sprightly spite!

Googly-eyed

2009-03-01T23:54:00.003-05:00

I can't believe I didn't post at all the entire month of February. I mean, I know it's a short month, but still. I was hoping I could get at least one post in (I tried last night, but I actually fell asleep beside my laptop. Not the first time that's happened, and surely not the last, either). But wow, Feb. was really busy. I can't even remember half the stuff I did, at this point, but I know

25 things

2009-01-31T22:47:00.003-05:00

I did this meme on Facebook, and I'm re-posting it here because some of these things were things I've been meaning to blog about, anyway. I'll expand on the pertinent ones at some future point, if I can ever work up the motivation.So, 25 Things:We all know how this works, right? I think everyone else on earth has been tagged for this at least once, so I'm only tagging people I know have done it

two years in effing paradise

2009-01-07T23:50:00.004-05:00

Two years ago today, I finally pulled up in front of this building, Lucy crammed full of boxes and stuff. That was it. Voila, I'd made it, I was now a resident of the Sunshine State.It's simultaneously hard to believe it's already been two years, and hard to believe it's only been two years. Part of me still feels like I just got here, but part of me feels like I've been here forever. I guess

a few thoughts for today

2009-01-05T23:13:00.004-05:00

My grandmother would be 94 today if she were still alive. This is the first time her birthday's passed without her being here. Happy birthday, Nana. I miss you.Picked up the cat from the cat hotel today (or, as Johnny might put it, I sprung her from the kitty jail). She certainly seems happy to be home. :) She didn't put on that much more weight while we were gone this time, but combined with

ZOMFGWTFBBQ salsa blanca yes!!!

2009-01-03T16:50:00.003-05:00

So, for the past, I dunno, however-long... 8, 10 years... however long ago it was that we had that explosion of Mexican restaurants in Hampton Roads... anyway, for however long it's been since that happened, most of the local Mexican places have served two kinds of salsa with the chips they give you to munch on while you're waiting for your meal - a typical, tomato-based red salsa, and a white

Happy new 2000-what? Rarr bleah stumble crash

2009-01-02T00:08:00.004-05:00

Seriously, it's 2009 already? I... am so out of it. Like, wow. Being sick out of my mind right now is not helping things any, I guess.So new year's resolutions are a crock of shit, but anyway, here are some things I really would like to get done this year.Blah Blah Blah Resolution-CakesPost and caption my gigantic backlog of pictures. And when I say GIGANTIC backlog, I am not kidding. I want 2009

and now for something completely different...

2008-11-23T11:23:00.003-05:00

This has no relation to Taiwan at all, but I just have to say, when I saw this, my only response was, "Wow - really? Welcome to 1997, dude." Sheez. I think this guy lives in England, but that is really no excuse......

horse? back on what horse?

2008-11-22T23:18:00.002-05:00

Hahah, so I have missed another self-imposed deadline to fix this place up and remove dead links and whatnot... What can I say? I guess keeping my blog pretty and current isn't that important to me. Hahahah, I suck. :/But now I'm in Taiwan, and I'm going to try to post as much as I can of this trip for those of you who couldn't be here (hi, gorontastic and Dr. R and Mr. Adams!). I'm a day

Dear Greg & Hal:

2008-11-08T22:36:00.002-05:00

Dear Greg & Hal: if you really want to honor us volunteers, schedule the damn festival better next year. For the love of Jose, please.Love, Liz.....

Yes.

2008-11-05T11:29:00.003-05:00

"For as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible." - President-elect Barack Obama.....

back on that horse

2008-10-31T23:47:00.002-04:00

I haven't posted here in a while, I know... Even my last post was a mobile post, made from my cell phone. I've just been very, very busy lately (as usual), but since there are a bunch of things I want to post about (also as usual), I'll try to put more stuff up here soon (as usual, again). I've managed to go back and edit some of my old posts which needed editing, but I haven't gotten to them

Man.

2008-09-07T18:57:00.003-04:00

I am at practice all the time, and I can't even skate! Ha! Ha! Ha! Isn't that wacky! Ha!.....

I'm going to punch someone.

