Bad news over the weekend: For the first time in my life, I have to lose weight ( Read more... )

All right. The good news is, the shit from my last post seems to have been resolved. I don't know the details of what's going on with Anthony's brother and the rest of his family, but it's at least been established that he will still be coming to the wedding, so that's something ( Read more... )

We're less than ten weeks out from the wedding and NOW everything is going to shit ( Read more... )

I love it when I'm engaged in a respectful debate with a relative, and one of that relative's friends starts making degrading statements toward me and talking in circles and taking my statements out of context.

Relative: *shares image containing allegorical story about why liberal ideas about business regulation are ineffective*

Me: *points out a ( Read more... )

Just thought I'd let everyone know that it's currently -50 degrees Fahrenheit where I am.

Holy shit that's fucking cold.

1. Dracula - Bram Stoker
2. Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties - Felicia Luna Lemus
3. Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai
4. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
5. Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg
6. The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
7. Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
8. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson9. Jane Eyre - Charlotte ( Read more... )

A year-end survey! I Googled around a bit, because I didn't want to re-use last year's. This was actually a survey for 2012 and I just changed the year because I'm lazy.

Where​ did you begin​ 2013?​​​Literally? On my bed with my laptop in front of me watching Friends while I waited for my fiance, Anthony, to finish his train ride home from Ohio. ( Read more... )

Dear Uncle,

Shut up. Shut up shut up shut up shut the fuck up.Sincerely ( Read more... )

Finally got the apartment all decked out for Christmas!


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You know, all things considered, I'm actually pretty impressed with how well I'm handling things right now. I'm balls deep in finals--this week alone I had an essay-style exam, three presentations, and four essays due--and still attending all my classes AND managing a LITTLE bit of cleaning (not nearly as much as needs to be done) AND working about ( Read more... )