i've been doing some apartment hunting lately, just to get an idea of what i'd really need to make to move out of here. i was actually pleasantly surprised by what i found. for under $750 a month, i can get a one bedroom apartment in ann arbor. that blew my mind a bit, considering that i've always been under the impression that it would cost me at ( Read more... )

i turn 29 in less than a month ( Read more... )

i went to see this today:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silver_linings_playbook/

loved it, loved it, loved it.

it was quite funny, somewhat insightful, but i think what i loved the most was just how much of a reaction it got out of me. i don't watch a lot of movies where i'm laughing, i'm uncomfortable, and i'm sad all in the matter of a few ( Read more... )

i have a real love/hate relationship with this time of year. i really love the holidays: the decorating, the cooking, the coziness. however, i hate winter with a burning passion, and i get super-stressed out over gift-giving and cookie-making. *grits teeth ( Read more... )

*sigh*
i am a grown woman pushing 30, and yet i squealed with glee when the season premiere of my little ponies came on today. 
i love you, cartoons.
i also very much love this:


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day two of the epic cat house project ( Read more... )

a little irritated the last few days. my permit for subbing still hasn't come, so i'm missing out on work. i don't know what's going on with folks, too. things just need to change.

this is what i'm thinking: 

• i'm going to start saving again. if i can get a cushion of about $3000, i'll have more than enough to pay the deposit, first, and last months' ( Read more... )

i really, really hate hormones. it's going to be awesome when i hit/finish menopause and can stop being an absolute nut job for two weeks out of the month ( Read more... )

soft bed with two soft cats (one a touch sneezy) and me a tipsy girl.

good night.

i just spent about 2 hours watching daria. that was a flashback. i remember watching it in middle school with my friend named, ironically enough, daria. good times.