2008-07-16T14:24:00.002-04:00

I'm going to punch someone. TSA, Delta employee, smug Portlander, annoying fellow tourist - doesn't matter, I'll punch any or all or them......

an open letter to Wade Redden

2008-07-03T10:24:00.005-04:00

Dear Wade,That's it - we're done. You are no longer my secret boyfriend.It's not just that you didn't step up last season when my fantasy team was really counting on you. You ended up being pretty much the worst defenseman on the team. The first year I had you, the year you won my heart, you were my #1 defenseman. In the span of two years, you went from first to worst.And honestly, I could

If you ever have to

2008-06-10T12:13:00.002-04:00

If you ever have to have lunch at the Broward County Courthouse, don't get the egg salad......

As far as I'm concerned,

2008-06-10T08:01:00.000-04:00

As far as I'm concerned, starting jury duty at 7:45 a.m. constitutes cruel & unusual punishment......

Delta Airlines sucks. True story.

2008-06-05T09:52:00.001-04:00

Delta Airlines sucks. True story......

The phrase "the little death"

2008-06-02T19:32:00.001-04:00

The phrase "the little death" is a euphemism for an orgasm. I think it would be a more apt term for moving. Ugh - I need more packing tape....

something in the air

2008-05-30T16:05:00.002-04:00

There is something about the comforting aroma of fried crap that greets you at the Charlotte airport that makes me feel like I'm home......

On the plane to Budapest

2008-05-08T21:47:00.002-04:00

On the plane to Budapest - taking off 3 hours late - but better late than never, I suppose. Will try to blog from overseas at least once! :).....

45 minutes 'til we leave

2008-05-08T10:48:00.002-04:00

45 minutes 'til we leave for the airport. I'm still packing madly. This trip is going to be awesome, but I do feel quite unprepared for it......

Marty Turco's a rat bastard.

2008-05-05T01:30:00.002-04:00

If he'd just let a shot in, the Sharks could win & we could all go to bed. Even the commentators are getting loopy......

Oh my gosh.

2008-05-05T01:07:00.002-04:00

Watching the 2nd OT of the Sharks-Stars game. Sharks better hurry up & score! They can't let Dallas win!!!.....

Sometimes I really hate flying.

2008-05-03T20:17:00.002-04:00

I just had to throw away a $2.67 bottle of water unopened at security because I forgot I couldn't take it through. :(.....

Watching the Detroit-Colorado playoff game.

2008-05-02T00:30:00.001-04:00

Watching the Detroit-Colorado playoff game. The Avs are playing so badly it's comical. 8-2 with 2 mins left in the 3rd. Buh-bye Avs!.....

Oh cool. Mobile Blogger sucks

2008-05-01T20:06:00.002-04:00

Oh cool. Mobile Blogger sucks on Verizon. Doesn't work right at all, & I basically wrecked my phone to get it set up. Awesome......

Wowsers.

2008-05-01T17:49:00.002-04:00

Wowsers.Just looking at my calendar for the next few months, & am stressed out beyond belief. WAY too much stuff to do, not enough time......

Is this thing on??

2008-04-30T03:25:00.002-04:00

Is this thing on??**edit**Oh! Ha! It worked! I've got mobile blogging set up now! Yay!.....

two words: flying trapeze

2008-04-29T23:19:00.003-04:00

I was driving by Young Circle not too long ago, and I noticed there was a trapeze rig up on the south side, by the bandshell. And there was a sign saying they were offering trapeze lessons!I have had a thing for the trapeze since I was a little kid and actually still watched circuses. It just always looked like the most fun thing in the world. I was always really into swings. But I always

weekend plans

2008-04-18T15:34:00.002-04:00

Tomorrow is Record Store Day, but instead of spending the whole day browsing at Radio-Active or Sweat or even Uncle Sam's, we're going to be either attending, or hanging out with Johnny's parents who will be in town attending, the 25th Annual Sunrise Community Hot Air Balloon Race in Kendall. That seems like a very weird (tho' interesting) event. Anyway, I'm betting we'll be able to spend at

ZOMGWTFBBQ!

2008-04-17T00:40:00.003-04:00

The KIDS IN THE HALL are TOURING AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG!!!! They're going to be in Orlando the day after we get back from Europe, and in Clearwater the day after that, and that is as close as they're coming to here.ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG!!!!!!!! I don't know what I am going to do, I can hardly contain myself!!!!! ZOMG!!!.....

sure as you can't stop a train

2008-04-16T13:39:00.005-04:00

This whole area is criss-crossed with railroad tracks. We live half a block from one busy freight-rail line (trains come through about every two hours, 24 hours a day). I see people walking along the tracks or stopping their cars on the tracks all the damn time. According to this press release from last year, Florida is third in the nation in fatalities from people trespassing on the tracks.

congrats, Carolinian!!!

