You guys! Why is it so difficult to recover from a trip? Maybe it's because when you're of town, it is easy to forget about your blah hometown existence, and upon reentry to reality, a period of adjustment is necessary. Or maybe you're just tired from carrying your bags ( Read more... )

It's an exciting day here at Casa MyLastName: Today I remembered to buy toothpaste! For the last two weeks I've had to do battle with a tube of Colgate from approx. 1997, squeezing and rolling and cajoling until finally I started going through the travel bags I have for housesitting to find the little tubes of travel toothpaste I've accumulated. ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned that I stopped biting my nails? Well, I did, and MAN, life is so much easier. I think I understand what it must have been like for humans to discover the value of opposable thumbs. I can open things! I can find the beginning of a roll of scotch tape! I can tap my fingernails impatiently ( Read more... )

What am I going to have for dinner? This is a big question. There is nothing in the house too appealing, but I don't want to leave the house because (a) I shouldn't spend money when I don't really have to and (b) my face is breaking out and I don't want to put on make up because (1) I'm lazy and (2) I'm running out of makeup and can't afford to ( Read more... )

Last week, all I could do was complain about the Olympics to people, and talk about how much I really didn't care about them, and resented them for taking away my shows (specifically, The Office, because OMG Jim & Pam 4EVA!). Now, of course, I can't get through a night without watching, and getting extremely invested in, some obscure winter sport ( Read more... )

First of all: Of course attacks on embassies are never funny. Still, I feel the need to pass along my confusion upon first seeing the headline at the top of my Gmail window - "Embassies torched in cartoon fury" - because even though common sense dictated that the author of the article could not possibly mean that some kind of Renegade Cartoon ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to write a 2005 wrapup entry, but I keep having to delete paragraphs because they suck so much, and so I will just post the highlights and then move on ( Read more... )

I am so mopey and cranky and just not my best self today. I blame television.

( i saw this documentary about a face eating tumor last night. feel no need to click through )

I left my peanut butter and jelly sandwich out overnight. Can I eat it for lunch today? Will it make me sick? It was wrapped and everything, but I'm pretty sure jelly is refrigerated for a reason. It will almost undoubtedly taste crappy, but one can say that about almost every meal I prepare.

Advice appreciated!

I have LJ-Block. It's an issue. I keep trying to start entries and erasing the first paragraph, which is stupid, because this isn't the Great American Novel I'm trying to write here, it's a summary of my random recent life experiences and thoughts, and really, I don't have many of either and this shouldn't be that difficult to do. AND YET IT IS ( Read more... )