So I've started a blog where I do book reviews, nothing fancy, but if you want to check it out, here it is: http://lexivores-lunch.blogspot.com/

My sister-in-law has a really ugly baby.

My father agrees (though only reluctantly in front of my mother).

I'm very down today. Woke up with a sore throat that is not going away, and I suspect I've caught what all the waitresses at work have had. Mostly I blame this one bitch who coughs all the time ( Read more... )

Today I trimmed sonata's claws. She doesn't like the procedure, but she doesn't struggle or hiss or even meow at me while I'm doing it. It's more of a 'hey, what are you doing with my paw?' kind of dislike. She might not even really notice what going on. I'd been taking the time to play with her paws while she sits in my lap. This way she wont ( Read more... )

So there's a Law & Order: SVU marathon today, and I just watched an episode that centers around an animal smuggling ring. They had just caught the smugglers and a buyer in the act, saving a young gibbon that was being purchased to be butchered. Tutuola was holding a gun on the buyer, the smugglers had ran, and Tutuola was saying "Run, please run ( Read more... )

So my grandmother (on my mom's side) is in the hospital. She's not ill or anything, but she fell and broke her ankle...as old folks are wont to do. She'll be out of the hospital soon, though they will be sending her to rehabilitation for a few days, hopefully. We'll need those few days, because we are getting everything ready to have her move in ( Read more... )

This thanksgiving looks like it'll be better than that time when mom and dad came home the day of, calling me the day before, telling me to cook. But this one will be more stressful than my princess guava days.

I love cold weather, absolutely adore it. I love that I do not sweat all the time, I love that my skin and hair do not feel greasy, even after a shower. Unfortunately, I cannot enjoy this particular run of cold, because I've gotten pretty sick. Like, really sick, first a sore throat, then congestion, now chest congestion. I decided to call out ( Read more... )

I'm trying not to get too excited, but things started to look up today.

Also, I have plans for this journal, hopefully I'll actually act on them.

On my way to work recently, I watched a turtle that had just climbed out of a gutter get hit by the car in front of me. It spun out into the road, on its back, legs waving in the air, and there wasn't anything I could do. It was rush hour and traffic was bad. I got to work and cried in the office, where my boss gave me a hug, and comforted me by ( Read more... )