Or, future topics I would like to discuss but right now should be doing other things:

- The novel Divergent, the fact that it is set in Chicago, its parallels to The Hunger Games and other dystopian fiction, the relevance of God and spirituality in dystopian fiction, and the major strengths and weaknesses in this book.

- My friends' going-away party ( Read more... )

Just so I can't go back on it and wimp out, I've decided to record what I want to do for my birthday. I want to go eat at Alinea again. I had an amazing experience with fonny and dangel when they came to town. I really, really want to replicate that ( Read more... )

OK. Admittedly sad moment for the day: I googled "steampunk." I guess I've never really understood what it was until just now. I had this idea that it was this weird punk music genre that involved fashion from the steamboat era-? Hah. I guess that could still be kind of true. But having a greater understanding of what it's supposed to be, ( Read more... )

Well, my birthday-day didn't go too badly. It wasn't a huge celebratory event with cupcakes and chocolate and tons of cocktails, but it wasn't awful, either. I guess it was about as non-eventful as you'd expect 29 to be ( Read more... )

Man. I suck. I am doing everything possible except for the work I'm supposed to be doing. I've gotten a lot of peripheral things done, but not the main task I need to finish! And yes, I am aware that I am writing a journal entry and not doing said work. I'm AWARE, YES ( Read more... )

So, tomorrow is Wes's birthday and I'm pretty sure his buddy WooWoo has some serious shenanigans up his sleeve. As in, I think a stripper may be showing up at our office around 10 am. Of course, I think it will be something horribly embarrassing. I'm trying to find out right now so I can know what to expect. The only thing I know is that I have ( Read more... )

I suppose since it is still technically "my birthday" for another 28 minutes or so. Blah. This year's birthday shenanigans went over quite a bit better than what happened last year. Yeah. If you weren't aware, last year I had the grand idea that we should go out to this nice steak place downtown (Nine - or N9ne, as it were), and then go to the ( Read more... )