Finally over on DW now - yay for DW's import feature - and trying to get back into the swing of journaling. I still hate how long it takes my brain to laboriously lay down one word after the other to make a sentence, but it's never going to get better if I don't make the effort ( Read more... )

"Come on up," I said to K. "C isn't home yet, but I'm making mac n' drunk because I'm tipsy."

I stopped. Something was wrong with that sentence. Laughter on the other end of the phone confirmed it.

"You're making whatI looked at the cheese and grater in my hand. The cheese, not having eyes, did not look back, but I was pretty sure that ( Read more... )

Calling everyone with a fashion opinion!

So, for freedomfry's cousin's wedding, this is my dress:


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Clearly the neighborhood is conspiring to make me leave work this evening (instead of continuing to surf Not Always Right while tears of laughter run down my face ( Read more... )

I am overdue on everything. Phone calls, birthday presents, packages of all sorts, emails both work and personal-related and just...everything. Yet I don't feel like I've been slacking; at least, I mostly want to sleep when I go home, which is partially why I'm behind on some personal online things -- after looking at the computer for 9-10 hours ( Read more... )

Landmine dinner a success. Coq au vin came out late, but everything else turned out well. Note for next year: start pre-chopping earlier.

Menu:
baked ziti
sausage normandy
coq au vin

Fennel ala greque
bourbon baked sweet potatoes (w/ apples ( Read more... )

Because I fail at life, very belated happy birthdays to voleuse, zarq, mcmuffins_js, and 46and2aheadofme. Sorry I'm all lame now y'all, but I hope you had fabulous days!

For Monday entertainment, there is nothing quite like watching a national news anchor say: "You - yeah, you, FOX-news viewer. You're a fucking moron. Kisses, Bri." (Thanks to zarq for the link ( Read more... )

Went to see Iron & Wine at 930 with page5grrl and heard an interesting opening act, Arthur and Yu. Sort of folk-indie -- their vocal arrangements are very Dave Carter and Tracy Grammar, but with more tempo going on in the rhythm section. One song, "Afterglow" actually sounds very BRMC. The recorded songs (at least those up at their MySpace page) have a bit ( Read more... )

I'm feeling like phillyexpat now -- but my fall weekends are already filling up, and I've been paranoid about double-booking myself.

So, for my own reference, ( Sept/Oct schedule )

Have made my first strawberry-rhubarb pie -- go me! (Ignored crust recipe, used my mother's.) I think next time I'll want to try the orange-and-cardamom variation.

Also made proper dinner the other day - lamb chops marinated w/ rosemary & balsamic, topped w/ a bit of red pepper and rasberry wine jelly, a nice salad, and mint juleps. (phillyexpat, I ( Read more... )