2008-04-16T12:45:00.003-04:00

Carolinian & Inscrutable's baby, Mr. Wiggles, was born yesterday!!! Yayness!! Such a cute wee one.Congrats, you two! Kiss your sleep schedules goodbye! :).....

Where's George update

2008-04-15T14:54:00.003-04:00

Here's a few interesting Where's George hits I've gotten recently:Direct hit from Langerado on a Nana bill.A couple hits recently on bills with long user notes from me - long enough that I can't edit them to note where/when I spent the bill. So I'll say it here: I left this bill (with the long note about Greg's band Opposite Day) as part of the tip at Nellie's in Las Cruces, NM on 10/9/07, and I

shows, events, things I want to see...

2008-04-14T23:05:00.004-04:00

One of the mixed blessings of living in a major metropolitan area is that there's no shortage of things to see and do. Just this past Saturday, for instance, I had no fewer than four events competing for my time - that's madness! Here are a few things I really hope I can find the time and $$ to see before they go away:Friday, April 18: Asha Bhosle at the Broward Center. This is the kind of

new knees, please

2008-04-14T00:22:00.005-04:00

Ha! Ha! I'm so silly - I fell twice at practice tonight and hurt both my knees! But I'm sure it's not some kind of big injury that'll plague me for the rest of my life! And even if it is, derby is so totally worth it! Derby is just like sparkly, rainbow-colored kittens!!!.....

the Arrogant Worms at Blake Library in Stuart

2008-04-13T00:04:00.003-04:00

I finally, after about eight years of being a fan, got to see the Arrogant Worms tonight.Of course, I had to drive an hour and a half to a public library in Stuart to do it, and I had been feeling crappy all afternoon, so I wasn't sure it would be worth the hassle. But I figured this was probably going to be my only shot to see them, like, ever, since they don't play the States too much, and in

happy dances!

2008-04-11T04:32:00.002-04:00

Jacques Martin won't be "coaching" the Panthers next season!YAYNESS!The sign worked!Maybe they'll find a great coach and the team won't suck next season!! Well, a girl can dream........

a brief respite from derby posts

2008-04-10T17:28:00.001-04:00

There's more to post about events at the < - >, but this is good news, and I have pictures to post with it that haven't been uploaded yet. In the meantime, here are some more things I've been meaning to blather about.From Slate, there's this slide-show essay about the show Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today at the MoMA. I particularly appreciated being introduced to Synecdoche by

we won! totally!

2008-04-08T09:12:00.007-04:00

Things got even better on Sunday! The YALWSRN and the ALWSRN played each other in the first bout, and ALWSRN won, despite losing twice on Saturday. It looked both like the ALWSRN stepped up their game, and the YALWSRN were getting tired. We soon found out how tired the YALWSRN really were!We won both our next two bouts, no one was seriously injured, there was nothing crazy like both other teams

more derby goodness

2008-04-06T13:16:00.004-04:00

Ok, I'm still so excited about derby! But I still won't mind at all if I don't get to skate today!Look, there's a story in the paper about the bout! Apparently we got a great pic in the actual print edition of the paper - I can't wait to see it!And Bean hepped me to this post of Big Geek's, which talks about a derby knitting book that is coming out! Woohoo! I am so all over that.Ok, gotta go

my derby debut!

2008-04-06T01:14:00.006-04:00

*This post has been edited at the request of the League Which Shall Remain Nameless (LWSRN)*Well, I survived tonight's bouts... because, thank goodness, coach didn't put me in at all! Good thing I didn't stress out about getting to the rink on time or being prepared or anything! Ha! Ha! It didn't matter that I'm getting sick, because, you know, I didn't have to skate, so it's not a big deal!

crap. crap crap crap crap.

2008-04-05T12:32:00.001-04:00

Well, it's official - it wasn't just my imagination. I really am sick. Despite not even kissing my DH for a week, I've managed to catch whatever it is he brought home from that conference he went to in DC.Ugh. My timing so could not be worse. My throat is killing me, I feel feverish, my sinuses are all weird, and I am so tired and weak... but I've got to be ready to leave for the rink in

zomfg, we're in the New Times!

