I saw Oppenheimer yesterday, my first movie in a theater since Black Panther 2 last year. I picked that over Barbie because I figured Barbie would be in theaters longer, so I'd have more opportunity to see it. I probably wouldn't have gone to see either of them yet, but a friend wanted to go and my hesitation over how full it might be (because ( Read more... )

You know that thing where it hasn't been a while since you've posted and you keep meaning to, but time somehow slips away from you (and/or you're trying to have some computer-free evenings) and then there's so many things you could say that you don't know where to begin so you put it off even longer... yeah, that ( Read more... )

I recently began devouring the Maintenance Phase podcast (tagline "Wellness and weight loss, debunked and decoded."). The interaction between the two hosts is lovely, and the topics are timely in terms of 'these are things I've been thinking about already', haha.

So I was listening to the "Is Being Fat Bad For You?" episode while checking my email ( Read more... )

Following last year's model...

Some things I've enjoyed this past year:
- Everything Happens podcast of lovely conversations between Kate Bowler (author of "Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved", among other books) and interesting people.
- Mayday: Air Disasters videos, which I probably ought to take a break from until *after ( Read more... )

At some point today, I was reminded that today is the 20th anniversary of The Two Towers coming out (!!).

TTT was the first time I'd gone to a midnight premiere (I've still only gone to... two...? maybe three?), so I re-read my entries from that date, which was fun. I mention wearing a homemade fan t-shirt that I'm pretty sure I still have ( Read more... )

Today is somehow the 20th anniversary of my LiveJournal, which on the one hand feels like it surely can't be that long and on the other hand does feel like almost a lifetime ago. So much has happened since then, like making new friends and losing them.

was one of the handful of folks who I "stalked" on LiveJournal before I had an account of my ( Read more... )

On this hobbit birthday, it is also another birthday of special magnificence: Hana turns ten today! ♥


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A year ago on this date, the movers packed up and loaded my belongings for my big move east. I slept that night on my air mattress in the nearly empty apartment, and the girls and I hit the road the next day ( Read more... )

As shirebound already posted, I went and visited her and Miss Pippin this weekend! I had never before driven through either Delaware or New Jersey, so it was an adventure that expanded my horizons a fair bit, ha. And I finally met the sweet Miss Pip! And saw Shirebound for the first time in a number of years (like, eight or ten ( Read more... )

Well, at this rate I'm definitely not going to make my 'post at least once a week' goal for the year, LOL ( Read more... )