Today was the happiest birthday I've had in a long time. I went through the customary 'why am I getting old and doing nothing with me life' angst, but it was pretty abbreviated. For the most part, I just had fun.

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Netflix just added New Girl, Ken Burn's series on Prohibition and the Dust Bowl, a bunch of new episodes of Nova, Nature, and This American Life, and the ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. I may never leave my room again ( Read more... )

so I have tomorrow off, and it's going to be hot and humid and stormy again, which seems like the perfect day to go to a movie! I have yet to see either Iron Man 3 or Star Trek, and I'm dying to see both, but I can't decide which should take priority ( Read more... )

ok, now I'm in a happier frame of mind, and ready to talk about what I did with pretty much my entire day today, which is: watch all of The Lizzie Bennet DiariesHas anyone heard of this? I hadn't, before someone of my flist posted about it a few days ago. It's a modern adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, but what's really cool and clever about it is ( Read more... )

Last night I finally finished a knitting project I had started for my dad last Christmas. Talk about late. But now it's finally ready for this Christmas, and I'm super excited, because it came out awesome!


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Yes, today, for the first time since it was released, I listened to something other than Babel. I know. I was pretty shocked myself.

of course the thing I listened to instead was Sigh No More, so ( Read more... )

I need to geek out about this here, because none of my friends or family care about e-readers.

[whining about how I want the shiny new kindle]So I've had a Kindle Keyboard 3G for just shy of 2 years, and I love it. It's easily one of my favorite things I own. That thing comes just about everywhere with me, and has improved my discreet access to trashy romance novels 1000%, bless it ( Read more... )

I have tomorrow off. My plans for the day are as follows ( Read more... )

Thing I Want to Knit #30: Dr Zoidberg Claw Mittens


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Teen Wolf rewatch tonight, and I am STILL having way too many feelings. I've felt antsy all day because, on the one hand, I don't even want to re-watch it, because I know it's just going to gut me all over again and my feelings are going to explode, everywhere. But on the other hand, it's all I can think about. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH ( Read more... )