As a technology instructor, that feels a little blasphemous, but there you have it.

( Lengthy explanation in technobabble, which basically boils down to *sob*. )

It has been a Long. Fucking. Week.

( Cut for weariness and general suckitude. )

We're in the new place. And by "in", I mean all of the boxes and storage containers and giant Ziploc bags (I love those things) are (mostly) piled in the appropriate room. There was huge, epic drama with the movers, but that's another story entirely. It sounds more unbelievable every time I tell it, honestly. Talk about the Twilight Zone. But we're ( Read more... )

Well, I'm home.

I'll save you all the dragging, dreary details it took to get here, but they involved delays, holding patterns, some angry bouts of turbulence, malfunctioning seat belts, and landings in Louisville. All even less fun with a head cold sent straight from the devil himself.

All that said, Vegas was interesting. It always is.

( Cut for vacation-y ramblings. )

This is all new to me. I've seen death - it's touched aunts and uncles, cousins and acquaintances, my best boy buddy. It's been sudden and expected. It's been painful, in different degrees. But it's never been this close, not where my blood is concerned. And that's true of my family as a whole, I think - you mourn, and you reflect, and you watch a ( Read more... )

Drive: Missed.

Me: Pissed.

All of the new fangirl flailing I'm spying everywhere just digs the knife in a little deeper. Guess I'll be finding a download somewhere. Drat.

I did however, see The Departed (finally, Tammi!). And it was as glorious as everyone swore it was. Note to Dicaprio-haters like myself: watching won't kill you. Scorsese ( Read more... )

And relief isn't coming until 2008. Curse you, Ronald D. Moore! *shakes fist*

So it's been awhile, and the time that's passed has been accompanied by unmitigated craziness. ( Cut for real-life griping, spy games and general TMI. )