on tuesday night i played my first ever actual concert. granted, it was a house concert in my own house, but it was real nonetheless. those in attendance were all good friends from the 'hood (i.e. somerville or almost-somerville, in the case of a&a and tracy ( Read more... )

last night we had a ginger ale tasting. the other day i purchased four 2-liter bottles, each of a different brand of the stuff, and last night we sampled. complete with bottled water to cleanse our palates and a pitcher into which to spit. [of course i was the only one who took it that far. i think it merely disgusted sharon ( Read more... )

this is why i always name willow as the tv character i'd most like to be (in those stupid surveys that ask sordid things like that):

"it's not so much about hating men... it's more about girl-on-girl action."— willow, on lesbianism
damn, the end of buffy was tear-jerking-wonderful.u

so it didn't hit me till just now, but i was totally aware of the earthquake this morning! i woke up a little before 7 and the bed was gently shaking. at first i thought mewton must've been at the foot of it, madly scratching at his collar, but there was no sign of him. then i figured sharon must've been twitching her leg to shake the bed like that ( Read more... )

earlier today i was thinking of the scene in office space where peter talks about his high school guidance counselor, who used to ask everyone what they would do if they had a million dollars and didn't have to worry about money. it was supposed to be an indication of what they should do for a living in order to be at least a little bit happy with ( Read more... )

i guess this is what a midwesterner gets when she takes the "what kind of southerner are you?" test. i cannot escape the Middle no matter how hard i try...

( see what a poser i am )

last night we rearranged the furniture in the bedroom and now it looks like a completely different room. so exciting. i love waking up in a newly modified room ( Read more... )

hahaha... i've seen some good spam in my day, but i think the one i received a minute ago takes the cake ( Read more... )

i can't help it. i hail from the mitten state.


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over the rhine. thoughts ( Read more... )