so october is over with.  it's a bit scary that the chrismas season apparently starts about the time you begin looking forward to halloween.  i was looking for a halloween costume for my rat terrier (yeah, i'm one of those people) while christmas music played softly but insidiously overhead.  don't get me wrong, i like christmas--love it in fact-- ( Read more... )

it's almost new year's day and i've made no resolutions. my parents left yesterday after a 23 day stay. we had a great time. it was fun showing them around germany, austria, and france. lately my hours have been consumed with loading music into itunes and i now understand steve's obsession with getting the album artwork just right. if the ipod ( Read more... )

today is christmas. it has been a hectic but fun last few weeks with my parents here. we had a great time today opening gifts and hanging out. the girls got everything imaginable from santa, us, my parents, and various other relatives. the adults also got plenty of nice things. william got me a new ipod (motherfucker has 160 gigs of free space ( Read more... )

my parents get here tomorrow. they are staying for three weeks and leaving on the 30th. it should be fun. i've scheduled meals and outings for the entire time they are here, being the anal, control freak that i am. we must not deviate from the schedule. i'm taking them to various christmas markets (these are supposed to be really amazing). ( Read more... )

last night's party at lyndazon's was good times. it was fun to hang out with my fls peeps without actual work ruining it like it does during the week. the gift exchange was awesome too: everyone seemed to get some really cool stuff. my life will be complete when i get my caliente pocket shirt. i also can't wait to get to barnes and noble and buy books ( Read more... )

my mom is in remission! she found out today. i think this is the best present we will all get this christmas. =)

well, everyone posted about thanksgiving yesterday but being the nonconformist that i am, i want to talk about it now (no, loser)(meh).

on wednesday i took stella around for an early birthday celebration as her actual birthday was on thanksgiving. we saw flushed away, went to barnes and noble (she is an avid reader, much to my delight), and then ( Read more... )

today at work, mom calls but i'm out on break with francois, hack_me_bitch, im_a_hot_dancer, and lyndazon. i listen to her message and she claims she just received really good news. i call her back and it is indeed really good news. she just recently had a ct scan and i guess the doc called her in today for the results (which is a bit strange as it one of her chemo days, but ( Read more... )

this weekend was okay. i guess that's my spectrum; things are either okay or not okay. the movie on friday was very funny. saturday was nice because i got all the things i wanted to get done accomplished and then my mom and i went out and saw flags of our fathers. that was also a very good movie. it was moving and thought provoking, not to ( Read more... )

here's good news: the democrats now have control of the senate and the house. i hope they do something that actually makes a difference in a positive way. it was a bit inspiring to see the public finally get off their asses and vote out incumbents they felt had misrepresented them. i was a bit disheartened by the fact that no one else i knew ( Read more... )