I slept in today, gloriously so, finally crawling out of bed around 10:30 AM. After much sitting around doing nothing in particular, I went to the nearby Barnes & Noble to do the obligatory holiday shopping, one load of laundry washed and another started.

While there, saw The Dude Abides, Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing, and Bach's complete W-TC ( Read more... )

Discovered Gun Street Girl. Wow. It reminds me of Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman and Kaja and Phil Foglio.

Herbie (my cat) opened a yellow watermelon.

Introduced my mother to the joys of Kate Beaton.

Had my car inspected. Subsequently had to buy a new gas cap.

Quasi-rough night at work, but it will all be over in two more nights.

chickwow is having berry ( Read more... )

Today I began watching Last Exile, and am enjoying it thoroughly.

I also went shopping. Two farmer's markets near my house, one which is only open on Fridays (mmm, Jersey Fresh mushrooms, blueberries, nectarines, blueberry honey, cantaloupe, and more!) the other which is open on both Tuesday and Friday (lovely watermelons and grape tomatoes are ( Read more... )

Today I have worked on composition, talked to my brother about his upcomming trip (see below), made up another quote sheet for my desk, and taken many of my wife's old shoes to Goodwill. I am also currently kittylapped.
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Today has done its best to piss me off ( Read more... )

Dear kitties, (yes, all of you because I haven't caught which one of you three is actually doing it ( Read more... )

I will offer more later. In the meantime have this ( Read more... )

Lap kitties aren't so hot during the summer . . .
or rather, they are hot, but during the summer that's not cool . . .
um.
Yeah.

On the way to work, I realized that I had my phone turned off, and had thus missed Annie's calls to bring her dinner ( Read more... )

For once, I have been on top of my day. On time to all of my classes, prepared for them (all two that actually required prep). I got something approximating a decent night's sleep, and I finally received my E-Z Pass that I ordered a couple weeks ago ( Read more... )