As my beloved brother has requested, so shall it be: despite my proximity to recent Bad Things (tm) involving the Bay Area's central transit system, I'm totally fine. I haven't been caught in any riots, set on fire by any angry villagers, or been devoured by alien slime monsters. I've just been really, really, really busy, and sort of getting ( Read more... )

1. Woke from a dream of testing to enroll in a large academy that was willing to take one member per generation of a select list of families, period. They were probably going to reject me, and if they did, I would be put to death. But no pressure ( Read more... )

Step one: Get up, despite the protests of my cats, my spine, the rest of my body, and the lingering remains of whatever dream I was previously blissfully enjoying. Pray that I remembered to pack my bags for work the night before, as insomnia and an overactive mind often combine to prevent me from remembering anything in the morning, including ( Read more... )

I've been really tired lately -- too much to do, too little time to do it in -- and so I tend to get on my train in the morning, pop my iPod headphones into my ears, close my eyes, and wake up in San Francisco. Refreshing and a good way to shorten my perceived commute ( Read more... )

The signs of fall are beginning to appear, from outerware displayed in the window at the Old Navy to the barristas at Starbucks beginning to whisper the sweet, sweet words 'Pumpkin Spice Frappochino' like they were an actual possibility. All this, combined with general recession and the still-high price of gas, means that even more people are ( Read more... )

Man on the train this morning: "You know, no one's ever going to marry a girl who reads books like that."
Me: *too bewildered for a witty comeback, scion of the spirit of the staircase*
The Book: The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases In a World Out of Balance, by Laurie Garrett ( Read more... )

So last night, I had disturbingly vivid and realistic 'the zombie invasion has come' dreams. Like, realistic and upsetting enough to leave me shivering and wake me up several times over the course of the night, only to suck me right back under. It's rare for dreams to upset me that badly; these ones did. Infected people stayed intelligent for a ( Read more... )

Dear new people suddenly swarming my morning commute ( Read more... )

With the rising price of gas forcing more and more people to seek alternative modes of transportation, it seems like record numbers of people are seeking alternative modes of transportation. Which means, in practical terms, that record numbers of people are abruptly shoving their way onto the buses and BART trains that have been my salvation for ( Read more... )

1. You know what's cool? Riding on one of those super-long buses where they've had to put a circular swivel joint in the middle, and there are no windows there, but there are seats, and so you ride in the swivel joint, and it's like the universe is rotating and you're standing still. Also, no one else will sit there, so you get funny looks and a ( Read more... )