hey look, now you can play games in kinda-3d! well, you could before too. you probably just didn't know it ( Read more... )

lj catchup time ( Read more... )

my brain went into end-of-semester mode, and still hasn't quite gotten out of it. possible topics for journal updating:

• graduation
  
• end of semester stress
  
• xmas and relatives
  
• stop buying me xmas presents, please.
  
• omfg mom, way to ruin the holidays.
  
• xbox
  
• hanging out with peppy and her brother (and sam)
  
• no, really, i'm still alive.
  
• now what? *nervous ( Read more... )

my mother drove her ass all over town today. all day. in the process, she went to two different eb's, and managed to buy five seasons of that 70's show, which she loves.

dad was watching miss congeniality 2: electric boogaloo armed and fabulous on one of the hbo/cinemax channels. when the credits started rolling, mom popped in one of her new dvds ( Read more... )

as some of you know, my entire family has come down with bronchitis. or something like bronchitis. my brother picked it up first, and then i caught it from him. he's missed two weeks of school.

and mom, who never gets sick, has been riding his ass the whole time. "get out of bed. do this, do that. get dressed. go to school. stop playing computer ( Read more... )

after i got off work today, i went to this indian new year's (diwali) festival-ish thing on campus, for the promise of free food. which there wasn't nearly enough of ( Read more... )

a few nights ago, the family went to see the new bond flick. well, the boys did, anyways. mom went to see the queen. as much as i admire the acting skills of (dame?) helen mirren, i much prefer those of dame judi dench. and watching english royalty dramas is like watching southern inbred hillbilly dramas, minus the southern accent, and a plus a lot ( Read more... )

so i asked suzanne out ( Read more... )

because our washer was late being delivered, i went without doing laundry for a while. so i got down to the bottom of the pile, and found a pair of underwear that didn't fit ( Read more... )

they delivered our new washing machine today. they put it where it goes the garage, but forgot to actually hook it up. mom, of course, got them drinks and tipped them, instead of checking their work. good job, mom. she did the first load of laundry, and because the washer's output hose wasn't connected, it just kinda exploded water all over the ( Read more... )