I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour ( Read more... )

Forget all your politics for a while
Let the color schemes run
Come on board, it's a curious sight
Absorbing sound that's never been right
Never ahead of, never behind it
Occasionally guarded, just keeps us surrounded
It's luck

Everything's gonna get lighter, even if it never gets betterI propose a less serious boat ( Read more... )

Laughing hysterically at the Incredibles on TV (even though I've seen it before) and buying chocolates from the funny old couple who run the candy shop by South Wedge Diner (earlier in the evening) and chatting on the phone with people. That hardly ever happens. (I don't know how to use the phone anymore. All the rules from childhood have ( Read more... )

On our picture shelves ( Read more... )

I spent the morning curled in my favorite chair in the living room by the christmas tree, reading I Capture the Castle and basically not doing much else. I considered going out to buy boxes for wrapping presents in, but decided against it because of the blustery winds and blowing snow.

I spent almost the entire day in the living room knitting, after finishing my GRE in the morning (I got a 1360, which is a decent enough score, especially for not having prepared much). In the evening Nick and Mark and I puttered around the kitchen making dinner and popcorn and quoting Gavin and Stacey. That always makes me happy. And we watched ( Read more... )

The snow is falling so thickly that there's no hope of keeping driveways or sidewalks or roads clear. The streets are full of cookie dough, and I walked for about 20 minutes through the deep and drifting snow from the bus to my house. At home I changed into warm clothes (so wonderful after wet cold jeans) and ate chocolates and watched Star Trek ( Read more... )

Woops, forgot to post a happy thing. I have to go with silly pub crawl tom foolery yesterday evening. Sister and her Boyfriend and knile and NewGradStudentFromWestchester and I wandered around the South Wedge and were generally in good spirits. I love the South Wedge so much it hurts :)

Happy thing: Watching Short Circuit while somewhat tipsy from the Ling Dept holiday party and laughing at all of the bad non-PC jokes, horrible Indian accents, and 80's fashion. Johnny 5 is alive!

...The Eight on Eight ( Read more... )