well i'm headed to maine wednesday evening, and very likely won't be accessing a computer until saturday when i get back. so have a great holiday! i hope you're able to spend it with someone you love.

and when you get drunk thursday, try not to pass out in the mashed potato. i'm not done with it yet.

you know how there are people who you feel you can never spend enough time with? i mean both in the "i can be with them all day and night and still come back for more" sense as well as the "if i see you once every 2-3 years i'm lucky to get even that much time" sense. unfortunately i'm lucky enough to have a few friends like that - i rarely (if ( Read more... )

i just found out that my friend is going to be near-by tomorrow, performing with her band in a lunchtime concert for a radio station. i haven't seen her since she was in boston a couple years ago with another one of her bands. but i've been wanting to see tin hat live for a long time, and just haven't had the opportunity. what better reason to ( Read more... )

so my brother and his family came back from their 10-day vacation in spain. i was cat-sitting for him and had to return her today. poor kitty. she was so happy here - away from their 1-year-old and free to get all the attention she wanted, without having to share. plus, i had a loving companion for a week or so, and someone to come home to. it ( Read more... )

well it's official. not only did we have the first snow of the season, but i saw the first fully-lit christmas tree in someone's front window tonight. i mean, i know it's only 6 weeks away, but c'mon - it's still 6 weeks away for christsakes!

bah.

listening to kerry's concession speech i just wanted to cry ( Read more... )

fuck.

for those of you who didn't catch todays's edition of npr's "the world" let me just say that they featured one of the greatest things i've heard in a while. it was a klezmer version of prokofiev's "peter and the wolf" titled "pincus and the pig." the text was rewritten and narrated, via yiddish, by maurice sendak. classic. see more here and ( Read more... )

ok. so my service started late - something about a missing apostrophe that threw them off. anyway, i've been back from the dark since tuesday evening, but between the playoffs, and unpacking and setting up my new place, plus having to work and all, i'm a little behind. i have lots of journals to read so i can catch up on some of y'all too. then ( Read more... )

well, this is it until monday. i've started moving today, but won't have service until monday, so i will be off-line for the weekend. *shudder ( Read more... )