Remember when you were a child and your parent, if you weren't behaving on a road trip, would threaten to stop the car and turn around ( Read more... )

Well, that was bunches of fun. Lost power for nine hours and just got it back at 5:20 a.m. Scared the cat when it went back on, because I had forgotten that the TV was on and it suddenly turned on when the power came back ( Read more... )

So, haizle, are you ready to see your team lose?

Am I the only person who, when walking around in places that I frequent, still looks for the fallout shelter signs on nearby buildings ( Read more... )

So, after the lovely "We're going to run lots of bloodwork and tests to see what's going on" experience of the afternoon, I was very eager to get to my car -- after stayiing somewhat late to make up for taking time during the day for said appointment -- and go home ( Read more... )

1) Geoff died four years ago today. It doesn't seem or feel like it's been that long. I still remember coming home from having spend a weekend in Montreal with Lari, checking my e-mail, and hearing this sound come out of me that I don't think I'd ever heard before. (Well, my mother says she had never heard that from me, even when my grandparents ( Read more... )

Whooooot! My Internet is working!

Ever since I moved in, I had no functioning Internet. I now have functioning Internet!

Dear Pennsylvania DMV:

I'm glad it makes sense to you for me to have to transfer the car of which I am a co-owner to me as a gift. 'Cause that doesn't make much sense to me.

And, I'd like to know what part of "My mother lives in New York and cannot sign the registration application in Pittsburgh with me" didn't make much sense to you.

Bite me.

Unpacking is coming along well. The cat, apparently worn out by a morning of sniffing boxes, is sound asleep next to me on the couch ( Read more... )

Am in BWI. Am bored and waiting for flight to Albany to board. Probably ought to be doing homework ( Read more... )