i was sorting through the recycling this evening (because the calendar said it was my turn to do it) and the front page of the richmond news caught my eye ( Read more... )

i received a flower today. a purple iris, in fact.

i became one of those girls on the bus you see every so often with a flower (or a bunch) and she smiles shyly when you look inquisitively at the plant life she holds so carefully (and there's you, all the while wondering what the story behind it is and where it will go ( Read more... )

lately i've been staring off into space in a bad way. feeling something in the pit of my stomach growing. then i snap back to the task at hand and things go back to normal (and normal is a thoroughly comfortable place).

~*~~*~~*~had a lovely weekend that started on friday night with a trip downtown to hang out with my former co-worker, m--, ( Read more... )

so i just sat myself down at the computer desk here and i heard a coin drop on the laminate floor. it was as i feared: a penny ( Read more... )

i finally got a day to sleep in today! as i woke up from a dream-riddled sleep and thought frantically about how i want to be a stay-at-home mum when i have kids of my own (ah, the things one thinks about when one is groggy!), i listened to the swish of the cars and the tap of rain upon the glass outside and thought to myself: it sounds like a ( Read more... )

so i'm spending this valentine's day quite alone. it's the perfect excuse to get into my pyjamas, stay indoors, eat junk food and watch amelie (or howl's moving castle... i'm having a crisis of decision!). frankly, i'm looking forward to it. no need to paint an inch thick or come up with scintillating conversation. i don't need to impress. ( Read more... )

last night i came home to a half-darkened house and j-- fast asleep on the couch with a brand-spankin' new wii all set up in the living room. y'see, he'd gotten sick of the wait and went to stand in line (overnight) to get his paws on one of the 41 consoles best buy was rumored to be getting the next morning. i think i woke him up, though. so i ( Read more... )

30,177 words! this makes me infinitely happy as i told myself i would try to make it to 29,000 words before going to sleep tonight. then inspiration, long-winded description and a riveting action sequence blasted me well into a cozy 30,000 ( Read more... )

... or at least they are in my corner of the cosmos.


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Senior year of High School meme (now that i can comfortably speak about those days)

( enter the time warp )