lately i can't remember or focus on anything ( Read more... )

my joy at locating a bar that features board games was only topped by using skillz, learned at my sister's knee, to school my opponents at scrabble this evening. that's right! scores consistently over 20! hoo-ah. plus, we were playing spanish/english and i got to impress everyone by laying down the law in both languages (i didn't even have to use ( Read more... )

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I just found the Best Website Ever - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errorsRead more... )

dear chocolate chips,

why are you so tasty, easy to eat in large quantities, and impossible to save for the purpose for which you were initially purchased (ie baking)? why do you lure me with your deliciousness, and insist on keeping me coming back for more with your chocolaty siren's song?

please, set me free.

ma'loo

man, i've had about the most tiring and most fun last four days. AMAZING. i was helping out at/attending a symposium on textiles from friday to sunday, and then today i spent all day doing condition reporting on stuff that was used on Lord of the Rings, which means i got even MORE textile exposure, which meant that i got even MORE of an awareness ( Read more... )

positive things of note, just to, you know, counteract all the other stuff ( Read more... )

* this burgeoning new(ish) anti-abortion crisis/legislation in the states (hallo, south dakota) is making me even ANGRIER about these... these... JERKS ( Read more... )

*i'm pretty sure i've started giving trihn my patented "wow, you're Special" look whenever she speaks to me, which has in turn made her more nervous around me than she already was (not an inconsiderable feat), and has meant that the "jokes" she tells have deteriorated into being so un-funny i don't recognise any of them as being jokes, and she has ( Read more... )

i went to hear some excellent music at a place i'd never been to this evening, which was exciting. it was me, one of mark's friends (richard, if you ever heard about him gilly) and three random girls whose relationship to anything else i wasn't totally sure of. so that was good - damian's roommate, billy, was there and he totally hug-ambushed me, ( Read more... )