apparently =( [gonna be using this avvie a lot in the coming days, aren't I ( Read more... )

The costume fares poorly so far--though, to be fair, my mail-order stuff has yet to arrive ( Read more... )

I preface this with the clarification that what I am insinuating with the subject line is not referring to myself ( Read more... )

Stonewalled again: I finally got to the bit in my editing where I threw in a bunch of Japanese because I was too lazy to make up YET ANOTHER completely new foreign language* =p and, as it is, I can't leave it in Salad Speak** because I'm better than that ¬_¬ nor can I hire a translator to make the original 20th deadline =( So... I guess 10 Feb? I' ( Read more... )

I haven't posted a column from Marilyn in a while--hers are terse compared to advice columns--but this seems relevant to my interests:Glenn Rutz of Elmhurst, Illinois, writes:

Marilyn: A reader asked whether studying music helps children with math skills. (May 10, 2009) I agree with your answer (no solid evidence exists), but I do think that there ( Read more... )

Fffffff XB My taxes aren't done yet. Good thing I put off sending anything until my father got back to me on the maths! [I'm getting $500 more back than had I sent it off anyway, so don't diss me for procrastinating, especially since he's the one getting me all these bazillion accounts that keep me from listing just my W-2 and being done with it ( Read more... )

( notes on a theme )

So there is a phrase--maybe you've heard it before--that suggests that something is "beaten like a red-headed stepchild." I'd only heard of it recently [a bit over a year ago], though it must be at least as old as vikingdom, and I'd found it appaling not (just) because it suggests violence towards children but because I actually like red hair the ( Read more... )

So I braved Boxing Day Sales to get some things done: mail, gerbil wheel, indulgence [in that order, basically]. Mall traffic was its usual bullshit, but the malls themselves weren't really that crowded =o ( Read more... )

So I've had almost nothing but aggravation towards the new coat I got last month-ish, between its jangly things and the way it actually looks kind of... PUFFY when I wear it =p but last night I (re)added "has fake pockets" to the list when I put an XBLA moneys card in my "pocket" and it fell out in the parking lot of Best Buy at 8:30p >_Much to our ( Read more... )