A few more dark horses of the Apocalypse (though slightly more lighthearted ( Read more... )

There are many things that have been floating around in my head lately and I am going to try and lay them out in an orderly fashion. Here goes ( Read more... )

I have a question for everyone. I am interested in starting a blog, but for some reason I'm really paranoid about the idea of someone stealing my writing (not that it's so excellent, but still, it's MINE). I mean, LiveJournal is pretty secure when it comes to those kinds of things, but I want to make an entirely public, searchable blog. Does anyone ( Read more... )

Christmas pictures!

Everyone's pregnant and it's creeping me out ( Read more... )

This is mostly just for me, but ( here's the usual yearly survey... )

So Carlos and I were in the Madrid airport at 9am, sitting in a booth at McDonald's and trying to wait out the three anl a half hours we had until our flight back to Santiago. We were talking about something ridiculous, as usual, when all of a sudden there was a loud boom and the entire airport shook. Carlos went to see what had happened and said ( Read more... )

It's Thanksgiving. I have no day off. I have no turkey. No one called. I guess that's what happens; the longer you live away, the less often your family calls you.

I will probably make some roasted turkey breast tomorrow, simply to have leftovers with which to make amazing sandwiches.

I miss home. :(

I just finished reading Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. If you have not read any of Murakami's works, I would highly recommend it. Although I must admit to never having read any of Kafka's works, or Murakami's bestseller, Norwegian Wood, I can safely say this is one of the best books I have read in a long time, maybe ever. It's the kind of ( Read more... )

Today I saw a girl waiting outside an elementary school to be picked up by her parents. She was wearing a shirt that said "Batgirl" in large letters. There was a bat in the middle of the shirt. It was the Bacardi trademark bat. What is a ten-year old girl doing wearing alcohol giveaways ( Read more... )