2008-04-03T02:09:00.004-04:00

*This post has been edited at the request of the League Which Shall Remain Nameless (LWSRN)*< - > New Times event listing for the < - >!Guh, I haven't even posted here yet about how I joined a roller derby league and all. But, really, if you know me, you know all that already. But if you happen to be a stranger who stumbled across this humble blog somehow whilst trolling teh intarnets, here's

April already?

2008-04-01T17:11:00.003-04:00

Sheez. March got really busy really quickly. I can't believe I'm so far behind on posting stuff already. So much for my goals for '08.Anyway, in the interest of clearing some tabs off my browser, here are a bunch of things I've been meaning to post about for a while:Anu of A Word A Day went on a tear using quotes from Yahia Lababidi as the x-bonus quotes on the AWAD mailings recently. My

4 years ago today...

2008-03-07T10:01:00.003-05:00

Johnny & I got married - in Las Vegas - by Elvis.We're celebrating our anniversary this year by going to stand in a field in the swamp with a bunch of hippies so we can see the Beastie Boys.I have the bestest husband in the world. :D.....

I'm in the wrong business

2008-03-04T00:01:00.003-05:00

Is it bad that, after reading this New York Times article, I wanted to try to write a novel on my cell phone? Maybe, like, do my NaNoWriMo novel, at least in part on my phone? Because I do have that full QWERTY keyboard and unlimited txt messages...I don't think that would really do much to help me actually finish my NaNoWriMo book this year, tho'. I am, btw, totally going to do it this year.

goals for 2008

2008-02-29T23:20:00.004-05:00

Now that we are, oh, about an hour away from being three months into 2008, I figure it's finally time I get around to posting something I meant to post back in January.I'm not one for new year's resolutions, but at the beginning of the year I often set myself some projects to accomplish by year's end. Invariably I fail to do everything I want - but that's pretty much how life goes. It never

I got the power

2008-02-26T14:59:00.004-05:00

So apparently there's a massive power outage here right now.Our power flickered earlier - not even long enough to reset our clocks, but long enough to knock out our DSL modem for a little while.Thank goodness our power is not out here, because it is really f'ing hot here today (it's 83 in the apartment right now with air conditioning blasting and fans on high). I would be about to die right now

who the hell am I going to vote for?

2008-02-26T11:55:00.005-05:00

Well, the short answer to that is that I'm going to vote for whoever the Democrats put up this year... but I really thought I'd be more excited about voting for either the first viable female candidate for president or the first viable mixed-race candidate. I am pretty pleased that it's definitely going to be one or the other this time, but I have serious reservations about both Hillary and

foodstuffs for your perusal

2008-02-21T00:50:00.002-05:00

Johnny made tortilla soup for dinner tonight, and it was really good. Mmm-mm, tasty. See how pretty it was! :D (There's also an overexposed-but-not-so-blurry pic of it on my Flickr.)He used the funky poppy-seed-filled tortilla chips from Trader Joe's that Nana had, which are really pretty stale by now. Despite the staleness, they worked quite well in the soup.Later, we went to the grocery

I totally called that one

2008-02-16T17:16:00.003-05:00

Panthers won, 4-2.I was almost afraid, about mid-way through, that I had jinxed it by forgetting to not root for the Panthers and root for the Caps instead. (Hey, it is really pretty hard to root against the home team when you're at a sporting event, and everyone around you is rooting for them, and you know every player on the team, and even have dumb nicknames for most of them, but you don't

a trend I have noticed

2008-02-15T15:42:00.005-05:00

How can you tell if the Panthers are going to win a home game?Well, am I rooting for them, or the visiting team?If I'm rooting for them, they're almost certainly going to lose. If I'm rooting for the visitors, the Panthers will probably win.I'm not sure why they've been so consistently disappointing to me this season, losing when I want to see them beat the pants off their opponents and bouncing

short films - yayness!

2008-02-13T12:16:00.005-05:00

Cinema Paradiso is showing programs of all this year's Oscar-nominated animated and live-action short films this weekend! I'm so excited - I always want to see them every year and I never get to. But this year I can do it!......provided I feel better by this weekend than I do today... ugh... It is, apparently, time for my annual kick-my-ass cold-flu-sinus-whatever. My throat is killing me, I

timely

2008-02-12T13:28:00.000-05:00

There was an article in the New York Times last month about hoarding, and today's Topical Currents on WLRN is doing a segment on hoarding right now, too (Joseph Cooper handling the subject with his usual idiocy - man, get him off the airwaves, already).How apt that this subject is in the media right now, as I deal with an apartment overflowing with things, both mine and the stuff I've just

Zed's not dead, baby

2008-02-12T10:49:00.000-05:00

Did you hear about what happened to Richard Zednik on Sunday night?Watch it here.That is crazy nutso. I am so glad he didn't die, and that it looks like he'll be able to play again. My first impression of Zednik when he started playing for the Panthers this season was, "Wow, maybe he can energize the scoring lines on this team and seriously make a positive contribution." That quickly changed

Giants win! Giants win!

