For the first time in MONTHS I feel like writing. And I really need to go to bed, because I highly doubt the government is going to be closed two days in a row. I can always hope, but... highly doubtful.

I am completely intolerant and impatient today at work.

It's one of those days.

There will be fic read tonight.... OH HOW there will be fic.

( wherein darth_kittius rants about SYTYCD results )

In general I try not to talk TOO much about politics on here. But I’m an International Relations MA and generally work in the field, so it’s sometimes rather difficult. Not to mention I live in Washington DC. Suffice it to say that my conversations with my friends generally focus mostly on politics, even though I try to keep it off of here. ( ( Read more... )

This is about Top Chef last night. But don’t panic, I don’t need to use a cut because it doesn’t have anything to do with the results or spoilers - and that is the point ( Read more... )

As prompted by watching my local news and reading my email at the same time:

Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike Ovechkin?

I really, really do not like him.

Ok, return to your regularly scheduled fanish items now. (Speaking of... I'm thinking tonight is a fic reading night!)

I have now determined for the third time in as many years that even after research on how to properly do things in iTunes (move my library, import a massive amount of music, clear my library and start over again) I have clearly taken the wrong route. But it's too late to restart the process without creating an even bigger mess. I completely ( Read more... )

Dammit, I got ONE sentence written today before work took over.

I’m determined to write more because I have so many plot bunnies waiting for me. I had the best of intentions. ONE SENTENCE. *flails hands* So I guess I won’t be writing at work anymore. Who knows where I’ll carve out time for this too...alas.

One more thing: I hate the functionality of the new tagging feature. I liked the previous autofill. This one? Well let’s just say I’ve posted twice today and twice I’ve had to go in and delete inadvertently created tags because… I don’t know, but it’s not functioning properly. Plus it’s overwriting, instead of adding, when I’m trying to add two ( Read more... )

Stacy Parker Aab, Government Girl: Young and Female in the White House New York, NY: CCCO, 2010. 292pgs.

Summary: Stacy Parker Aab was born in Detroit in 1974, the only daughter of a white Kansas farm girl and a young black Detroiter fresh from two tours of Vietnam. An excellent student, Aab gravitated toward public service and moved to ( Read more... )