The Christmas season at the mall officially began last Friday with the arrival of Santa, and the mall decided to celebrate that by giving away free photos with him. I made the mistake of venturing down to the food court (where Santa is enshrined in his creepy teddy bear throne), and holy god. The line-up was out the door. It was a maelstrom of ( Read more... )

Knees, please to be stop hurting now.

Also, fog? Make up your mind. Are you here, or not?

Today, I bashed the crap out of my head on a TV stand. Fortunately, it was right on the frontal bone, so there was no real damage, I was just dizzy for a few seconds, and may I say to whomever furnished the room that that garbage can was very poorly placed. Some of us are taller than 5"4'. We need more clearance ( Read more... )

My first day at work. I had to start at seven-thirty, which entailed getting up at six, which was not fun. I spent most of my shift in the laundry room. I know what you're thinking: folding laundry, whoopydeedooda. It is hard. Wet sheets are heavy. Wet towels are heavier. And it is incredibly hot. I hurt like a great big hurty thing. But ( Read more... )

This has not been a productive day. I went off in search of a bookstore that is looking for staff. The ad had not included their address, so I had to look it up in the phone book. I ended up parking about seven blocks from my objective, so off I went. After a few blocks, it became clear that my shoes, in a stunning act of perfidity, were intent ( Read more... )

Staggered my way over to anik's last night for the swop. Due to extenuating circumstances, I did not bring anything, but I did my duty and took stuff home with me. My two big scores were a Puzz-3D of Saint Basil's and a nifty cup and saucer set, designed special for tea leaf reading. I don't necessarily believe in tea leaf reading (what does a blob ( Read more... )

You know what is incredibly boring? Spending three hours in a hospital waiting room. Which is what I did yesterday. Three frickin' hours. I know, I know, they can't leave the OR unused becasue it costs $1100 an hour so they have everyone there in case something happens to someone causing everyone to get bumped up, but still. Three hours. When ( Read more... )