Wow. I... kinda forgot about livejournal. The internet in general has been boring me lately. Twitter has harmed my ability to process information more than 140 characters long, and facebook is just like an online photosharing site. Ah well ( Read more... )

This isn't even funny: ( Boom in tiny bedbugs is causing big trouble )

I'm reaching the age where I can't sleep in on the weekends ( Read more... )

Frank Rich's op-ed on Sarah Palin is ( amazing )

I feel the end of my time in London looming. Ten-ish weeks remain before I'm back in Chicago. I'm excited about going home because I really, really miss my family. I'm also eager to finally begin the soul-crushing journey of finding a job in my chosen career field ( Read more... )

Work is still slow, and that's fine with me. Browsing the internet in between spurts of work is a pretty nice luxury, though I do wish it were a little busier so I didn't keep checking my email every 5 minutes to see if there's any news on Megan's visa ( Read more... )

Things are pretty good at the moment - floating in a stale contentment ( Read more... )

I promised to get back in the LJ habit this year, and so far no dice. It's purely because I don't have the internet (STILL!) at the house, so all of my internetting is done at work, and when 5:30 rolls around I usually don't feel inclined to stay (today is an exception. I'm going to have drinks with Janice and Nita and some of Janice's friends, so ( Read more... )

The beginning of this week/month started out dreary, chaotic, and depressing. It was cold, raining, galing (is that a word? gale-windy?), and there wasn't heat on in the house. My sinus infection progressed and on Wednesday I was sent home from work after < 1 hour because I sounded horrible. I proceeded to sleep through most of Weds and Thurs, ( Read more... )

Things are up and down in the world of Amber ( Read more... )