Poll I spent my Thanksgiving in Walla Wall with Travis' family -- it was my first year celebrating away from home. We had a really great time. The plethora of ladies in his family already tell me they love me, and I've been "welcome"-d to the family countless times. It's a really special feeling ( Read more... )

I have the grey-day/early-night sads. And my cat keeps trying to run away.

Travis and I saw Pirate Radio last week. Based on a true story, it's mostly fiction, but the spirit of the piece really touched me. All the DJs were having the time of their lives -- dancing, laughing, singing -- and it made me wonder what it keeping me from having as much ( Read more... )

Gun control, right? Personally, I have no problem with the Second Amendment (irresponsible gun-owners are another story), and I don't think Obama has really said too much about taking that right away. Conservatives everywhere are freaked out about it anyway. Ugh!

Listen to this piece I heard on the BBC a few days ago (the story starts around 49:30 ( Read more... )

I regret laughing at my mom when she washed, dried, and reused Ziploc bags.

Our poor chickens were attacked and killed by a big dog yesterday. All three were still pullets and only one had started laying. Sad times on Mayfair Ave.

Jonny is a photographer and had taken some photos of the girls while they were still alive.

( Charlie and his Angels )

I have birthday weekend photos and stories to post, but I wanted you all to see my new kitteh, Charlie.


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I am wearing shoes today. That does not make me happy.

I've been happy as a clam recently. I have a belt with my name on it, a lovely boy who takes me to Walla Walla all the time, and chickens who are finally laying eggs ( Read more... )

Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.
- John le Carre

Travis got his acceptance for denturist school on Monday! I'm really excited and proud of him, but it means I now have a boyfriend with regular homework and possibly an apartment in Tacoma. Weird. He will be done and working in 18 months, though -- one step closer to real adulthood ( Read more... )

Last weekend I escaped to Los Angeles in an attempt to survive the one year of my mom's death. It was a very successful trip. Here is a photo of Megan and me outside the soundstage where The Office is filmed:

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