How funny to be back here after such a prolonged absence. Granted, I know full well that I've gone far longer than 4.5 months without updating before, but those times were mostly because I just didn't want to put what was in my head to paper. This time, well, I suppose it's partially that to some extent, though the majority of my lack of will to ( Read more... )

As ever, the perils of summer take their toll on even the most hopeful writers. Between the heat and the insane schedule I've had, the past month has come and gone, chock full of interesting things, without so much as a pop round to say I was alive. So what's happened in the past while ( Read more... )

Adeline had a hard time falling asleep tonight. We got her brushed, washed, and into the softest Spongebob pyjamas imaginable. She was well snuggled in all manner of bed clothes and read more than the usual allotment of books. In spite of all this and even though we stayed up later than usual coloring, she was fidgety, distracted, and generally ( Read more... )

Much has happened in my nearly month long internet absence, but it is finally at an end thanks to one of my co-hosts, who jiggered around my video card and made everything better. I'm pretty tired, as it's been a full few days, so I'll be brief. Getting caught up with the goings on in all of your lives has taken a skosh longer than I expected, but ( Read more... )

Though I generally can't get anything earth shattering done at work, what with the whole "pretty much staying in one room" thing, this weekend was far more productive than I expected. I knit a shawl and started a blanket for myself, watched a ton of great movies - Bright Star is a must see for anyone who likes poetry, Keats, love, brilliant film ( Read more... )

Long overdue, I finally had a wonderful evening out with myself and it was everything I wanted. I couldn't be happier right now, at least not on my own. :) Times like this make me wish I had mood icons for "sated" or "fulfilled." They'd come in handy. Tonight was kind of my Christmas present to myself, a little night out to relax and savour ( Read more... )

Though I've never been one to get all amped up about the new year - I tend to measure my life by summers - I must say that today was a lovely way to start things off. The One One Run ended up being almost perfect. The park is spectacular, the day was beautiful and mild, and I even ended up meeting someone who I did a double loop of the course with ( Read more... )

Ah yes, family time. It's not until I'm somewhere without an extensive library of both books and movies that I realize how much media I actually consume in a day. Were I at home, I'd be curled up with a book, listening to a classical station on Pandora, and pondering, between pages, what sort of nifty dinner I could make tomorrow with what I ( Read more... )

I love that Adeline is who she is. Many months ago, she was wearing a Run DMC and I asked if she was into them. She said she hadn't even heard them before, which is unusual because she's not one to wear things featuring anyone she doesn't at least know about. It just happened that was a night I had brought my external hard drive over, so I said " ( Read more... )

Got ditched by folks who were going to come over to watch a movie, which added a wasted hour to my evening, so nerts on that front.

Tomorrow I'm going to a Halloween party, which I'm rather excited about even though my costume is potentially still up in the air.

I enjoy the aesthetics of eating an apple while reading critical theory about Snow ( Read more... )