. . . While I get my act together and start readying posts. I have *three whole days* off starting today, and can finally get back to the world of LJ. W00t! :D More as I catch up. Till, then, this is an Enya fave of mine that's perfect for today, regardless of one's belief system (the vid is packaged as a Christmas greeting, but hey, it's ( Read more... )

. . . And an agnostic with pagan leanings too boot. Am currently in love with this vid (for all that I never intend to enter the Circle of Life myself, thanks) and it's probably a more suitable holiday offering than my last. ;) Enjoy!

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A couple small things for the enjoyment of the f-list. If you're going to "get" them, you'll get them; if not, well, I hope you have a fine day celebrating the paradoxical emotion that is love, in all its glory (preferably garnished with chocolate).


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Wow, RL keeps kicking my ass, but I'm finally here with a belated but no less heartfelt thank-you to everyone who gave me a gift over at fandom_stocking. I'm overwhelmed by all the awesomeness -- thank you so much!

I'll be working on getting everyone a detailed thank-you/response to each item ASAP, but in the meantime, much love and gratitude to: wendymr, yamx, noveltea, lindenharp, sahiya, twinsarien, canaana ( Read more... )

The view out our patio door earlier today (sorry about the screen, but it was 14F and I wasn't opening up unnecessarily).


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So a friend and I were eating chocolate and cruising YouTube the other night, watching random vids of Christmas traditions from around the world (inspired by this Cracked column, "Five creepy Christmas traditions from around the world"), and we got into a Krampus-fest to celebrate our Germanic heritage ( Read more... )

I posted this here last year, but there's always a place for the classics on Christmas. ;)

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Ganked from around my f-list; worth boosting the signal. :D

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. . . Or, rather, my Thanksgiving travel plans are cancelled. For the second day in a row, my flight out has been a no-go (the first time due to weather conditions, this second time due to a mechanical error that couldn't be fixed in time to get me to Boise for my connecting flight). Overflow space on other flights is vanishingly small, thanks to ( Read more... )