2008-02-03T23:12:00.000-05:00

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;But there is no joy in Beantown — mighty Brady has... uhm... failed to throw a pass his teammates could catch in the last crucial minute of the Superbowl.Doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it? ;)Anyway, most

a few random things...

2008-01-23T19:23:00.000-05:00

I have a few serious posts I've been meaning to write (in all my spare time - ha! My entire life right now revolves around the Jan. 31st deadline by which we have to clear all this stuff out of my grandmother's apartment), but there are a few little frivolous things I want to get off my chest at the moment...Thing 1:HDTV is really pretty amazing. I had no idea! Johnny & I haven't had cable

what I learned from my grandmother

2008-01-17T23:39:00.000-05:00

My grandmother died on Monday. The funeral was today. It was, appropriately enough, grey and rainy, with a bitterly cold wind.Even though Nana drove me crazy sometimes (ok, most of the time), I loved her a lot, and I will miss her more than I can say. I've been thinking about this quite a bit lately, since I arrived here to stay with her a month ago and it was confirmed that Nana had

R.I.P. Evel Knievel

2007-11-30T23:49:00.000-05:00

His official site. The AP story.This dude has a page cataloging every rock song he could find about Evel Knievel.I was gonna post the lyrics to 2 Skinnee J's "Viva Knievel," but they seem to have completely disappeared from the internet, and I can't understand all of them from listening to the song so I can't transcribe 'em. Alas.Here's a bit I do know, tho':"Evel Knievel, man on a missionMade

greetings from Canada!

2007-05-07T23:11:00.000-04:00

Hey, y'all! We're having a really good time here in Ottawa. I wish we could stay for a few more days, because there's so much to do - I feel like we'll barely get the chance to scratch the surface before we'll have to go home on Wednesday.The weather has been gorgeous - beautifully sunny, but still early-spring cool - really, just about perfect, as far as I'm concerned. This is the kind of

O is for Ottawa

2007-05-03T23:38:00.000-04:00

Saturday we will be leaving here bright and early and heading to Ottawa, Canada! I'm so excited - I have never been to Ottawa, and it's been ages since I last visited Canada.We're going there because Johnny is attending this conference, and I am tagging along just for fun. Any excuse to travel! No, I can't really afford it at this point (I got my credit card bill today and it nearly gave me a

omg y'all...

2007-05-02T13:44:00.000-04:00

Gas is getting pretty expensive here! Lucy is a fuel-efficient little car, but she (like all Minis) takes 91 octane gas, so it's still not really cheap to fill her up. Luckily, I'm not doing much driving these days, so a tank of gas lasts me forever. I will say this for her little brother Bertie - Lucy's MPG is good, but his is significantly better! Johnny is saving a lot of money on his

cider for breakfast

2007-04-28T10:48:00.000-04:00

Good morning, all! We're at Churchill's Pub so we can watch the West Ham v. Wigan football match.Sorry if that pic seems a tad small - I'm going back to using smaller pics in the body of my posts for the time being, as it's the easiest solution I've found to the narrow-browser-window problem I mentioned a few posts ago. If you want to see a bigger version, you can always click on it. I'll work

babies are expensive

2007-04-27T16:24:00.000-04:00

Well, since it seems beyond the realm of possibility to have both our vehicles working at any one time, and since Bertie is holding up ok while we are waiting for his new fuel pump to arrive (the service people said it'd be alright to drive him for the time being, so we brought him home and have been driving him normally - his "check engine" light came on once for a day, but went off again on its

aww...

2007-04-27T00:53:00.000-04:00

R.I.P., Bobby "Boris" Pickett.I didn't even know he was still alive. :(

tinkering again...

