Quick update. Tomorrow morning I will be heading with my friend Jenn and possibly my friend Rhonda (who has a wicked sinus infection but may still manage to come anyway) on a road trip to the Turning Stone Casino in Syracuse, New York for a wedding that Jenn has to go to. Since she has had various medical issues and can neither fly nor drive on her ( Read more... )

Got the last of the teeth drilling done this morning. It wasn't anywhere near as miserable as the last week's installment. The dentist is very nice, and despite my ranting over the pain last week, he has been very gentle. I'm trying to talk my husband (who has a 4-can-of Mt. Dew-a-day habit) into going in, but he's so fearful over my cavity stories ( Read more... )

Well, things are going pretty well this week! No big new job news, although I talked with the folks at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection about my application and they seem really nice, although they say that they are not going to be reviewing applications for interviews until the end of the month. Which is a long time to wait, especially ( Read more... )

I will offer a brief apology to those of you, my friends, who keep an eye on this thing: apologies for the general tone of negativity it often takes. I tend to use this site as an outlet for my worries and concerns, to try and let the little things go here. Although being a gnome, I am not generally good at letting things go. I hoard my clutter, my ( Read more... )

Holy Sweet Jesus, is World of Warcraft eating my life. Graduate school resulted in the cessation of many of my addictions, including, sadly, caffeine, but also Everquest. So I have jumped off the wagon now that I'm done with school. And boy, is it sad how quickly the addiction re-sets in ( Read more... )

Well, today is the last day of the Hogwarts larp...the first and probably the last long(er) term larp that I think I am going to play in. I have a lot of fun at the larps, but I find that I myself am really shy about playing my character, although I have a lot of fun watching everyone else!--and ultimately, I am a tabletop gamer at heart. Plus, ( Read more... )

Happy New Year to All ( Read more... )

I didn't realize until I went to check it how VERY long the previous (friends-only) post wound up being. So, here's the short version ( Read more... )

Wow. So much has happened between the last, first and only post and this one ( Read more... )