In the grand tradition of DMV photos everywhere, I look pretty terrible in the photo. Butbutbut WOOT I passed. 19 outta 20, baby!

Now, uhm, to let my elbow heal a bit more before I try things like steering. But yeah, calling the driving school in a week or so! *boogies* Road trips, here I come!

Walking home from the bus yesterday, I tripped over a broken place in the sidewalk. I took a really bad spill; I skinned my knees and chin (and, mysteriously, my right breast!) and hurt my arm. The arm hurt badly enough that I ended up asking digitalpoetry to come home early to take me over to Mt. Auburn. After a long wait in the emergency room, it turns out I ( Read more... )

Here are two relevant ones (emphasis mine):

41. to leave off (work) or stop (working) as a coercive measure, or as at the close of the day.
42. (of a union or union member)
a. to declare or engage in a suspension of (work) until an employer grants certain demands, such as pay increases, an improved pension plan, etc ( Read more... )

I'll try to keep this short. In fact, after 20 minutes or so of trying and failing to put this succinctly, I'm opting to keep this VERY short ( Read more... )

digitalpoetry just insisted that "geekipolitan" was a word. :) cuz he's awesome like that.

I'm back to feeling overwhelmed and irritated with my lack of time management skills. So I've been looking at diyplanner.com and getting myself psyched up to try (again) to get organized. I tried to figure out an easy way to punch pages to fit in the 7-ring planner I have. There isn't one, even with the 6 hole punch I made by cannibalizing two 3 ( Read more... )

Yes, another cat picture. It's oh so cute, but behind a cut for tidy friends list pages.

( Stylin' kitteh, y0! )

digitalpoetry and I have had a good post-Thanksgiving Friday. Slept late, spent the morning slacking off (mainly playing Bookworm Adventures) and have spent the afternoon and evening rearranging furniture. We're not quite done yet but I'm excited about the changes, it seems like it's going to make things feel more open, make better use of space, and feel more

In an attempt to find more tv, I'm giving Veronica Mars a whirl (yes, I'm a TV based lifeform, shut up). The main character seems familiar, so I do what any sensible tv junkie netizen would do and whip out my laptop and pull up imbd.com - aha! Our latest addition to the Heroes crew, Elle (aka Scary Lightning Girl)!

The new season of Desperate Housewives has brought a new family to the neighborhood, whose husband/step-father character is played by none other than Firefly's Nathan Fillion (who played Mal Reynolds). This has brought me no small measure of entertainment, especially in scenes where it's relevant that the character is a gynecologist ( Read more... )