Ok, as most of you know I'm a first-time cat owner with 2 cats. Technically they're still kittens, but at almost 9 months old, they're not very kitten-like anymore. Addie is pretty good almost all of the time, and listens to me. Nina can be a little hell-kitten a lot of the time...a cute hell-kitten, but a hell-kitten nonetheless. So, I'd like ( Read more... )

I saw Valentine's paraphernalia at the store today.

Today, I heard about a Jewish woman in Wilmington, NC, who protested the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in her daughter's holiday program because it contained the words "Santa" and "Christmas", and was therefore a religious song. It was pulled from the program, but later reinstated upon numerous complaints from other parents. My question ( Read more... )

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August 27 is starting to have a biennial tradition of being the absolute worst day of the year. I don't like this trend at all...

A blank page is a very scary thing.

I could really use the love/hug of a significant other right about now. I'm on the verge of a total freak-out about classes (the first of which doesn't start until tomorrow), I've got more reading than I have time for, and I just lost an hour of valuable time because my tire blew out coming home from my parents' house for dinner. AAA said the ( Read more... )

Here's a brief update since I'm cat tired (yes, cat tired because she woke me up at 6:30am by pouncing on my feet ( Read more... )

Well, my birthday is drawing to a close. I worked for 10 1/2 hours straight. And I had a fantastic time. I was in a great mood all day...much better than I felt last year. I don't know what it was. Maybe because I feel like I have more of a purpose and direction this year...maybe because last night sucked a lot and I was determined that today ( Read more... )

Well, it's now been 8 days that I've been in my new apartment. And I love it. It's right across the street from Cameron Village, and a half mile to campus. I could even walk to Glenwood South, but it would take about 25 minutes. I've still got some things to get, namely a tv, tv stand, some bookshelves, a few more chairs, and some lamps for the ( Read more... )