2007-04-26T13:55:00.000-04:00

I'm banging around under the hood on this site, which is one among many reasons I haven't posted much lately (others include: having visitors, being visitors, and having to clean up our dump of an apartment in between having company and going away for the weekend and having company again).I know this page doesn't render properly when it's viewed in a browser window that's not wide enough.

out, juju, out!

2007-03-29T17:45:00.000-04:00

So here are all the annoying, irritating, horrible, wretched, awful, and miserable things that have happened to us lately:the sick thingthe car thingI special-ordered some Where's George stamps from Stamp Connection for my 7th Georgiversary (which was March 24th). I tried to be as specific as possible with my (admittedly numerous) special requests - I even called when I placed my online order,

our baby is sick, and so am I

2007-03-29T16:54:00.000-04:00

Apologies for the lack of posts recently... fun_with_cheese and some other members of my DH's family came to visit last week, so I was busy then. I will post pics of all the fun we had soon (some are already up on the Flickr, if you want to hunt for them), but first, I need to rant a bit.As noted in the title, I am sick. I have been sick on and off since about the 12th, and man, am I sick of

and now, introducing...

2007-03-14T00:09:00.000-04:00

Johnny & Liz are proud to presentthe newest addition to our family:Our new baby boy!A 2007 MINI Cooper in Astro Black with sunroof and chrome trim!Birthday: March 10, 2007Length: 145.6 inchesWeight: 2634 pounds (give or take)He doesn't have a name yet. Johnny thinks I'm nuts because I want to name the car, but of course he has to have a name! He's our baby! And he's Lucy's little brother!I

goodbye, Grey Baron

2007-03-13T17:46:00.000-04:00

Before we could pick up our new baby, we had to drive the old Grey Baron to the lot to trade him in. I took a ton of pictures of our last drive - I won't bore you with them all. Most of them are up on Flickr, if you're interested.Climate controls, radio/tape deck, cup holder... all the important stuff. I added a photo gallery of friends and family - closeup of that below. Anytime I took sticker

new car shopping

2007-03-13T15:28:00.000-04:00

We have been awfully busy lately, and while I should have something like 72 pictures posted by now, I've only got 19. So I'm going to attempt to rectify both my lack of posts and my lack of pictures today - I'm not going to get completely caught up, but I'm gonna give it a good shot.So after our recent misadventures with The Grey Baron, we decided it was time to get rid of him. We figured he

a bizarre late-nite craving...

2007-03-09T03:53:00.000-05:00

I don't know what it is, but all of a sudden I am dying for some Buffalo wings!!!Why oh why do we have to live so far away from this place now??(In case you don't recognize it, that's the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, where Buffalo wings were invented.)There is a place here, actually quite close to us, called Wings 'n Curls, which allegedly has good chicken wings. I wouldn't know, since the one time we

posting from the road

2007-03-03T10:28:00.000-05:00

We're in Deltona this weekend visiting Johnny's parents, sister, her husband, her kid, and any other various family members who may stop by. This means I will either have a lot of time to get caught up on posting, or I'll have even less time than usual.Here are a couple random pictures, in the interim, just so I don't get hopelessly behind.So, crazy weather in South Florida. One day earlier

last weekend...

2007-02-25T01:44:00.000-05:00

Man, I will never get caught up at this rate. Jeez. Anyway, I'm going to start with what we did last Sunday, because it's pretty easy to sum up: we did nothing. We were gonna go to the Delray Beach Garlic Fest, because a) garlic is great and 2) I wanted to see The Wreckers, who were playing there, but in the end, we were just too tired, and there was too much stuff we needed to do around the

woohoo!

2007-02-22T17:00:00.000-05:00

Jilly Bean got sick of listening to me bitch about free Flickr, so she upgraded me to pro! THANK YOU, Bean!!! She is teh bestest friend evar.I'm still about, uhm, 10 pictures behind, tho', at this point. And since today is Johnny's birthday, I'm going to be out all evening instead of home, avoiding posting. Man. I am still so clearly not used to living somewhere where there's stuff going on

Friday recap

2007-02-20T23:51:00.000-05:00

Well, now that I've finally got my pictures from the weekend in order (nevermind that it's just about 10 minutes away from being Wednesday by now), I can begin to tell you about it.Friday was the Rhett Miller show at Studio A. It was good, but poor Rhett totally blew out his voice over the course of the show, so he sounded really rough by the end of it. The setlist, if you care:Melt ShowThis Is

