Someone posted pictures today. I'm glad they did, but it's a strange and painful thing, to see his name come up as if he were still around and doing things. I am having a hard time with this, with the progression of this, with the first photo I've seen of him the age we were the last time we met up. The idea that there is nothing left behind the ( Read more... )

(I'm not sure who just reads this and who reads my blog. Here's the first part of what I wrote about this ( Read more... )

totally awesome: a map that will show you where the closest blue drop-off mailbox is, and also what its pickup times are. there have definitely been times when i could have used this. :)

i'm one of those people who save certain voicemails basically forever (like, years), and recently my mailbox got full. so i checked out http://gotvoice.com (on a recommendation from nishmael, who did all the research for me :) ), and it's pretty much exactly what i wanted. it checks your messages for you ( Read more... )

to those of you who have done the backpacking thing:

here's my pack list. is there anything i really should not be leaving out? i'm going to be all over western europe, basically, so if i really need to i can buy things, but i'll be alone so i'm trying to keep it light.

( the list )

my cell phone is broken, so if you need to reach me while i'm not online you're pretty much out of luck for the foreseeable future (most likely, until i get the chance to go to Richmond). sorry about that.

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dear french,
yay, i like you.
<3,
Rosie

dear french numbers,
...really? are you serious?
>:(,
Rosie

i know this is a long shot, but does anyone know an acoustic version of feliz navidad? i never liked the song all that much, til one day in Boston i heard a guy playing it in a T station. just voice & guitar, slow and pretty.

i have no idea if anyone has ever recorded it like that, but if they haven't, they should.

what's your favorite christmas music? i'm thinking classy, not silly. i think for me, the ultimate song would have to be "Silver Bells," sung by (i think) Bing Crosby ( Read more... )