Today was a good day! First, I didn't have to get to work early, like I did the last couple days running. So I was better rested than usual. Then, the sun was shining! It was 65 degrees and I could wear short sleeves without a jacket! It's been a lousy winter, and April has been grey and rainy far more often then not, so this was quite welcome ( Read more... )

No one told me the Bring It On musical was (co-)composed by the In The Heights guy! I only went to see it tonight because I figured the choreography had to be good (and it was, because they also got the In The Heights choreographer), but it was the most fun I've had at the theater since... I don't know, probably Spelling Bee. It was wonderful! And ( Read more... )

Ever since coming across a link on Ken Jennings' blog a few months ago, I've been periodically checking Sporcle to see what new quizzes are up. A little while back, one of the published quizzes was Musical by Clip, which I pretty much aced and enjoyed (pretty much because apparently I cannot spell "Cabaret" under pressure), so I have gone ahead and ( Read more... )

My apartment manager was asking me again this year if I wanted in on the community garden, and while I said no (too much effort to walk the 500 feet every day - hey, it's on a hill), I did decide to finally make use of that balcony my apartment came with and try growing some plants in pots ( Read more... )

March 20 (two weeks ago): Winter looks at the calendar and drops several inches of snow on Des Moines, thinking we might forget what it looked like after three solid months of the stuff. It is very cold ( Read more... )

In case you hadn't heard, spring is on the way!

( It's melting! Meeeeeeeelting! What a world, what a world... )

Obama people are officially weird, y'all. Funny, but weird.

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Their McCain impersonator is better then the one on SNL, and change flag FTW. Here's hoping for a better ending.

Speaking of:


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Having now read volumes 1&2, I can confirm for anyone wondering that Gakuen Alice is weird. And disturbing. And incredibly cute, which makes the incredibly DEPRESSING, HORRIBLE things that happen that much worse. It's like if Koge Donbo decided to rewrite Kodocha as some sort of psychotic child abuse story with magical powers. I both love it and ( Read more... )

I don't know if it's been obvious (though it really should be if you've been paying any attention), but I am an extremely happy fangirl right now. So happy, in fact, that I've decided to enumerate the ways while I wait for Idol to turn up on the torrent sites because I haven't gotten around to getting my TV connection fixed yet.

1. xxxHolic Kei!
   
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Popping balloons is far too much fun and addictive. (And yes, Vicki, there's a monkey ( Read more... )