if you haven't found your way to the halloween pics, you can find them here.

the results are tallied, and the final rankings are... [along with suggestions for improvement]

1. root beer
   
2. chocolate chai [use dark chocolate truffles next time?]
   
3. peanut butter swirl [more chocolate! use chunks instead. too gritty.]
   
4. tiramisu [can't taste cheese, too gritty]
   
5. chai [needs stronger black tea flavor]
   
6. strawberry peach [probably better ( Read more... )

as it turns out, if the same wasp stings you, say, 8 times, the stings become progressively less painful. i guess they run out of venom. i think i'll add this fascinating piece of data to the "things i'd rather not have learned empirically" list. gah. gardening deserves hazard pay. and no, i have no idea how the damn thing got in my sweatshirt, ( Read more... )

the votes are in, and the punkin-carvin/ice-cream-eatin gathering will be on thursday, at 8pm. and if the freezer bowls i ordered show up today, we'll have some bonus ice cream flavors :)

What: a dual purpose ice cream eating/pumpkin carving gathering
When: thursday, 8pm (or possibly friday- see addendum)
Where: my house
What to bring: your sweet tooth, and desire to eviscerate gourds! if you already have a pumpkin, or you feel your artistic vision would be compromised if anyone but you picked out your canvas, feel free to bring ( Read more... )

in case you read my lj, and not outsidetheparty's...

we're throwing a halloween party on saturday the 29th, and you should come! crash space available at my place for out-of-towners. party details.

uhoh! i just got meme-tagged by cute_fuzzy_evilList 10 things (in no particular order) that bring you a moment of joy and tag 5 friends to do the same ( Read more... )

off to dragoncon! shgb & i will be dropping offline until tuesday. byebye.

ok, this means war you little motherfucker. i WILL plant my daylillies next to the vegetable garden. i don't care if that's where you want to live. we *could have* coexisted peacefully. i think you would have even liked the lillies. but no, you had to sting me on the nose, and now you won't get to live to see the lillies. say your prayers wasp. ( Read more... )

Instructions: Type "[your name] is" with quotes into a Google search, then pick out your favorite 5 responses. Copy and post ( Read more... )