...or not

2007-02-20T15:01:00.000-05:00

Ok, so, I've run into a bit of a problem with the picture thing. Well, two problems, really: more to do, and less time in which to do it. Weekends around here get really busy. We're not home for very long, and I don't have a lot of time to sit around cropping, fixing, resizing, and uploading pictures so I can blog about them. And because we're out doing things, I take a ton more pictures on

learned my lesson

2007-02-16T17:39:00.000-05:00

Ok, we're going to see Rhett Miller at Studio A tonight (woohoo!), so I'm posting today's pics now - if I get any good pics at the show, I'll post them tomorrow. Also, check out the Rhett Miller interview in this week's Miami New Times.Ok, so I made my wristbands from that Joann's yarn I got on Tuesday. Oh, had I been dying to knit! I swatched and played around wtih needle sizes last night,

told ya.

2007-02-15T23:53:00.000-05:00

So. Two days and no pics. I told y'all - Year of Lowered Expectations. I hope you weren't expecting anything more from me.Anyway, I sort of have an excuse for not getting any pics up on V-day. See, we went to see Dick Dale at Churchill's, and I was expecting to be home by about midnight or 1 a.m. and make my post then. But when we got there at 10 p.m., only the first of the three opening

today's goodies

2007-02-13T22:56:00.000-05:00

So here is what I got today in my amazon.com package, and from my nearest Joann Fabrics, which I just located this morning:The yarn is from Joann's. I know I live in the land of heat and no knitting now, but I had to get this. Not only was it 75% off the already-reduced clearance price, but also I saw it, and I immediately thought "wristwarmers." I knew it had to be mine. I'm gonna knit that

bunch of savages in this town

2007-02-12T11:32:00.000-05:00

A post title like that can only mean one thing: car trouble. For a change, however, it's not Lucy in trouble this time - it's our other car, The Grey Baron. He was stolen at some point overnight last night, from the street in front of our apartment.There had been an attempt to steal him last weekend, but they'd only managed to get into the car and pull out the key slot from the steering column.

clearing the cobwebs

2007-02-12T05:43:00.000-05:00

I've spent some time in the past few days deleting old files off my webspace to make more space for this blog to expand. I managed to free up about 4MB! Kinda sad that I had that much crap just hanging out on my server, huh? I just went through and did a quick revision of my template, to reflect the fact that I've moved, in addition to my usual updates. The biggest change I made was to add a

a sad day for Texas

2007-02-02T00:05:00.000-05:00

A sad day for all the rest of us, too: R.I.P., Molly Ivins. I will miss you.The thing I appreciate most about Molly Ivins is that she showed me how to be a liberal and a Southerner, too. Not some namby-pamby whiny liberal, but a wickedly funny, sharp-as-a-tack, righteously pissed-off Southern liberal. Without her showing the way, I might not have thought it was even possible to be all those

everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance...

2007-01-16T10:00:00.000-05:00

...but living half a block from the train tracks gets a little noisy sometimes.I'm thinking I should perhaps get into trainspotting, tho', since we live so close to the tracks, and Florida seems to be a big railroad state, in general. Then again, I really don't need yet another nerdy hobby.Still, you see some interesting things, if you look. For example, I just watched the Ringling Bros. and

goodbye and good riddance, 2006

2006-12-31T23:00:00.000-05:00

Wow. I had such high hopes when the year started. I thought 2006 was gonna be a good one. I figured it just had to be.It didn't suck outright. I did some really cool things this year. I became friends with some great people. But I also shot myself in the foot in ways I don't even want to talk about. And I just had to leave behind all those new friends I made. I am really ending the year

lost: one month

2006-11-30T23:18:00.000-05:00

Missing: November, 2006If found, please let me know where the hell it went.Seriously - I'm sorry I've been such a bad blogger lately, but I honestly don't know where the time has gone. Actually, no, I do know where the time has gone, because my days look something like this:Class in the morning.Work all night on Mondays and Wednesdays, physics clinic and then anime club on Tuesdays, physics

sick of being sick

2006-10-07T20:52:00.000-04:00

OMFG, y'all, I am so sick of not being able to hear out of my right ear, or breathe properly, or be without a gigantic box of tissues for more than half an hour. It seems like, ever since I got that wicked sinus infection back in April '05 (I think it was), I get these really awful colds that render me effectively deaf for like, three weeks, at least once per semester. At least this one is not

better make it fast

2006-09-30T23:06:00.000-04:00

Ugh. I am so sick right now. I need to go to bed, because I have to work in the morning, but I also need to post this shit before it drives me (and y'all) (all two of you who read this anymore) insane.So, instead of the full version of all this stuff I've been planning on posting, here's the highlight reel.Four things you may be interested to know:I cut off my dreads. They were driving me nuts.

like that song by Cracker goes...

