What can I say? It was my first time working out alone, I didn't even get to do most of my routine, and yet here I am. Three days later. And my arms hurt if I move them. I also burnt my left index finger, so I can't crochet, which makes me pretty much useless right now. I'll use the time to read or something; since I've got a huge backlog of books ( Read more... )

This article, via Boingboing, made me tear up. Shades of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

I don't know what to call the plotlines on this season of Veronica Mars. 'Counterintuitive' is one possibility. 'Ass-twitching' is another, courtesy of knish. ( What the hell. WHAT the hell. )

Not that it ever isn't. But in Seattle proper we almost never get this kind of snow- the kind that sticks, that piles up on trees and cars and everything else, that settles in footprints. So I'm pulling on layers and a pair of Nick's snowboarding socks and bundling up all proper-like in anticipation of a beautiful walk to the bus stop ( Read more... )

LSAC's secure online interface is full of the deepest and must crapulescent eeeevil. Seriously. How long should I have to spend trying to figure out how to actually view my application? NOT AN HOUR AND A HALF, THAT'S HOW LONG.

Let's be honest; this is the first time since leaving Japan that I've been, really, fairly, pretty well-off. There's nothing I really need for Christmas or my birthday this year. (Definitely nothing that I need like I needed that hot/cold air-conditioning unit my 'rents gave me in my first winter in Japan. Oh, lovely 'rents, I am loving you so.) So ( Read more... )

Good things:
1.) Fresh-baked madeleines
2.) Coffee with actual cream
3.) Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me (Courtesy of KUOW streaming4.) Christmas tree smell ( Read more... )

Nothing better than settling down for a long winter's craft with a couple of pine branches, a big jar of acrylic gloss medium and some fake gold leaf ( Read more... )

I think this is the first time in my life that an election has gone the way that I wanted it to. And it really had very, very little to do with my vote and more to do with voters in Montana, Ohio, Florida, and (holy Jesus crossing my fingers 'cuz I don't want to jinx it) Virginia? Good job, guys ( Read more... )

Being a purportedly socially conscientious sort, I vote. I even decided to vote in the primary this year, given the extent to which past elections have been decided by who won the primary. (And frankly, yes, I believe that it's optimal to have more than one candidate for any position in the primaries. Uncontested elections are nobody's friend.) To ( Read more... )