second surgery went well, can't believe it's almost con, etc etc ( Read more... )

so, i have a job! it's a longterm temp gig at an insurance company doing customer service for providers. everyone seems really nice and like they genuinely enjoy coming to work (?!) and the company seems to treat everyone pretty well?? so that's all strange. the hours could be better (8-4, out in quincy) and so could the pay, but the dress code ( Read more... )

the kevin devine show last weekend was great! i love seeing the last night of a long tour, which almost never happened in orlando cos who the hell ends a tour a million miles from everything? nobody, that's who. but the bands were all really loopy and silly and having a blast, kd did a lot of dancing and sang/rapped a great covers medley with all ( Read more... )

i gave up watching more than one hour of tv a day for lent, which has apparently been an EXCELLENT life choice as i've spent this whole weekend giggling at everything instead of laying in bed and thinking about how much i hate my life. (i mean, i know this is why i can't have cable, but i didn't really think of it as causing/worsening my depression ( Read more... )

thing the first: i've been trying to skim lj, but i'm sure i've missed lots of important things. sorry i suck? but the fog has lifted, at least temporarily, so i'm back! for now! (a thing you should maybe know: the first thing to get dropped when depression sets in is lj. it's too much like social interaction and i can drop it without feeling much ( Read more... )

i've been insisting for years that i can't listen to audiobooks because i have terrible listening comprehension, etc etc, and i still think that's true. BUT i've recently discovered that i really love listening to audiobooks for books i know really well. i've been putting them on while i sleep lately instead of music or movies, and it's mostly been ( Read more... )

i haven't done one of these in a while, so have some opinions on the stuff i've been reading!

the name of the star by maureen johnson: i'm only halfway through this, but it's super-good. definitely maureen's best book so far (there are no dickfaces who we're supposed to like!) and the story is really interesting and different. maureen did a really ( Read more... )

my work computer is fucked, so until they get me a new one there's very little work i can actually do. this is basically how i'm justifying trying to work on my ladies_fest story today, heh ( Read more... )

jersey: was great! i spent a lot of time tormenting my cousins / hanging out with my parents / shopping. i'm a little sad that i won't get to see them all til thanksgiving (matt is just SO MUCH BIGGER every time i see him! i like tiny children when they're his age, especially when they're fearless little shits) but at least the time until then will ( Read more... )

the demon's lexicon by sarah rees brennan: i actually resisted these for a while, but people kept telling me how awesome they were and how intense the relationship between the brothers was. (everyone in the world knows my weak spots.) butttt i was not a fan. the writing was eh, the story was eh, the brothers were actually TOO codependent, the ( Read more... )