2006-09-20T23:58:00.000-04:00

..."Happy, happy birthday to me..."Well, I had a pretty good birthday today. I had to spend most of it studying or working my butt off in class (I have a physics test in the morning and a biochem test on Friday)... but I suppose it could have been worse.I got more good mail today than usual (both virtual and otherwise) - thanks to everyone who sent birthday greetings! My DH cooked me an awesome

dang, that was quick.

2006-08-31T23:39:00.000-04:00

Man. The end of summer just whipped by me so fast I am still catching my breath.With any luck, I'll be able to carve out some blogging time soon. Right now, I am going to make myself sick if I don't get some more sleep.

Pluto IS SO a planet!!!

2006-08-24T16:33:00.000-04:00

I can't believe this! Pluto's not a planet anymore?? That's bullshit! I'm so upset about this.As any fan of 2 Skinnee J's knows, Pluto is a planet.Even besides my gut-reaction disappointment with this decision, I think the definition of a planet the IAU came up with is flawed in a scientific sense. Read it here for yourself. They say that a planet should be "a celestial body that (a) is in

link potpourri

2006-08-09T15:14:00.000-04:00

Here are some sites I have up in my browser window right now which I've been meaning to post here:Revealed: What mosquitoes hate about humans. First of all, I just want to say that if I had been a participant in this experiment, the mosquitoes would have flown to me every single time. Mosquitoes love me. How much do mosquitoes love me? Here's an example: during the semester I spent in

do you see it?

2006-08-03T04:19:00.000-04:00

I added a little icon to the address bar - or at least, I tried to. Let me know if you can see it - if not, you're probably using Internet Explorer. Try bookmarking the page, then restarting your browser and coming back here. If you still can't see it... uhm... keep trying, because IE sucks? It should work, eventually, even in that broken browser, assuming you're using version 6+. I don't

I totally called it.

2006-08-02T00:28:00.000-04:00

90.2 degrees Fahrenheit.Kee-ripes.I'm going to bed now.

it is effing hot.

2006-08-01T17:05:00.000-04:00

Like this sign from downtown St. Louis says:And it wasn't even as hot that day as it's forecast to be here today:I'm not sure it has quite reached 101 degrees (the National Weather Service says it's 94 right now), but it might as well be - it's intolerably hot any way you slice it. It was 88 degrees in our place when I got up this morning. It was up to 91 when we left. We're at Freedom of

the number one reason I hate summer

2006-07-31T23:53:00.000-04:00

I'll give you a hint: it was 90 degrees here today, and we don't have air conditioning.Oh yes, it is the heat. I mentioned a few posts back that I really hate summer's inevitable itchiness (and I really, really do!), but no matter how bad the itchiness gets, the heat is always worse. After all, heat is the evil from which all other summertime evils spring. If it didn't get hot, there would be

a geeky Where's George update

2006-07-28T11:41:00.000-04:00

I have a ton of tabs open in my browser with recent WG hits I wanted to post. I've had a few really interesting ones in the past few weeks.My 3rd hit in Mississippi (and my first hit there in quite some time!) - interestingly enough, it went through Branson, MO, which is like Disneyland for rednecks.This one took a year and 118 days to get its first hit, but only 15 hours to get its second hit.

the way to my heart...

2006-07-27T21:32:00.000-04:00

...is through my stomach. I discovered this my freshman year of college, when I basically stopped going to the dining halls because they were awful and never open when I wanted them to be. Instead of gaining the "freshman 15," I lost about 20 lbs. I was so hungry. After my senior friend who lived in the kitchen-equipped on-campus apartments fed me one time, I became a constant fixture in his

a seven-year bitch

2006-07-23T23:52:00.000-04:00

OK, steel yourself - this is gonna be a long one. Here's the kind of day I had today at work: First, this morning, we had a larger-than-usual batch of urines to go in the Coral machine. This is the machine we use to test people's urine for the presence of bacterial ATP using firefly juice - I'm not even kidding! We get this powdered luminescent substance from fireflies, Luciferin, to which we