Is it really so very hard to be where you agreed you would be?  And at the time agreed?  Especially when I specifically called to confirm 2 hours previous??  And if something does come up, is it so very difficult to pick up the fucking phone ( Read more... )

Today, something very important happened to me.  Really.  It was a milestone.  One of those huge events that stand out in our lives, marking us as having achieved a new plateau of existence.  It was huge.  Monumental, even.

I got my first gray hair.

At age 24.

w.t.f.

Sometimes, I just get way too far into what I'm reading ( Read more... )

::snort::

Apparently, someone just wrote a letter to a major news industry saying that, thanks to the birth-control pill, women are breaking their biological clocks-- they are simply forgetting what should be their biological imperative and therefore reason for living--reproduction.

In fact, because women are waiting so long and not recognizing the ( Read more... )

just to show off how learned we all are....

( The BBC's Top 100 Books )

despite the sorta OOC and far too handsome for the book Mr. Rochester, it looks fairly interesting.  And of course, Judi Dench rocks.
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-jane-eyre-looks-bad-ass/

"A recent study quoted by Dr. Peter Gomes in The Good Book found that 38 percent of Americans polled were certain the Old Testament was written a few years after Jesus' death. Ten percent believed Joan of Arc was Noah's wife. Many even thought the epistles were the wives of the apostles."

Wow.  Now, I am not any kind of Biblical scholar.  i gave up ( Read more... )

I have barely left my room all weekend.  And that's ok.  I have a very comfy chair left over from my college days that allows one to sit down, but not to get up (at least, not without substantial effort) and I have found that there is very little reason for me to actually expend all that effort.  My computer is now in my room, resting on a garb- ( Read more... )

Today was Amelia Marian's naming ceremony.  It was really a lovely ceremony (I'd never been to one before) and while it was nominally presided over by a rabbi, she didn't really say much and left most of that to the parents, sibling, and family and friends of the child, which I thought was a nice touch.  While I am not sure what Amelia would have ( Read more... )

was amazing.  Even from somewhere-up-there-on-the-balcony seats.  Too bad I didn't bring binoculars, so that I could check out the costumes.

But the songs rock and Elphaba was able to sing "No Good Deed" without yelling.  yay.