January 2010
58 posts
December 2009
90 posts
i kind of don't want to say this because it's so...
some days i am so in love i just don’t know what to do with myself.
and the fact that it even happens when my man is far away makes it mean even more to me.
“But with the power of hindsight, “High Fidelity” is surprisingly prescient, the...”
– Naughtie Behavior | The Decade in Film Style - T Magazine Blog - NYTimes.com
If this jacket’s torn, you’re gonna pay big.
(via jamiek)
and i will fucking sock your nose.
College rules for ladies, 1837
lickystickypickyme:
No young lady shall become a member of Mt. Holyoke Seminary who cannot kindle a fire, mash potatoes, and repeat the multiplication table and at least two-thirds of the shorter catechism.
Every member of the school shall walk a mile a day unless a freshet, earthquake, or some other calamity prevent.
No young lady shall devote more than an hour a day to miscellaneous reading.
...
also.
i can’t decide whether the fact that i now get the discovery health channel will make me less productive (because i’ll be unable to resist staring at it) or more productive (because i’ll be more willing to do other tasks with it on in the background).
i just re-potted my plants.
i think i’ve killed a number of plants over the years by being too lazy to re-pot them. these few have survived, but they were in a car overnight in freezing weather, and the parts of them that were near the door died. fortunately, all of them had some healthy parts left, and i just couldn’t stand to let them die. so i got a sack of potting soil and a couple of new pots, and i fixed...
sigh.
my better half had to go home today. since we’ve been living together for seven wonderful months, being apart from him almost all the time is going to suck especially much. but we’ve done the long distance thing before, so i’m not at all worried. just a little down.
as a consolation i will be baking cranberry orange bread, working on my mom’s shawl and watching the...
wah.
i dunno. i’m just sick of being sick and sick of shopping (never thought that would happen). and waiting on one last present that ups had better bring me in the next few hours. we stayed up way too late last night playing poker, but we won $30 so that’s mostly okay. i guess i’m just frustrated that i still have lots of things to do, but all i want to do is curl up in a ball...
Word of the day
amycarr:
astraphobia
PRONUNCIATION:(as-truh-FO-bee-uh)
MEANING:noun: An abnormal fear of lightning and thunder. ETYMOLOGY:From Greek astrape (lightning). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ster- (star) that is also the source of star, asterisk, asteroid, astrology, disaster, stellar, constellation, Persian sitareh (star), and the names Stella and Esther. NOTES:Also known as astrapophobia...
aw.
boyfriend is snoring softly. this is adorable because (a) he almost never does this and (b) i am already awake, so no annoyance factor.
so we unpacked my books yesterday.
and i came to a distressing realization. i own at least twenty, probably thirty books that i have never even opened. many of these were gifts, but a few were not. i have not read a tale of two cities, war of the worlds, white oleander, the silmarillion or perdido street station. i have an anthology of contemporary poetry of which i’ve read maybe fifty pages. i have winnie the pooh in...
giantevilhead:
kellydeal:
The National //...
wooooooooooo.
i can has internetz!
also, there are like three boxes of stuff left packed. the movers left less than 24 hours ago. our putting-away efficiency is totally ridiculous and i am very happy. especially considering that when i packed up my apartment in charlottesville i found boxes in the closet that i had moved there three years earlier and never opened.
and i even made fudge for the holiday...
“in our rooms filled with laughter / we make hope from every small disaster”
– the weepies, “painting by chagall”
that's why they call it we'll-kill-yinz-burg. →
this popped up on the yahoo homepage when i went to check my email this morning on one of the computers in my building.
welcome back to pittsburgh, me. now with extra death.
giantevilhead:
How to drive in icy conditions: Fast. Faster than normal. That way, should you hit a patch of ice you’ll go shooting across it quickly.
Incidentally I only went skidding out of control once on the way to work today. This is normal for a Monday.
okay, now i feel like a wuss.
did i mention that i had a mailbox take out my passenger side mirror on saturday morning? the effing...
still sick.
got a cold about a week and a half ago that has now metamorphosed into bronchitis. the good things about bronchitis are that it’s not contagious and that i’ve had it a zillion times so i know what to expect. the bad things about bronchitis are many. namely, ow my chest. and ew coughing up yellow stuff.
and that’s all i’m going to say about that.
disconnected.
no internet access in the new apartment yet, so i can’t really keep up with posts. the good news is, the apartment is gorgeous. and i can walk to church, which i’m about to do. and i have tea.
arrived safely in pittsburgh.
and of course it’s freezing cold. moving into my new apartment tomorrow. right now: a huge glass of ice water, some pizza, and trying to get the kinks out of my left shoulder.
here i come, pittsburgh, here i come.
*clap, clap*
I'm on my fifth cup of coffee today.
herhitlerhairdo:
Two more finals, six more hours.
Two and a half days to learn federal and California evidence. Doable, right?
…riiiiiiight.
no idea how idiosyncratic california evidence is, but the federal rules aren’t that hard. getting clear on hearsay will get you most of the way there. and all those goshdarn exceptions and exclusions. good luck!
it's like a splash of summer in my winter kitchen.
making lemon marmalade is making the kitchen smell like i painted the walls and floor with lemonade.
today's the day.
i have to actually put all my shit in my car today, because i’m leaving tomorrow morning.
and i also need to make and can lemon ginger marmalade for my dad. probably shoulda gotten around to that before today.
all i can say is, i’m gonna have to have a really good soundtrack to make today not suck.
“No individual should hold health care hostage, including Joe Lieberman, and I’ll...”
– Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT). Connecticut colleagues ‘fed up’ with Joe Lieberman - - POLITICO.com
file this under “lieberman sucks harder than a dyson.”
26, feels like 13.
vneckandacardigan:
Huh… I don’t even know what that means I should wear anymore.
i thought you meant your age at first.