It's been an action packed three days with the exception of the massive amounts of sleeping the action-packed-ness caused ( Read more... )

The office is officially closed today, but I really should be there ( Read more... )

Tomorrow! SYTYCD Night at the hovel watching the Top 18! Come on over around 8:00-ish (we'll try to start the show a little sooner this week so we don't go quite as late, probably by 8:30 p.m.) and feel free to bring food/drink to share. And I'm loving how many people from the show are on Twitter. Extra fun!In other news ( Read more... )

YAY! So, the Gaslamp Quarter Association announced a little contest on Twitter, I spent two minutes writing blurbs about food to answer it, and voila! I won free tickets to Taste of Gaslamp and dinner at House of Blues! Hooray! *snoopydances ( Read more... )

It's Wednesday, and you know what that means... SYTYCD-watching will be at the house tonight! It's Vegas week! 8p-ish, and feel free to bring food/drink to share.

My vacation post is still in the works (wrathofhon, I'll trade you your laptop for the photo of the baby goat!), but in the meantime, here's a list of the books I read while on vacation with non-spoilery comments.

Kushiel's Mercy - I've enjoyed all of these books, so this one didn't disappoint.

Renegade's Magic - This was probably my least favorite of ( Read more... )

I've been catching up on the various season finales that I missed while in Cabo. I still have a few shows to go, but in the meantime, here are some thoughts:

( Lost )

Gone to Cabo, folks! I won't have either of my phones or my computer, so I'm pretty much unreachable until I return late on the 16th.

First off, I DID IT! I'm now a certified Open Water Scuba Diver!

(I'm also certified in the use of Enriched Air, or Nitrox, that's between 21% and 40% oxygen - I took an extra class with wrathofhon and her man on Friday night ( Read more... )

Today's day-long (but not as long as yesterday) scuba class went pretty well. We had our last classwork and took our written final (I got a 94%, not bad), then spent the rest of the time in the pool. I'm happy to report that I finally got the neutrally buoyant thing a couple of times, so let's hope that I can repeat that in the ocean next weekend. ( Read more... )