I keep thinking it's still March, what with all the rain, and it confuses me when the sun doesn't set until after 8pm ( Read more... )

I'm in an odd mood at the moment, sparked by getting over an exhausting con (oh Norwescon, you are not my cup of tea), and the relatively warm spring day (and night) we had today in Portland ( Read more... )

I'll be living in Portland in about a week--which is cool. That's not the freaking-me-out part ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned the heat?

It frigging bloody hot here.

It's in the nineties. Sometimes the hundreds.

And it's going to stay hot until, oh, October.

FUCK.

Now, I complained so much about San Francisco and its eternal autumn, and yes, I stand by those complaints. Sixty degrees in the middle of July is ridiculous. But damn--right now, I miss ( Read more... )

Added a lab section today, which means that I get to sign up for lecture, too. Which means I get all the classes I need for this semester ( Read more... )

I have come down with the ick. So have at least a third of us, if the sniffles, sneezes, coughs, and hacking that I hear in class and around the house are any indication ( Read more... )

Turns out, I have a LOT of stuff ( Read more... )

I have a Great-uncle Vladimir.*

Him of the long legs, who could ride bulls and broncos without being thrown.

On my mom's side, of course. They're more interesting.

*Well, he passed on long before I was born, and he might actually be my great-great-uncle, I'm not sure, but you get the picture. He really was named Vladimir, though.

I smell like an old-fashioned fuck in the middle of a Moroccan bazaar.

Let me explain.

As you know, I purchased some new stinkum at the end of February and they gave me several trial vials of various other scents I liked, lagniappe.

Today, I put on L'EauIt started with a blast of cinnamon and clove, brash and masculine, and has become, over the ( Read more... )

I came to Adele late, just early this year, and I only got a copy of 21 a week ago.

Sweet god, she can sing.

I mean, I'd listened to 19 and thought, damn, she can sing. And "Chasing Pavements" was deservedly a hit. I greatly enjoyed the album and figured I'd definitely follow her career, and borrow her albums from friends ( Read more... )