My mom picked up a Star Wars book for the kiddo, and I love it! It has become the first Star Wars-related thing he's gravitated towards all by himself (apart from my gentle encouragement as a lifelong fan), and "speeder bikes" are now a regular part of his vocabulary.

ani_mama, here's what I was talking about!

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Time for another "It's been so long! There's no place like LiveJournal! I'll try to update more often!" posts! Haha. But all of those statements are true. And I really do miss this place ( Read more... )

Augh, a headahce...I haven't had one in a while, which was really nice. But then I took a nap and woke up with one and I hope it goes away by the morning ( Read more... )

So the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta just ended on Sunday, and I went for the first time in many years. Lots of locals skip the 10-day event and just enjoy the balloon sightings all over the city, because getting to the actual event can be a pain (you have to wake up super early, around 3 or 4 am, get bundled up to brave the cold and ( Read more... )

Hey, LJ land! Haven't been around much, but I hope to be here more often (aside from keeping up with the friends list). I want to start a Wordpress blog soon, and I really need to practice writing on a regular basis.

Well, I occasionally remember to change my "currently:" info on my profile, and am now going to try making a post about it every ( Read more... )

Hey, this happened in my city!

After Daughter Is Taken, Mother Rams Abduction Suspect's CarWhat an amazing mom! These stories end badly more often than not, so it's awesome to hear that the girl is safe. Thank goodness those teens saw the abduction happening and the mom had the chance to chase after the guy. Not that it was the safest thing to do ( Read more... )

Geez, I press the "post" button and then step away, and suddenly MONTHS have flown by! I check LiveJournal almost every day, so it's weird to see that it's been so long since I've written here. Combination of not much to say/not much time to say it when I do, I guess ( Read more... )

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Apparently there are official Final Fantasy scents out there, and you can smell like Cloud?!

It's described as a "gray incense to scent a floral bouquet stand middleweight sexy from top to feel the water a refreshing citrus and fruit. Last is a fragrance, oriental notes wafting cool."Who wouldn't want to smell like a floral ( Read more... )

An online fashion mag I follow linked to an article about a very talented photographer named Olivia Bee, noteworthy because she is doing well in the male-dominated field of fashion photography, and is very young (eighteen). In that extremely competitive field, she has already shot for the New York Times, Hermès, Converse, and other big names. Her ( Read more... )

Why doesn't fanfiction.net have an AU filter ( Read more... )