Sundays as gray as this just encourage us to lounge around lazily. So far today I have: napped, sorted a small stack of mail, folded six piece of laundry (so far). I'm hoping to: finish putting away laundry, make soda bread, go to a local knitting circle. Should be doable! Unless I just curl up and take yet another nap with the cat ( Read more... )

Been feeling a little bit out of it this week, since Daylight Savings kicked in. It's not right that we should be asked to spring forward before it's even Spring. The extra daylight after work is nice, but really my body wanted a few more weeks of winter hibernation ( Read more... )

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After throwing myself into the cheesy faux-ballet class at the gym last night, I came home and cooked. Didn't care how late dinner ended up being, it was the kitchen therapy that I needed. Preferably something with a million fiddly ingredients.

I made David Chang's Roasted Brussels Sprouts. Ever since having these brussels sprouts at Momofuku ( Read more... )

It's been a furious week so far. For the second time since the beginning of the year, my ATM card number was stolen ( Read more... )

The Pirate Privilege Checklist.
"8) I will never have to move silently and stealthily, I will be allowed to swagger and shout 'YARRR!'." DAMN SKIPPY.

And the Ninja Privileges rebuttal ( Read more... )

Meme borrowed from illogicalvulcan and samueljl...

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're any good, they must be songs you're really enjoying now.

"Sweet" is my word of the moment here.

"Salvador Sanchez" - Sun Kil MoonSun Kil Moon are a recent discovery, and I've quickly become obsessed. They ( Read more... )

Brooklyn is beautiful when it snows. All the brownstones become even more magical, and it becomes this wonderful urban fairyland. I love snowstorms, and took a long walk with my camera before heading in to work.


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I'm not sure why my (normally-stingy) office gave us President's Day off, but I'm not complaining! It's been a mellow long weekend, full of things like D&D, folding laundry, snuggling the cat, bowling and barbecue at the Gutter and Fette Sau in Williamsburg*, and getting a lot of good freelance work done. I'm about to go grocery shopping, and I ( Read more... )

1. Get assigned a cover package to design ( Read more... )