I get home, you know what it does to the traffic."

You may remember my reaction when I first watched it. I was surprised, going back, at the complete lack of fangirling, because I ( Read more... )

First: Remember that research symposium I mentioned? Unlike a lot--unlike most, actually--I was doing it purely because I wanted to, not because I was required to. There were four different "sessions" (rooms where presentations were going on), with five different times. So At any given time, you had four different presentations to choose from.

Well ( Read more... )